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A Tale of Two Filter Bubbles

A Tale of Two Filter Bubbles

Leaving stereotypes about Trump voters behind in a move from the L.A. Times to rural Maine
Lessons from Brexit

Lessons from Brexit

The American press repeated many of the mistakes of the British press in the run-up to the referendum on E.U. membership. Here’s what British journalists have learned
Looking for “Whitelash”

Looking for “Whitelash”

Newsrooms need to see the connection between journalism, white anger, and the politics of racial resentment
To Win Back Public Trust, Try Bipartisan Reporting and "Bias Editors"

To Win Back Public Trust, Try Bipartisan Reporting and “Bias Editors”

If you think you have nothing to learn from reporters working elsewhere, you’re part of the problem
Responding to Our Oral Culture

Responding to Our Oral Culture

Sometime late last winter, I began to focus closely on what would happen in the primaries on Super Tuesday, March 1, 2016. I realized I really needed to get on…
How Collaborative Media Partnerships Can Help Rebuild Local and Regional Journalism

How Collaborative Media Partnerships Can Help Rebuild Local and Regional Journalism

The chasm between the coastal media centers and the country’s heartland is laid bare. Deep discontent, long simmering in the manufacturing Midwest and Appalachian coal country, went largely unrecognized until…
Fostering a Grassroots Approach to International Reporting

Fostering a Grassroots Approach to International Reporting

There’s a romance to the notion of foreign correspondence–the war-weary, adventure-seeking ink slinger. For me it was the movie “The Killing Fields” that drew me to this work, the idea…
Jill Abramson: “You’ve Got to Get a Younger Generation in the Habit of Reading That Highest-Quality Journalism”

Jill Abramson: “You’ve Got to Get a Younger Generation in the Habit of Reading That Highest-Quality Journalism”

The former New York Times executive editor on why she admires BuzzFeed, misses Gawker, and the public holds the press in such low regard
The New Wisdom of the Crowd

The New Wisdom of the Crowd

Scandinavian media giant Schibsted publishes Verdens Gang or VG, the number one online newspaper in Norway and the nation’s number two print daily. Schibsted’s approach to news is noteworthy because it “boasts…

Seeking the Ultimate Complement

Growth often comes not from providing better content, but from offering better and cheaper complements