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Why BuzzFeed Was Wrong to Publish the Trump Dossier

Why BuzzFeed Was Wrong to Publish the Trump Dossier

A discussion of journalistic ethics is supposed to involve journalism, so maybe I’m on thin ice writing about BuzzFeed’s decision to publish the dossier about Donald Trump – because that…
Should Newsrooms Follow Where WikiLeaks Leads?

Should Newsrooms Follow Where WikiLeaks Leads?

James Comey’s reputation may never recover from a few decisions he made during the 2016 election cycle, and maybe it shouldn’t. His choices, though, weren’t materially different from the thinking…

When War Comes Home

Three years ago I worked as a news editor at Donbass, the largest newspaper and news website in my native city of Donetsk in Eastern Ukraine. I was responsible for…
The challenge Trump poses for Jewish media

The challenge Trump poses for Jewish media

Donald Trump poses a challenge to all media, because he, well, loathes us and also can’t live without us. In everyday terms, his badgering media for attention and simultaneously calling…
Al Sharpton, Donald Trump, and the Black and White Truth

Al Sharpton, Donald Trump, and the Black and White Truth

A fast-talking, prolific headline-making man from New York with a controversial record on the issue of race showed up on the political scene to run for the presidency of the…

Bill Church, NF ’16, seeks to join core values and new approaches as he guides newsrooms toward reinvention

What should newsrooms look like in the future?No one knows the answer.But there is energy in uncertainty. And the best way to find an answer is start an adventure. Even…
Floyd McKay, NF ’68, draws on his daily reporting for a book about an era that transformed the state of Oregon

Floyd McKay, NF ’68, draws on his daily reporting for a book about an era that transformed the state of Oregon

When journalism becomes work—as opposed to adventure—it’s time to move on; that’s what I did after three decades as a reporter and commentator in print and television, at the Oregon…
Andrea McCarren, NF ’07, finds a four-legged friend is an asset for her reporting

Andrea McCarren, NF ’07, finds a four-legged friend is an asset for her reporting

Over decades of reporting, my toolbox has evolved: from a pen and notebook to a smartphone, and for the last year, a 75-pound English Labrador retriever named Bunce.He’s named for…
Get Serious About Getting Rid of Fake News

Get Serious About Getting Rid of Fake News

One way to think of the job journalism does is telling a community about itself, and on those terms the American media failed spectacularly this election cycle. That Donald Trump’s…
A Davos for the Rust Belt

A Davos for the Rust Belt

I come from a fading industrial town—Albion, Michigan. In 1985 I would read the Chicago Tribune on how great things were in America and wonder which America it was writing…