In “The God Beat: What Journalism Says About Faith and Why it Matters,” dozens of religion journalists expound on the challenges of covering spirituality in a nation at once both secular and faithful. The volume, edited by … Read more
I’ll just say it: There is no returning to a pre-pandemic normal for journalists because the game has changed, whether news organizations want to recognize it or not. Three major developments in 2020 — the coronavirus pandemic, racial justice protests, … Read more
The New York Times story about internal struggles at the ACLU. is an illustration of the futility of clinging to “objectivity.” It parallels the wrestling over the First Amendment and the ongoing fight for equality inside newsrooms … Read more
On the morning of April 29, Russian opposition leader and blogger Alexei Navalny appeared in court via video link, fighting the second in a series of legal charges filed against him since the beginning of the year. His appearance was … Read more
“Why do I do what I do?” they asked. So, I went to the source of all wisdom to contemplate my place in the world: folk singer Todd Snider, the barefoot poet laureate of me. A man once said that … Read more
In late March, the Navajo Nation reported no new daily Covid-19 cases for the first time in six months. For the largest reservation in the U.S. — whose borders expand across Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico — it was an … Read more
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, I worked at National Public Radio (NPR). First as an intern and later as an assistant editor and producer. Back then, my commute was powered by a beloved, worn-out Sony Discman and my … Read more
András Pethő, a 2020 Nieman Fellow, tells a complex story on corruption within the administration of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to a general audience. I knew we were in trouble when even I could not remember details from our … Read more
When I was 12, my buddy Robbie Davis and I went to see the movie “Titanic.” When my dad picked us up that evening, he asked us how we enjoyed the film. I told him about the special effects, action, … Read more
The audacity of the Belarusian diversion of an international flight in order to arrest a dissident journalist rightly drew global headlines and global condemnation this week. But it’s not exactly news that President Aleksandr Lukashenko will go to ruthless lengths … Read more
