Opinion

Journalistic Objectivity Is Overrated. What Really Matters Is Transparency, Accuracy, and Fairness

Journalistic Objectivity Is Overrated. What Really Matters Is Transparency, Accuracy, and Fairness

Whatever happened to values voters? Were they wiped off the face of Earth like dinosaurs? Hitched a ride on unidentified interstellar object Oumuamua, which Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb thinks might…
7 Lessons to Running a Successful Journalism Membership Program

7 Lessons to Running a Successful Journalism Membership Program

They said it wouldn’t work. They had said the same thing when we started Daily Maverick, a fiercely independent, long-form news publisher, in 2009. At least they were consistent. Most…
Post-Roe, What Journalists Get Wrong about Adoption and Abortion — and How to Do Better

Post-Roe, What Journalists Get Wrong about Adoption and Abortion — and How to Do Better

Days after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, declaring a constitutional right to abortion no longer existed, news outlets responded with stories suggesting how this landmark decision could…
The Court-Authorized Search of Mar-a-Lago Was “Unprecedented” — But That’s Not the Real Story

The Court-Authorized Search of Mar-a-Lago Was “Unprecedented” — But That’s Not the Real Story

Why would the FBI conduct an unprecedented court-authorized search at the home of a former president of the United States? That is the wrong question for journalists to ask. These…
One Reason The Jan. 6 Insurrection Failed: The Press Didn’t Play Along

One Reason The Jan. 6 Insurrection Failed: The Press Didn’t Play Along

It was never going to work for one simple reason: President Trump and his supporters had failed to take the TV stations. In this case, “TV stations” means getting hundreds…
Viral Abortion Story Shows How Fact Checkers Shouldn't Publish Until They Have ... Facts

Viral Abortion Story Shows How Fact Checkers Shouldn’t Publish Until They Have … Facts

Some journalists were quick to doubt the story of the 10-year-old rape victim's pregnancy, revealing the challenge of covering sensitive stories
Why Newsrooms Must Prioritize Covering State Legislatures

Why Newsrooms Must Prioritize Covering State Legislatures

The future of our democracy is being written in state legislatures across the country.They were the focus of coordinated efforts to undermine the 2020 election results, and now, the U.S.…
Covering “Gringo-Style” Shootings in Mexico

Covering “Gringo-Style” Shootings in Mexico

What American gun violence looks like to reporters who have to deal with a very different kind of threat
Felicia Sonmez’s Firing Highlights the Limits of Progress For Women In Newsrooms

Felicia Sonmez’s Firing Highlights the Limits of Progress For Women In Newsrooms

Felicia Sonmez demanded that The Washington Post live up to the highest standard — zero tolerance for sexism. She wouldn’t allow the organization to tiptoe around an issue our industry…
The Media Wrongly Helped Destroy Timothy Taylor’s Life. Here’s How to Avoid Making the Same Mistakes Again

The Media Wrongly Helped Destroy Timothy Taylor’s Life. Here’s How to Avoid Making the Same Mistakes Again

By the time the FBI had begun publicly discussing a young Black man as a prime suspect in a high-profile missing person case in 2016, I had already taken a…