Opinion

Is Freelancing Right For You?

Is Freelancing Right For You?

Be guided by the “why”
June 12, 2023
Katherine Reynolds Lewis
Three Years After George Floyd’s Murder, What Have We Really Learned?

Three Years After George Floyd’s Murder, What Have We Really Learned?

The frenetic pace of day-to-day news coverage makes it difficult to create lasting change
June 8, 2023
Issac J. Bailey
CNN, Trump, and The Perils of ‘Anti-Woke’ Journalism

CNN, Trump, and The Perils of ‘Anti-Woke’ Journalism

Giving the former president the opportunity to repeatedly lie to a television audience isn’t getting us out of our silos
May 24, 2023
Issac J. Bailey
Three Years Later, Covid-19 Is Still a Health Threat. Journalism Needs to Reflect That

Three Years Later, Covid-19 Is Still a Health Threat. Journalism Needs to Reflect That

Too much coverage minimizes the health risks researchers attribute to the virus
April 12, 2023
Kendra Pierre-Louis
Journalists Once Defended Fox as a News Outlet. But That Was Then

Journalists Once Defended Fox as a News Outlet. But That Was Then

The Dominion lawsuit has exposed the network as an entertainment channel
March 28, 2023
Issac J. Bailey
A Trump Arrest Wouldn’t Just Be a Political Story

A Trump Arrest Wouldn’t Just Be a Political Story

Journalists need to explain the context of the former president's actions
March 21, 2023
Issac J. Bailey
Covering Covid-19 in the Pandemic’s Fourth Year

Covering Covid-19 in the Pandemic’s Fourth Year

Latin American journalists met reporting challenges in the pandemic’s early days. Their work offers lessons for future coverage
March 17, 2023
Javier Garza Ramos
Legacy Media Needs to Be Transformed, Not Discarded

Legacy Media Needs to Be Transformed, Not Discarded

Local news is a public service profession. We need both commercial and nonprofit outlets to fulfill that mission
February 23, 2023
Steven Waldman
Dear Sunnylands: Let’s Widen the Roadmap — and Mark an Achievable Destination for Local News

Dear Sunnylands: Let’s Widen the Roadmap — and Mark an Achievable Destination for Local News

To thrive and grow, local emerging organizations need a new alignment between philanthropy and market-driven business building. We already see the fledgling success of that model
February 20, 2023
Ken Doctor
Correcting The New York Times on Trans Issues

Correcting The New York Times on Trans Issues

More than 1,000 Times contributors have sent an open letter asking for the paper of record to examine its biases in reporting on trans issues. The paper's response is part…
February 17, 2023
Issac J. Bailey