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Robert Snell, an investigative reporter for The Detroit News, was in a Detroit federal courthouse reviewing court records for another story when he came across an unsealed affidavit. It was for…

Saud Ur Rehman had been standing in line at the bank for eight hours before he called his wife and cousin, complaining of chest pains. It was the third consecutive…

A good place to start telling the unfolding story of sexual harassment in newsrooms is July 6th, 2016. That’s the day former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson sued Roger Ailes,…

In March Elena Milashina, a reporter for Russia’s leading independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, was tipped off by a source about the suspicious death of a man in Chechnya. Through her reporting, Milashina, who had been covering Chechnya for…

News personalization could help publishers attract and retain audiences—in the process making political polarization even worse

The first tactic the people hoarding money, power, and secrets will try is to befriend you. You join their side; they join yours. Everyone benefits. Perhaps you gain a new…

The increasing use of anonymous sources and leaks has intensified the debate over how to vet information and sources

Terrence McCoy was rummaging through clips when he came across the story of Kimi Reylander.Reylander, 9, was shot and killed while visiting her great-grandfather’s home in Irondale, Alabama, a small…

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…

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,…