In a career that has spanned 40 years, Helen Branswell has covered some of the biggest health stories of the last several decades: the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic, the West African Ebola outbreak and the Zika virus. In 2003, she … Read more
I can’t think about the horrific images of people in Afghanistan clinging to the wheels of U.S. military airplanes without thinking of the coverage of the Iraq war on April 9, 2003. It was the day an iconic statue … Read more
Circa 2015 the phrase “pivot to video” became popular in the news industry. Organizations were indeed leaning into video, but fast forward just a couple of years, and the catchy phrase had become a tongue-in-cheek joke. It had become clear … Read more
Seems we need a reminder. On Jan. 6, 2021, the nation’s Capitol building was attacked — not figuratively, but literally. Thousands of people descended upon D.C. in an attempt to stop the certification of the results from the 2020 presidential … Read more
One hour of sifting through job postings. Another hour of filling out applications. Tack on two hours of interview prep, as well as a one-hour edit test. If you are lucky enough to make it to the fifth interview, add … Read more
Two weeks ago, the world watched as the saga involving Nikole Hannah-Jones’s pursuit of tenure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill came to an unexpected — and empowering — conclusion. After a protracted tenure process, which Hannah-Jones … Read more
When I started to attend wakes as a girl, I told my father I didn’t know what to say or do. It was simple, he said. You extended your hand and say, “I’m sorry for your troubles.” He and my … Read more
Alex Roman Jr. and his mother stayed up all night under a Texas sky to finish a piece of art forged to honor a deceased man from Roman’s hometown of Houston. That man was George Floyd. But their depiction of … Read more
As a kid, the first letter of the alphabet I learned was not A, B, or C. It was the letter F. A big fat red F with a circle around it. As the first-generation son of immigrant Chinese parents … 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
