The office building four blocks from Florida’s state Capitol carries the same name in bold letters that it boasted when it opened in 1988: Florida Press Center. For the last 30 years, the modest three-story structure with its bland façade … Read more
As editor and publisher of the Todd County Standard, a weekly in Elkton, Kentucky, I once ran a story that asked farmers to attend a very important meeting on agricultural zoning. The future of farming in the small county in … Read more
In Srinagar, the largest city in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, a small five-kilometer stretch along the high-security zone from Gupkar Road to the state secretariat of Indian-administered Kashmir has become the center of media activity. Every day, … Read more
Read in English. No hay crímenes más violentos en Chile que aquellos contra sus mujeres. En el país con menos homicidios en Latinoamérica, y uno de los más seguros, una mujer es … Read more
This essay is adapted from Christopher R. Martin’s 2019 book, “No Longer Newsworthy: How the Mainstream Media Abandoned the Working Class” (Cornell University Press). In June 1951, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard held a two-day conference for … Read more
Five years ago, I was nearly killed by a man I shared a home and two small children with. As I lay in the dark, waiting for it to be safe to leave, I … Read more
Translated by Anne Henochowicz On February 19, 2013, when lawyer Guo Jianmei was on a business trip, her phone rang. The moment had arrived for the review of Li Yan’s death sentence. Related Reading … Read more
When Melissa Jeltsen Googled Lorena Bobbitt’s name a few years ago, she was surprised to learn that the woman known for cutting off her husband’s penis in 1993 had started a charity to help victims of domestic … Read more
A young boy named Charlie pauses on his tricycle beside his backyard pool, mouth agape in a wail as his father grabs his half-naked mother. Two-year-old Memphis sobs as … Read more
Translated by Dick Cluster. Leer en español. There are no crimes in Chile more violent than the ones committed against women. In the country … Read more
