Opinion

The New York Times and Why White Supremacy Isn’t News

The New York Times and Why White Supremacy Isn’t News

A much-discussed Nazi-next-door piece in The New York Times went wrong for one reason: It treated the reporter’s discovery of the normalcy of white supremacy as news.There is nothing new…

8 reporters reflect on the challenges of covering sexual harassment

Journalists who break stories about powerful men who have sexually harassed or otherwise abused women face a host of challenges. These include getting  women to go on the record and…
Fotoperiodistas en México muestran solidaridad en medio de las ruinas

Fotoperiodistas en México muestran solidaridad en medio de las ruinas

Cómo los fotoperiodistas en México se unieron para apoyar a un colega que perdió a su esposa y su hogar en el terremoto del 19 de septiembre
Photojournalists in Mexico Show Solidarity Amid the Ruins

Photojournalists in Mexico Show Solidarity Amid the Ruins

How photojournalists in Mexico came together to support a colleague who lost his wife and his home in the September 19 earthquake
What Journalists Can Learn from the Blues

What Journalists Can Learn from the Blues

To get beyond bewilderment and despair, journalism needs to learn to embrace suffering and struggle
Cam Newton and Journalism’s Credibility

Cam Newton and Journalism’s Credibility

When Cam Newton, one of the biggest names in the NFL, said, “It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes; like, it’s funny” while responding to a question from…
"Corresponsales de guerra en nuestro propio país"

“Corresponsales de guerra en nuestro propio país”

Read in English.-¿Te sorprende que el gobierno mexicano los espía?A la pregunta del corresponsal extranjero sobre el último escándalo del gobierno mexicano mi respuesta no fue exagerada:-No. Eso siempre lo…
“War Correspondents in Our Own Country”

“War Correspondents in Our Own Country”

Translated from the Spanish by Patrick Timmons of the Mexican Journalism Translation Project. Leer en español.“Is it a surprise that the Mexican government spies on you?”I did not exaggerate when…
The Trauma of Covering Traumatic Events

The Trauma of Covering Traumatic Events

I had increasingly intense visions of harming my wife.That’s not quite right. I had been having off-and-on images of violent events for years—seeing myself raped in prison or impaled during…
In Mexico, Journalists Are Silenced by Torture

In Mexico, Journalists Are Silenced by Torture

Mexican reporters need psychological help to cope with the trauma of covering the war zones their hometowns have become