Features
Journalism and Libraries: “Both Exist to Support Strong, Well-informed Communities”
In Weare, New Hampshire, a small town about 45 minutes from the state’s southern border with Massachusetts, the local newspaper is largely a one-man … Read more
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Books
“We all need to be investigative critics”
Music journalist Jim DeRogatis on R. Kelly, denial, and truth in the age of #MeToo
Opinion
View from Appalachia: Covering White Supremacy and White Nationalism
Establish a community of practice, focus on people experiencing hate, share and corroborate data
Working Across Disciplines: A Manifesto for Happy Newsrooms
For news outlets to successfully innovate, interdisciplinary teams are essential. Here’s how to make them work
Opinion
“Foreign” lands are not foreign in a globalized world—and it is time international news media realized this
New outlets' decision to publish graphic photos of a terrorist attack in Kenya highlights a double standard in global coverage
Opinion
“If you come out to Indian Country to write about us, do your damned homework”
What coverage of the Wounded Knee story says about freedom of the press in the U.S.
Books
Breaking the silence about corruption in Spain’s press
A new book by a former editor-in-chief of El Mundo has opened a debate about the relationship between business and the media
Three News Outlets Discover Fresh Collaborators and Audiences in Libraries
A look at news organizations that have found physical homes inside libraries
Opinion: Ethics
When It Comes to Free Speech, Walmart has Something to Teach Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube
If social media platforms can’t excise truly harmful behavior and content, they must relinquish their enormous power
Election ’20: Covering the Campaign
“What are you doing to ensure that you’re controlling the way you want to cover this presidential campaign?”
How reporters and editors plan to cover the 2020 election differently—better
Q&A
“I feel like the best way to report on North Korea is not actually from North Korea”
Washington Post journalist Anna Fifield on being careful and slow rather than fast and wrong, the Harvard courses that help her understand the country, and judging the trustworthiness of sources
Books
Agents for Good: How Bots Can Boost Accountability Journalism
In “Automating the News,” Nicholas Diakopoulos is optimistic about a hybrid human-algorithm journalistic practice
