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"Almost Everyone, On Every Beat, Becomes an Immigration Reporter at Some Point"

“Almost Everyone, On Every Beat, Becomes an Immigration Reporter at Some Point”

Covering immigration requires a multidisciplinary approach to reporting, from economics to politics to education
Is It Ethical for Journalists to Ask Trump Pointedly Provocative Questions?

Is It Ethical for Journalists to Ask Trump Pointedly Provocative Questions?

When President Donald Trump responded to the news of a new and advanced ballistic missile test by North Korea on November 28, he used what was, for him, relatively restrained…
The New York Times and Why White Supremacy Isn’t News

The New York Times and Why White Supremacy Isn’t News

A much-discussed Nazi-next-door piece in The New York Times went wrong for one reason: It treated the reporter’s discovery of the normalcy of white supremacy as news.There is nothing new…
When Women Stand Up Against Harassers in the Newsroom

When Women Stand Up Against Harassers in the Newsroom

We don’t need more training—we know what to do
Frederik Obermaier

Frederik Obermaier

“I think one outcome of leaks like the Panama Papers or the Paradise Papers is that nobody can feel safe anymore in tax havens”
Reporting the Untold Stories of Rural India

Reporting the Untold Stories of Rural India

How the People’s Archive of Rural India is documenting the lives and labors of some of the country’s poorest, most marginalized populations
A PARI mentor finds an opportunity to teach—and to learn

A PARI mentor finds an opportunity to teach—and to learn

Storytelling is a two-way street at PARI, with professional journalists mentoring locals with no background in reporting. This summer I mentored a PARI fellow, Stanzin Saldon, a Buddhist woman of…
“Fixing” the Journalist-Fixer Relationship

“Fixing” the Journalist-Fixer Relationship

A new study explores the divisions between fixers and correspondents, as the Global Reporting Centre examines alternate models of doing foreign reporting

8 reporters reflect on the challenges of covering sexual harassment

Journalists who break stories about powerful men who have sexually harassed or otherwise abused women face a host of challenges. These include getting  women to go on the record and…
The News Industry Has a Sexual Harassment Problem. #NowWhat?

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

How newsroom leaders can create workplaces that truly support women