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George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and One Journalist’s Painfully Honest Self-Examination on Racism

George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and One Journalist’s Painfully Honest Self-Examination on Racism

“No one in the United States is immune to the influence of white supremacy, not even a black Southerner like me”
May 29, 2020
Issac J. Bailey
Tara Reade’s Allegations and Trauma-Informed Reporting

Tara Reade’s Allegations and Trauma-Informed Reporting

The more I read about Tara Reade’s story, the less I know about her sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden. That’s a problem, not just for Reade but for every…
May 21, 2020
Issac J. Bailey
“Permission to be human”: TV Journalists Crying on Camera Is Understandable

“Permission to be human”: TV Journalists Crying on Camera Is Understandable

For the third time now, I have watched a TV anchor choke up and weep on camera during a live, stressful interview with a Covid-19 victim or family survivor. That…
May 14, 2020
Clarence Jones
Pandemic Project Asks What is Needed to Keep Journalism Viable

Pandemic Project Asks What is Needed to Keep Journalism Viable

The effects of COVID-19 are already being framed as an “extinction event” for journalism, causing dozens of news outlets to collapse around the world. Tens of thousands of newsroom jobs…
May 13, 2020
Emily Bell
Without a Campaign to Cover, Reporters Shift to Covering the Voting Process Itself

Without a Campaign to Cover, Reporters Shift to Covering the Voting Process Itself

While Covid-19 has derailed the 2020 presidential campaign, it may actually improve coverage of it by shifting focus to a crucial issue — access to the ballot
May 12, 2020
Casey Quackenbush
4 Ways to Fund — and Save — Local Journalism

4 Ways to Fund — and Save — Local Journalism

Covid-19 is threatening to extinguish local media — and fueling bold proposals to fund its long-term future
May 7, 2020
Catherine Buni
Lessons Learned from Investigating Corruption in Peru — and Facing Blowback

Lessons Learned from Investigating Corruption in Peru — and Facing Blowback

A longtime journalist who wrote his first investigation on a sturdy Olivetti typewriter, I, a streetwise dinosaur, 10 years ago teamed up with millenials to launch the very small online,…
May 6, 2020
Gustavo Gorriti
Australian Media’s Fight for Press Freedom Should Be a Lesson to Journalists Worldwide

Australian Media’s Fight for Press Freedom Should Be a Lesson to Journalists Worldwide

Even in a liberal democracy like Australia’s, media freedom is easy to lose — and can be hard to get back
May 5, 2020
Gary Dickson

“Privilege the voices”: NPR’s Carrie Johnson on the power of active listening

I spent my childhood in a tiny pink house in suburban Chicago, surrounded by noise. The television blared theme songs from my grandmother’s soap operas. My grandfather’s fire department scanner…
May 1, 2020
Carrie Johnson
Deep Listening Project Helps Milwaukee Reflect on Democracy

Deep Listening Project Helps Milwaukee Reflect on Democracy

Cutting through the noise, “This is Milwaukee” explores citizenship and community representation
April 29, 2020
Mary Louise Schumacher