Opinion

Adam Toledo, Bodycam Footage, and Coverage of Police Shootings

Adam Toledo, Bodycam Footage, and Coverage of Police Shootings

I started the video at about 5:01 and just let it play, as part of my Exploring Fake News journalism class at Davidson College this past semester.The video was captured…
The Newsroom Is Dead. Long Live the Newsroom!

The Newsroom Is Dead. Long Live the Newsroom!

Covid has forced true change, much of it long overdue. Now journalists — editors and reporters alike — must resist the temptation to return to pre-pandemic rhythms
The Old Normal Is Not the Normal Journalism Needs

The Old Normal Is Not the Normal Journalism Needs

The opening of newsrooms is filled with hope and fear. But we need human contact to feel human, and we need to feel human to report the stories of humanity
What Newsrooms Can Learn About Trust from Coverage of the AstraZeneca Vaccine

What Newsrooms Can Learn About Trust from Coverage of the AstraZeneca Vaccine

Trust needs to be continually earned. That’s a lesson newsrooms all over the world are learning, sometimes the hard way
Food Writing Needs to Balance Service Journalism with Hard News

Food Writing Needs to Balance Service Journalism with Hard News

Food journalism isn’t just for readers privileged enough to obsess over where to spend their money dining out
For Political Reporters, There Will Be No “Return to Normal”

For Political Reporters, There Will Be No “Return to Normal”

After the pandemic, America will be different. It will take all our skills – traditional and those we learned in the crisis – to cover the new reality
During Covid, Journalists Were Less Packaged. Let’s Keep It That Way

During Covid, Journalists Were Less Packaged. Let’s Keep It That Way

To ensure a healthier industry filled with healthier people, newsrooms must take the whole of the journalist into account in ways that weren’t always true pre-pandemic
How Newsrooms, Journalists, and Their Peers Can Combat Online Violence

How Newsrooms, Journalists, and Their Peers Can Combat Online Violence

A culture shift is needed in the media industry to take online violence as seriously as physical violence
A Nieman Lasts A Lifetime: A Member of The Class of ’67 Turns 95

A Nieman Lasts A Lifetime: A Member of The Class of ’67 Turns 95

Beena Sarwar, Nieman '05, reflects on the life and stories of her uncle, Zawwar Hasan, Nieman '67
Creating Media to Meet the Information Needs of Children

Creating Media to Meet the Information Needs of Children

Before the pandemic, I hoped to conduct a research project on the media consumption of kids ages 5 to 7, not knowing that soon a significant portion of their lives…