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Breaking the Frame

Breaking the Frame

A look at some of the innovators—photojournalists, artists, designers—reimagining the visual delivery of news
Covering the Complexities of Abortion

Covering the Complexities of Abortion

A confession: Until recently, I didn’t really understand what happens during a woman’s menstrual cycle. (And I still kind of have a few questions.) I confess because I’m a male…
“Have more faith and trust in the public to be able to digest challenging information and to actually be looking for that”

“Have more faith and trust in the public to be able to digest challenging information and to actually be looking for that”

Mother Jones, the 43-year-old San Francisco-based publication named for the intrepid activist Mary Harris Jones, has been reinvigorated since Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery took over as co-editors in 2006.…
Using Rapid-Response Expertise to Strengthen 2020 Campaign Coverage

Using Rapid-Response Expertise to Strengthen 2020 Campaign Coverage

The U.S. presidential election may be a year and a half away, but polls are already ranking—and rankling—the still-developing field of 2020 candidates, prompting familiar, biennial pleadings for journalists to…
Journalistic Collaboration is a Key to Survival

Journalistic Collaboration is a Key to Survival

A project at Montclair State University’s School of Communication and Media shows how collaboration can beat competition in covering complex issues
Why are Journalism Contests So Expensive to Enter?

Why are Journalism Contests So Expensive to Enter?

Winners of both the Peabody and Webby Awards were announced in recent weeks. To enter both competitions, assuming a freelancer only wants to enter a single category, will run upward…
Live-Blogging the Stock Market

Live-Blogging the Stock Market

Deb Price, NF ’11, is leading a team at South China Morning Post to offer news average readers can use
“1968 was a moment when [the idea of liberal media bias] got nationalized”

“1968 was a moment when [the idea of liberal media bias] got nationalized”

Media studies scholar Heather Hendershot on Walter Cronkite, Mayor Daley, and coverage of the Chicago Democratic Convention

A Historian’s Approach to Journalism

"Journalism became a vehicle to pursue the kinds of narratives that first got me interested in history: those that question the official story and defy power"

A Historian’s Approach to Journalism

"Journalism became a vehicle to pursue the kinds of narratives that first got me interested in history: those that question the official story and defy power"