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When people with disabilities are portrayed as only heroes or victims, it's harder to address the issues that affect them

A blind journalist on overcoming the latent prejudices that keep people with disabilities out of newsrooms

For journalists who want to represent readers’ interests, ensuring equal access to online content is essential

The first time I invited my readers to meet up at a coffee shop, one person came. His name was Jimmy. He was a fan of my geeky news and…

Public disaffection and candidates' social media strategies force journalists to innovate beyond the horse race

Once again, the media discover that there’s no substitute for talking to voters

In awarding its Lie of the Year title to Donald Trump last December, the staff at PolitiFact had a lot of material from which to choose.During the first GOP debate…

It's not just science reporters who need to evaluate research and learn to tell good studies from bad

The origins of the Oscar-nominated film “Spotlight” can be traced to Harvard, in a 2003 issue of Nieman Reports.Speaking at Harvard’s Kennedy School earlier this month, Globe editor-at-large Walter V.…

The Marshall Project’s managing editor on the imperative of platform-specific stories, the supremacy of video, and why he likes to work with Collaborators