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As the November Election Approaches, Are Newsrooms Ready for Guccifer 3.0?

As the November Election Approaches, Are Newsrooms Ready for Guccifer 3.0?

When a Twitter user named @Guccifer_2 direct messaged reporter Sheera Frenkel in June 2016, offering hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee, she demonstrated an instinct that will be crucial…
Learning from Little Rock: A Look at Black Lives Matter Protests and the Role of Local News

Learning from Little Rock: A Look at Black Lives Matter Protests and the Role of Local News

On Saturday, May 30, 23-year-old Army reservist Zaria McClinton drove to the state capitol building in Little Rock, Arkansas to take part in the city’s first large demonstration following the…
Reporting and Resilience: How Journalists Are Managing Their Mental Health

Reporting and Resilience: How Journalists Are Managing Their Mental Health

Friends and colleagues began calling Sarah Glover soon after the world witnessed the killing of George Floyd on video. Black journalists were hurting, in need of empathy and solutions, trying…
Protest Photography Can Be a Powerful Tool For and Against Black Lives Matter

Protest Photography Can Be a Powerful Tool For and Against Black Lives Matter

If photojournalism wants to draw attention to social injustice, it must also look at the unintended harm photography can cause
Refugee Journalists Bring Access to Stories that Would Otherwise Be Missed

Refugee Journalists Bring Access to Stories that Would Otherwise Be Missed

It all began with a Facebook post in early 2016. Hussin Satoof, a Syrian refugee living in rural Western Germany, appealed for help finding his nephew Ahmad. The 17-year-old, who…
4 Ways to Fund — and Save — Local Journalism

4 Ways to Fund — and Save — Local Journalism

On April 3, Mandy Jenkins paused from her work as general manager of The Compass Experiment — a partnership between Google and McClatchy to explore new business models for local…
Australian Media’s Fight for Press Freedom Should Be a Lesson to Journalists Worldwide

Australian Media’s Fight for Press Freedom Should Be a Lesson to Journalists Worldwide

When Australian investigative journalist Nick McKenzie arrived at his desk one morning in 2014, he was surprised to find a bunch of flowers had been sent up from the mailroom.“In…
Covering Climate Change and Countering Skepticism in Australia

Covering Climate Change and Countering Skepticism in Australia

Two weeks after Australia began 2020 on fire, scores of mourners gathered for a funeral for a father and son in a small rural town called Cobargo in southeastern New…
As Europe Confronts Coronavirus, the Media Faces a Trust Test

As Europe Confronts Coronavirus, the Media Faces a Trust Test

One way to think about the coronavirus pandemic is as a large-scale process of sorting out what is essential. That is true on a personal level, but it’s also true…
Speculative Journalism Can Help Us Prepare for What’s to Come. Could It Also Promote Misinformation?

Speculative Journalism Can Help Us Prepare for What’s to Come. Could It Also Promote Misinformation?

Back in early 2019, nearly a year before the coronavirus outbreak began to dominate headlines, the team at the “Science Vs” podcast was hard at work on an episode aptly…