Author Political Journalism in a Networked Age In the age of heightened surveillance, the need for—and threat to—watchdog journalism has intensified, with Edward Snowden’s 2013 leak of classified documents signaling what may become a new norm in… February 7, 2017 The Road to Better National Journalism Starts in Small Towns If there’s one thing that I’ve learned from covering the 2016 presidential election, it’s that the best stories can and should come from unexpected places.I take that literally: when I… February 6, 2017 6 Things Journalists Can Do to Win Back Trust The beat down of the mainstream media in recent years has been painful to watch, if for no other reason than research shows much of it is preventable.At the root… February 3, 2017 The Future of Comments When many news websites were shutting down their comments sections, Alaska Dispatch News executive editor David Hulen was determined to keep his. Like every news site, ADN’s comments had problems,… February 2, 2017 Covering American Muslims—as an American Muslim The story that has dominated coverage of Muslims in America this past year, especially these past few months, has been the rise of Islamophobia and how President Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric… January 31, 2017 Why News Organizations Should Buy Twitter Since its founding, Twitter has always lost money—more than $2 billion since 2011 alone. Oddly enough, Twitter now faces the same problem as newsrooms did back in the day when… January 27, 2017 Inform, Expose, Fact Check, Explain Two days after the election, one of our reporters spoke to teenagers at Topeka High School who said they were bullied and threatened with Donald Trump-inspired sexual assault.The story angered Diane… January 24, 2017 5 Questions for Engin Onder Engin Onder was a recent college graduate in 2012 when, frustrated by the state of the media in Turkey, he joined with friends on Twitter to launch 140journos, a citizen-sustained… January 19, 2017 What’s the Point of Editorials When Ideology Outweighs Facts? When the Enid News & Eagle’s editorial board endorsed Republican Marco Rubio instead of Donald Trump last March, we received virtually no reaction. More editorials criticizing Trump’s remarks on NATO,… January 17, 2017 When Is A Remark Racist? In an increasingly polarized world, journalists need to write with context and precision about race January 16, 2017 Previous 1 … 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 … 429 Next
