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Talk to the Hand

Talk to the Hand

When a chemical spill contaminated the drinking water of hundreds of thousands of people in West Virginia in January, Charleston Gazette reporters Ken Ward and David Gutman repeatedly asked the…
Quiet Human Moments Amidst Great Strife

Quiet Human Moments Amidst Great Strife

Many years ago, I asked Anja to show me her favorite picture, the one she liked the most. The photo she sent showed an elegant older man sitting on the…
“A Sense of Exhilaration and Possibility”

“A Sense of Exhilaration and Possibility”

The co-founder of Turkey’s 140journos on building a citizen-sustained news agency from scratch
Chasing Paper with YanukovychLeaks

Chasing Paper with YanukovychLeaks

How comics can enhance reader engagement, bring new audiences to narrative nonfiction

How comics can enhance reader engagement, bring new audiences to narrative nonfiction

Shortly after I co-founded Symbolia, a digital publication that merges comic books and journalism, I got an intriguing pitch. Reporter Sarah Mirk wanted to tell the stories of the veterans…
Form Follows Function

Form Follows Function

Form follows function. Just what that axiom means, applied to journalism, was revealed to me by a man named Carl Newton, city editor of The Atlanta Journal when I arrived…

Nurturing the Next Generation of Watchdogs

On my way into work at Medill Watchdog for the first time, I stopped at Hanig’s Shoe Store. It was February 1, 2011, part of a three-day storm in which…
Rewriting J-School

Rewriting J-School

How journalism schools are trying to connect classrooms to newsrooms
Brazilian Reporters at Risk

Brazilian Reporters at Risk

When the World Cup kicks off in Brazil in June, the government of President Dilma Rousseff will be celebrating the country’s emergence as a global powerhouse. The event, to be…
Remembering William Worthy

Remembering William Worthy

William Worthy, who fought with the government over reporting trips to China, Cuba and Iran, died at a nursing home in Massachusetts on May 4. He was 92. It was…