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Local Weeklies Are Covering the Communities Big Dailies Ignore

Local Weeklies Are Covering the Communities Big Dailies Ignore

Intermission was over and the house lights were about to go down for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Brahms’s “German Requiem.” It was Saturday, October 4, 2014. Rebecca…
In the Balkans, Whistle-Blowing News Outlets Struggle to Survive

In the Balkans, Whistle-Blowing News Outlets Struggle to Survive

In August 2012, Jelena Krstović was one of the most influential people in Serbia. At just 30, she was a vice president of the country’s biggest privately owned company, Delta…
Telling the Story of 'Normal' Iran

Telling the Story of ‘Normal’ Iran

Iranian journalist Nazila Fathi was a correspondent for The New York Times at the time of the uprisings in Tehran in 2009. Fearing her life was in danger, she hurriedly…
Amy O'Leary on Innovation and Putting Multimedia Stories to the Test

Amy O’Leary on Innovation and Putting Multimedia Stories to the Test

As a New York Times technology reporter and its deputy editor for digital operations, Amy O’Leary has had a hand in many of the paper’s efforts to stay viable in…
Shani O. Hilton on Building a Newsroom at BuzzFeed

Shani O. Hilton on Building a Newsroom at BuzzFeed

Shani O. Hilton is executive editor at BuzzFeed, where she heads the news department. In addition to leading BuzzFeed’s expanding news division, Hilton is currently developing a code of news…
Who Owns the News in Indonesia?

Who Owns the News in Indonesia?

A couple months before Indonesia’s presidential election last July, all the members of the VIVAnews editorial board received a strongly-worded e-mail. The sender was the popular news site’s boss, Anindra…
A New Generation of Correspondents Hustles for Work with the Help of the Web

A New Generation of Correspondents Hustles for Work with the Help of the Web

In March, when it became clear something big was happening in Crimea, Jacob Resneck packed his knapsack with a laptop, sound recorder and camera and boarded a one-way flight from…
As Legacy News Outlets Retreat, Who Will Be There to Report on the World?

As Legacy News Outlets Retreat, Who Will Be There to Report on the World?

In October, as Ebola raged out of control and unsettled much of the world, I began making plans for a reporting trip to West Africa. I had covered a minor…
5 Questions for Jonathan Zittrain

5 Questions for Jonathan Zittrain

Jonathan Zittrain is a professor of law and computer science at Harvard who examines issues of privacy and fairness in the digital world. He is co-founder of Harvard’s Berkman Center…
5 Questions for NPR Correspondent Deborah Amos

5 Questions for NPR Correspondent Deborah Amos

Deborah Amos has been reporting from war zones and sharing the stories of those affected by conflict since 1982. An international correspondent for NPR, she recently returned from covering the…