Opinion

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?

On a below-zero night in Chicago, those who are homeless battle the elements while they carry with them everything they own. That could be extra clothes, photos, medications or the…
Give Back the Bracelet: Ali Watkins and the Ethics of Source Relationships

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

I couldn’t get past the pearl bracelet.There is much to chew on about the story of Ali Watkins—whose email and phone records were seized by federal prosecutors investigating James Wolfe,…
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

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…