Opinion

How Journalists of Color Are Redefining Newsroom Culture

How Journalists of Color Are Redefining Newsroom Culture

For decades, news organizations have talked about the importance of diversity. Now it’s time to make it work
The New Yorker's Real Mistake with Bannon

The New Yorker’s Real Mistake with Bannon

We are amid another shallow media debate, this time triggered by the New Yorker’s decision to first invite, then disinvite Steve Bannon from The New Yorker Festival.Very Serious and Very…
Sarah Jeong and the Need for Newsrooms to Stand Up against Online Harassment

Sarah Jeong and the Need for Newsrooms to Stand Up against Online Harassment

I know what it feels like to be in the crosshairs of “the mob,” online and otherwise, black and white. It’s not pleasant. But there’s no reason for a journalist…
Help Wanted: West Virginia Is Looking for the Next Generation of Local Newspaper Owners

Help Wanted: West Virginia Is Looking for the Next Generation of Local Newspaper Owners

Don Smith, a veteran of both the editorial and publishing sides of the business and the executive director of the West Virginia Press Association (WVPA), talks about the phone calls…
When Is It OK for Journalists To Be Activists?

When Is It OK for Journalists To Be Activists?

There are times when it’s not only ok but imperative for journalists to become active participants around issues
Give Back the Bracelet: Ali Watkins and the Ethics of Source Relationships

Give Back the Bracelet: Ali Watkins and the Ethics of Source Relationships

Adhering to bright ethical guidelines makes it easier to push back against unwelcome government intrusion into journalistic work
Why CALmatters Created Its Own Midterm Election Guide

Why CALmatters Created Its Own Midterm Election Guide

Primary season is in full swing across America. Every election year, news organizations face the big challenge of how to engage readers, viewers and listeners in what many citizens consider…
What the IG Report on the Clinton Email Investigation Means for Journalists

What the IG Report on the Clinton Email Investigation Means for Journalists

Traditional journalistic structures were used against our democracy in the 2016 election. We can’t let it happen again
The Coming Splinternet: How the GDPR Could Threaten Journalism

The Coming Splinternet: How the GDPR Could Threaten Journalism

At the end of May, European regulators will implement sweeping privacy rules known as the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR. The GDPR is intended to harmonize data protection regulations…
What Joy Ann Reid’s Blog Posts Say about Journalistic Ethics

What Joy Ann Reid’s Blog Posts Say about Journalistic Ethics

It’s not okay for journalists to make it harder for audiences to discern fact from fiction