Opinion

CNN, the Trump Meme, and the Ethics of Anonymous Sources

CNN, the Trump Meme, and the Ethics of Anonymous Sources

CNN has the right to change its mind. It can reasonably believe it is unnecessary—right now—to name a man at the center of a controversy sparked by President Donald Trump’s…
July 7, 2017
Issac J. Bailey
Periodistas Mexicanos Dicen "No Al Silencio"

Periodistas Mexicanos Dicen “No Al Silencio”

14 JunioA partir de hoy y durante 3 días alrededor de 600 periodistas de todo el país acompañados de integrantes de organizaciones de protección a periodistas, académicos y ciudadanos interesados…
June 23, 2017
Marcela Turati
Why the Case for Transparency Must Be Made Anew

Why the Case for Transparency Must Be Made Anew

The Trump administration’s penchant for secrecy is not a media issue; it is a democracy issue. And that makes it the weak spot in Trump’s otherwise successful jihad against American…
June 22, 2017
Charlie Sykes
Mexican Journalists Say “No to Silence”

Mexican Journalists Say “No to Silence”

Translated by Patrick Timmons. Leer en español.Translator’s note: At least four journalists have been murdered in Mexico this year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.  In addition, journalist Salvador Adame of…
June 20, 2017
Marcela Turati
"The struggle against silence in Mexico is a relay race"

“The struggle against silence in Mexico is a relay race”

Today [June 8] marks one week since I returned to Mexico after 10 months in the United States on a Nieman Fellowship. On my first day back, I talked to…
June 15, 2017
Marcela Turati
What Terry Frei’s Tweet Says about Bigotry and Bias

What Terry Frei’s Tweet Says about Bigotry and Bias

I was thinking about dedicating this column to what happened in New York, with the decision by the Times to jettison its public editor position. But what happened in Denver…
June 6, 2017
Issac J. Bailey
“The way journalists interact with the communities we cover needs to change”

“The way journalists interact with the communities we cover needs to change”

I met Kate Geiger when I was doing a piece for NPR in 2013 about a former GM assembly plant Dayton. She’s worked there most of her career, and when…
May 12, 2017
Lewis Raven Wallace
Yes, We Need A Special Commission…

Yes, We Need A Special Commission…

The media, along with former FBI Director James Comey, helped Donald Trump become president. Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com has detailed why. But it doesn’t take a mathematician to understand that…
May 11, 2017
Issac J. Bailey

Facebook, Advertisers, and the View from a Daily Editor in Middle America

Should advertisers spend more money at local newspapers? The question was up for debate this week after Jim Rutenberg, media columnist for The New York Times, published “Ad Buyers Have…
May 10, 2017
Dimitrios Kalantzis
Let's Stop Blaming Facebook and Google and Start Fixing the News Business

Let’s Stop Blaming Facebook and Google and Start Fixing the News Business

Yesterday, New York Times media columnist Jim Rutenberg argued that America’s advertisers have a civic obligation to save the news. Not only is he wrong, but he’s giving a free pass…
May 8, 2017
Amy Webb