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The News Industry Has a Sexual Harassment Problem. #NowWhat?

The News Industry Has a Sexual Harassment Problem. #NowWhat?

A good place to start telling the unfolding story of sexual harassment in newsrooms is July 6th, 2016. That’s the day former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson sued Roger Ailes,…
November 13, 2017
Katherine Goldstein
Finding a Good Hook: Hurricane Irma moves Joan Martelli, NF ’08, to finish her book about a storied wreck  

Finding a Good Hook: Hurricane Irma moves Joan Martelli, NF ’08, to finish her book about a storied wreck  

After working for more than 20 years in television as a newsmagazine producer, I am diving into uncharted waters and publishing my first book.“The Law of Storms:  The true story…
November 6, 2017
Joan Martelli
How Independent Russian Newsrooms Keep Reporting

How Independent Russian Newsrooms Keep Reporting

In March Elena Milashina, a reporter for Russia’s leading independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, was tipped off by a source about the suspicious death of a man in Chechnya. Through her reporting, Milashina, who had been covering Chechnya for…
November 3, 2017
Alisa Sopova
Fotoperiodistas en México muestran solidaridad en medio de las ruinas

Fotoperiodistas en México muestran solidaridad en medio de las ruinas

Read in English.Nueve horas duró el abrazo colectivo FotoXWesley, cuatro horas más de lo planeado: la subasta tuvo que suspenderse porque el Centro de la Imagen estaba por cerrar. A…
November 1, 2017
Marcela Turati
Photojournalists in Mexico Show Solidarity Amid the Ruins

Photojournalists in Mexico Show Solidarity Amid the Ruins

Translated from the Spanish by John Gibler. Leer en español.The collective embrace Photo4Wesley lasted nine hours, four hours longer than planned. The auction was only interrupted because the venue, Centro de la…
November 1, 2017
Marcela Turati
What Journalists Can Learn from the Blues

What Journalists Can Learn from the Blues

Journalism is in crisis; that is old news. But since I arrived at Harvard nearly three months ago, I have been struck at how much emotional and intellectual energy is…
October 31, 2017
Christine Mungai

The Story Behind a StoryCorps Success: Dean Haddock, a 2015 Visiting Fellow, on the long, winding road to an oral history app

In 2015 Dave Isay, StoryCorps’ founder, received the $1 million TED Prize. The money funded the development of an app for preserving and sharing meaningful conversations with the world. Those…
October 30, 2017
Dean Haddock
Elle Reeve: "Now that the whole world knows that these guys exist, you can't just do the straight-on coverage of their events. You can't ignore it either.”

Elle Reeve: “Now that the whole world knows that these guys exist, you can’t just do the straight-on coverage of their events. You can’t ignore it either.”

Elle Reeve, a technology correspondent for “Vice News Tonight,” shows little emotion as she interviews white nationalists spewing hate in the chilling documentary “Charlottesville: Race and Terror.” That was by…
October 24, 2017
The Power of Personalization

The Power of Personalization

News personalization could help publishers attract and retain audiences—in the process making political polarization even worse
October 18, 2017
Adrienne LaFrance
Cam Newton and Journalism’s Credibility

Cam Newton and Journalism’s Credibility

When Cam Newton, one of the biggest names in the NFL, said, “It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes; like, it’s funny” while responding to a question from…
October 10, 2017
Issac J. Bailey