Articles

From Threatened Censorship to Box Office Hit: Many Colombians rallied behind a documentary by Margarita Martinez, NF ’09, about the long difficult path to peace

From Threatened Censorship to Box Office Hit: Many Colombians rallied behind a documentary by Margarita Martinez, NF ’09, about the long difficult path to peace

I was ready for the premiere of my film. For five years, I’d been working on a behind-the-scenes documentary about the torturous and ultimately successful negotiations between the Colombian government…
January 22, 2019
Margarita Martinez
Authenticity and the Journalism of Networks

Authenticity and the Journalism of Networks

Trust in the federal government is at a historic low, while trust in Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders among supporters is near or above 80%. What can journalists learn from…
January 8, 2019
An Xiao Mina
How Hashtag Culture Influences International Conversations

How Hashtag Culture Influences International Conversations

Published by Beacon Press on January 8, An Xiao Mina’s “Memes to Movements: How the World’s Most Viral Media Is Changing Social Protest and Power” explores internet memes as agents of global…
January 8, 2019
An Xiao Mina
WNBA superstar Sue Bird rates sports coverage and finds room for improvement

WNBA superstar Sue Bird rates sports coverage and finds room for improvement

Sue Bird, 38, is one of the greatest basketball players of all-time. Period. After winning two NCAA championships at UConn, Bird was the first overall pick in the 2002 WNBA…
January 7, 2019
Shira Springer
7 Ways to Improve Coverage of Women’s Sports

7 Ways to Improve Coverage of Women’s Sports

Women’s sports in the U.S. receive only 4 percent of sports media coverage. Why it’s time for that to change
January 7, 2019
Shira Springer
Some Hope for 2019: The Next Generation is the Solution to Our “Media Problems”

Some Hope for 2019: The Next Generation is the Solution to Our “Media Problems”

I spent this fall talking to young students at the University of Chicago about how to fight distrust in news and mitigate polarization.As a Pritzker Fellow, I taught a series…
January 4, 2019
María Ramírez
Fighting to Keep Public Notices in Newspapers

Fighting to Keep Public Notices in Newspapers

Reading public notice ads in the classifieds is about exciting as watching paint dry, but it’s necessary reading for some.In Carmel, California, a 99-year-old woman was able to stop the…
January 3, 2019
Maryanne Reed
#MeToo and Photojournalism: What Needs To Happen Next

#MeToo and Photojournalism: What Needs To Happen Next

Photojournalism has a proud history of reporting for a better world where human rights are central, and this work is more important than ever. But photojournalism is framed to a…
December 12, 2018
Lars Boering
Are journalists going too far in trying to avoid the “liberal bias” label?

Are journalists going too far in trying to avoid the “liberal bias” label?

I’m beginning to wonder if journalists have been bending over backward so far to disprove the “liberal media” narrative that they have unwittingly become advocates for conservatives and, more importantly,…
December 3, 2018
Issac J. Bailey
"Our hope is that by providing nuggets of scientifically grounded evidence and quick access to experts... reason and rationality may ultimately prevail"

“Our hope is that by providing nuggets of scientifically grounded evidence and quick access to experts… reason and rationality may ultimately prevail”

SciLine matches reporters on deadline with scientists to produce evidence-based journalism
November 29, 2018
Rick Weiss