Opinion

The Israeli News Industry After Netanyahu

The Israeli News Industry After Netanyahu

The expected charges against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—bribery, fraud, and breach of trust—are also charges against large parts of the Israeli news industry. For an Israeli journalist like me,…
Why Tech Platforms Need to Be Built on Journalistic Values

Why Tech Platforms Need to Be Built on Journalistic Values

In Silicon Valley startup culture, tech debt results from shortcuts taken over time that lead to broken loops, lack of larger solutions, and daily pain by those entrusted with working…
How Journalistic Standards Are Used Against Journalists

How Journalistic Standards Are Used Against Journalists

The Washington Post’s decision to publish unverified sexual assault allegations is the most disturbing example of the flattening of the media landscape since the political press decided to spend more…
Why We Banned the Word "Ethnic"

Why We Banned the Word “Ethnic”

The Global Press Journal has its own style guide, providing a roadmap for how to use precise, dignified language to fulfill journalism’s ultimate goal: truth-telling
It’s Time for Journalists to Use the "R" Word: Racism

It’s Time for Journalists to Use the “R” Word: Racism

Journalists, even those whose job it is to set standards, continue to have a hard time determining if the word “racism” applies in a story. Here’s a simple rule of…
What’s Wrong with Philanthro-Journalism?

What’s Wrong with Philanthro-Journalism?

Funding by private foundations plays a vital role in filling the gaps often left by mainstream news coverage, especially in important areas like investigative, international, and local journalism.In the case…
Covering the 2020 Election: Horse Race or Citizens Agenda?

Covering the 2020 Election: Horse Race or Citizens Agenda?

For journalists, second-guessing election coverage is second nature.So it wasn’t surprising that Margaret Sullivan, The Washington Post media columnist, recently offered reporters what the headline called a “radical idea:” Forget the polls…
Some Hope for 2019: The Next Generation is the Solution to Our “Media Problems”

Some Hope for 2019: The Next Generation is the Solution to Our “Media Problems”

I spent this fall talking to young students at the University of Chicago about how to fight distrust in news and mitigate polarization.As a Pritzker Fellow, I taught a series…
Fighting to Keep Public Notices in Newspapers

Fighting to Keep Public Notices in Newspapers

Reading public notice ads in the classifieds is about exciting as watching paint dry, but it’s necessary reading for some.In Carmel, California, a 99-year-old woman was able to stop the…
#MeToo and Photojournalism: What Needs To Happen Next

#MeToo and Photojournalism: What Needs To Happen Next

Photojournalism has a proud history of reporting for a better world where human rights are central, and this work is more important than ever. But photojournalism is framed to a…