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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, Julie Posetti
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, Margaret Simons

“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
Covering Climate Change and Countering Skepticism in Australia

Covering Climate Change and Countering Skepticism in Australia

Australian journalists deconstruct falsehoods while coming up with creative ways to tell a complex story
April 28, 2020
Casey Quackenbush
As Europe Confronts Coronavirus, the Media Faces a Trust Test

As Europe Confronts Coronavirus, the Media Faces a Trust Test

How coverage of the coronavirus in Italy, Spain, France, and Germany has impacted trust in news outlets
April 24, 2020
Mattia Ferraresi
Sports Journalism Must Pivot to Public Service Journalism

Sports Journalism Must Pivot to Public Service Journalism

Sports in a bubble. That’s how return-to-play scenarios have been described. Empty stadiums. Teams quarantined in hotels between games and practices. Regular Covid-19 tests for all involved. The complicated plans…
April 24, 2020
Shira Springer