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Meshing Purpose With Product

Heeding the warning against forcing ‘existing quality standards into new technology,’ a journalist is cautiously optimistic about the digital future.

Vanishing Jobs at Newspapers

RELATED ARTICLE“Are Journalists the 21st Century’s Buggy Whip Makers?”– William DietrichEmployment news at newspapers is bad, but just how bad depends on who’s counting. Between 1992 and 2002, the number…

Are Journalists the 21st Century’s Buggy Whip Makers?

Newspapers might vanish, too, if they continue to ‘dream of past dominance while taking their product and trying to fit it into their competitor's terrain.’

What’s Old Is New Again

A documentary film about immigration reveals historic articles and images with messages familiar to us today.

Learning How Data Work With Reporting

RELATED ARTICLE“Data Talk When Reporters Know How to Listen”– By Stephen K. DoigWorking with the Investigative Reporters and Editors’ (IRE) National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR), I and USA Today…

Data Talk When Reporters Know How to Listen

‘My god, I had no idea newspapers could do this kind of thing!’

The War of Words

‘The acrimony of the immigration debate testifies to the power of words to divide and ought to serve as a cautionary signal to journalists …’

Preparing for the Journey

RELATED ARTICLESAlso by Sonia Nazario“Ethical Dilemmas in Telling Enrique’s Story”“On the Narrative Approach”“On Ways of the Road”In her talk, Nazario offered specific guidance to journalists about the…

On the Narrative Approach

I think it’s a couple of things in terms of the craft and being able to tell a story well. I’m a big believer in fly-on-the-wall stories and trying to…

Watching a Community Changed by Immigration

With African Americans being displaced by Latinos, news coverage of South Central Los Angeles is inflaming tensions, not informing people.