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A Blueprint for Documenting and Debunking Misinformation Campaigns

A Blueprint for Documenting and Debunking Misinformation Campaigns

In 2020, amid a pandemic and protests and a presidential election, misinformation lays in wait everywhere. It’s on our social media feeds, coming out of the mouths of our politicians,…
Veteran China Reporters on Increasing Restrictions on Journalists — and the Toll on Truth-Telling

Veteran China Reporters on Increasing Restrictions on Journalists — and the Toll on Truth-Telling

After the World Health Organization declared that coronavirus was a global pandemic, news organizations became entangled in the increasingly hostile battle between China and the United States for global influence.…
The Detroit Free Press: “Journalists Must be Truth-Tellers”

The Detroit Free Press: “Journalists Must be Truth-Tellers”

As the election grows closer, the rigor of our reporting and the depth of the analysis we must provide for voters in Michigan has never been greater. Even as Covid-19…
President Trump, Michael Pack, and The Future of Voice of America

President Trump, Michael Pack, and The Future of Voice of America

Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts in 47 languages to over 280 million people around the world, including in countries such as Iran, North Korea, and Myanmar. VOA, founded in 1942,…
It Can Happen Here: We Must Cover Trump As The Authoritarian He Is

It Can Happen Here: We Must Cover Trump As The Authoritarian He Is

In the weeks following the 2016 election, Sinclair Lewis had been dead for as long as he’d lived — 65 years — but there he was on the bestseller list…
National News Outlets Prepare for an Election Night that Might Turn into Days, Weeks

National News Outlets Prepare for an Election Night that Might Turn into Days, Weeks

David Lauter, Washington bureau chief at the Los Angeles Times, is not preparing for Election Day — he is preparing for election week, or even election weeks. Most election cycles…
Covering Abortion as a Personal Health Care Issue, and Not Just a Political One

Covering Abortion as a Personal Health Care Issue, and Not Just a Political One

For about a year, Becca Andrews, a Mother Jones reporter based in California, diligently worked to build a relationship with Laurie Bertram Roberts, an activist who helps Mississippi women obtain…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Investigating Voting Rights and Explaining How to Vote by Mail

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Investigating Voting Rights and Explaining How to Vote by Mail

I lead election coverage for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a mid-sized regional newspaper in Georgia. Our state, as you have probably heard, has become a bona fide battleground. The evidence is…
High Voter Turnout? Result Delays? What to Expect from Cable News on Election Night

High Voter Turnout? Result Delays? What to Expect from Cable News on Election Night

When it comes election night nightmares, Steve Kornacki has been there.Kornacki, whose high-energy “big board” election analyses are a staple of MSNBC political coverage, recalls all too well how correspondents…
The Miami Herald: Covering the 2020 Election — and Remembering the 2000 Recount

The Miami Herald: Covering the 2020 Election — and Remembering the 2000 Recount

I covered one of the closest presidential elections in modern history from Florida. But even with the knowledge we gained from the brutally divisive 2000 election to draw on, I’m…