Opinion

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

The story isn’t whether MSNBC’s Joy Ann Reid was homophobic a decade ago, supports the LBGTQ community now and should be commended for that growth. She should.It’s not about whether…
A Different Way to Cover the Trump Presidency

A Different Way to Cover the Trump Presidency

Linda Leonhart is an evangelical Christian from Texas who is mulling the pros and cons of being a Donald Trump supporter. “Certainly we are all embarrassed,” she acknowledges to The New…
What Journalists Can Learn from “Black Panther” and “Get Out”

What Journalists Can Learn from “Black Panther” and “Get Out”

This is a story about heroes and we’ll talk about journalism in a minute, but first let’s go to the movies. A lot has been said about “Black Panther” being…
“Unite and Resist Every and All Attempts to Silence Us”

“Unite and Resist Every and All Attempts to Silence Us”

Rappler, a leading online news website in the Philippines, is fighting a legal battle for its survival, a danger signal to media freedom in the Southeast Asian country that used to pride…
El Riesgo No Sólo es Publicar, es Dónde Pisar

El Riesgo No Sólo es Publicar, es Dónde Pisar

Read in English.  El 21 de enero el grupo de WhatsApp se saturó de mensajes por una nueva emergencia: un grupo de hombres armados detuvo, amenazó y despojó de sus…
The Risks to Mexican Journalists Start Before You Even Step Out of Your Car

The Risks to Mexican Journalists Start Before You Even Step Out of Your Car

Translated by John Gibler. Leer en español. The WhatsApp group filled with messages from a new emergency: a group of armed men stopped three reporters, threatened them, and stole their cameras and…
Facts Are Facts, No Matter if Readers Like Them

Facts Are Facts, No Matter if Readers Like Them

We are in a time of hyper-propaganda, and not just from Russia, through social media that has reached, if not influenced, tens of millions of Americans. The president of the…
Reversing the Dangerous Trust Deficit

Reversing the Dangerous Trust Deficit

The New York Times recently implemented what may be an unprecedented move for a newspaper. It hired a fact checker to backstop the reporting in the D.C. bureau.Aside from cutting…
Don’t Shy Away from Dealing Forthrightly with Race

Don’t Shy Away from Dealing Forthrightly with Race

An associate of Erica Garner created a firestorm by doing something editors and producers do every day: use race to help decide who gets to tell an important story. It’s…