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Esther Thorson

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Esther Thorson is dean of graduate studies and research at the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

The Public and Journalists: They Disagree on Core Values

In considering the modern relevance of Walter Williams’s “Journalist’s Creed,” it was well documented that people who aren’t journalists held increasingly negative attitudes toward news organizations. For example, The Pew…

Measuring the Effects of Changing the Way Violence Is Reported

Reporting on crime and violence has been a staple in the newspaper diet since before the pennycress. In that time, one by-product of this coverage has remained consistent: readers have…