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Mexican Journalists Say “No to Silence”

Mexican Journalists Say “No to Silence”

Translated by Patrick Timmons. Leer en español.Translator’s note: At least four journalists have been murdered in Mexico this year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.  In addition, journalist Salvador Adame of…
June 20, 2017

Djinns in the Newsroom

My grandmother was well known for telling extraordinary tales. One in particular has stuck with me since the summer I was dispatched alone to her in Delhi. At the time…
June 16, 2017
"The struggle against silence in Mexico is a relay race"

“The struggle against silence in Mexico is a relay race”

Today [June 8] marks one week since I returned to Mexico after 10 months in the United States on a Nieman Fellowship. On my first day back, I talked to…
June 15, 2017
The Murder of Javier Valdez: A Test for Mexico’s Democracy

The Murder of Javier Valdez: A Test for Mexico’s Democracy

Last week newly elected Republican congressman Greg Gianforte of Montana published an apology for assaulting a journalist who persisted in asking questions during a campaign event.  Gianforte threw in a…
June 15, 2017
Covering Controversial Issues on Campus

Covering Controversial Issues on Campus

University newspapers generally come alive at night, and on a recent gloomy weekday afternoon the office of The Cornell Daily Sun is dimly lit and nearly empty. Housed in a…
June 13, 2017

“A Roller Coaster of Emotions”: James E. Causey, NF ’08, tells a tale of Milwaukee’s decline through the lives of his third-grade classmates

When I set out to find out what happened to everyone in my third-grade class at Milwaukee’s Samuel Clemens Elementary School in 1978, I had no idea how mentally draining…
June 8, 2017
Telling Indigenous Stories

Telling Indigenous Stories

Cree woman Connie Oakes said she was innocent of the murder of Casey Armstrong.She said it when the police failed to produce fingerprints. She said it when they failed to…
June 7, 2017
What Terry Frei’s Tweet Says about Bigotry and Bias

What Terry Frei’s Tweet Says about Bigotry and Bias

I was thinking about dedicating this column to what happened in New York, with the decision by the Times to jettison its public editor position. But what happened in Denver…
June 6, 2017
How Venezuela’s Independent Digital News Outlets Are Covering the Turmoil in Their Country

How Venezuela’s Independent Digital News Outlets Are Covering the Turmoil in Their Country

Leer en españolVenezuelan pop singer Miguel Ignacio Mendoza was part of a crowd of thousands of people on the streets of Caracas on April 10. He wasn’t giving a concert,…
June 1, 2017
Charlie Sykes: “Everything that’s happening that is bad is about to get worse”

Charlie Sykes: “Everything that’s happening that is bad is about to get worse”

A longtime political commentator, Charlie Sykes has become a leading conservative voice, locally and nationally. Best known as the host of the “Midday with Charlie Sykes” talk show, broadcast on WTMJ…
May 25, 2017