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Six Journalism Startups Illustrating the Unique Pressures Driving Media Innovation in Europe

To journalists at Slovak news startup Denník N, the murder of reporter Ján Kuciak underlined the importance of the experiment they started more than three years ago.Kuciak was shot in…
July 10, 2018
Why Local Journalism Makes a Difference

Why Local Journalism Makes a Difference

My plane landed late at night in New Delhi on my first visit to India, so I was still groggy at 6 a.m. when the sound of shouting right outside…
June 14, 2018
Krista Kapralos
Syrian Refugees Turn to Journalism to Report on Their World

Syrian Refugees Turn to Journalism to Report on Their World

I started closely following the crisis in Syria in the fall of 2015, when I was studying abroad in Paris. Suddenly, news reports about refugees forced to sleep in the…
April 13, 2018
Maggie Quick
4 Steps to Bring Ethical Clarity to Native Advertising

4 Steps to Bring Ethical Clarity to Native Advertising

While 2017 was the year native advertising grew up as a stable revenue source for news, 2018 should be the year the journalism industry establishes clear ethical standards for sponsored…
January 4, 2018
Jake Batsell
Five Tools to Rebuild Trust in Media

Five Tools to Rebuild Trust in Media

Social media platforms used to be a place to discover interesting people far away, to get hints of breaking news, to connect with your audience, and even a tool for…
January 3, 2018
María Ramírez
The Case for Skyline Watchdogs: Architectural Criticism and Political Acts

The Case for Skyline Watchdogs: Architectural Criticism and Political Acts

In a recent Yale University lecture, Pulitzer Prize-winning Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin (NF ’13) explored a fraught issue many arts critics and their editors face in today’s polarized…
December 13, 2017
Blair Kamin
A PARI mentor finds an opportunity to teach—and to learn

A PARI mentor finds an opportunity to teach—and to learn

Storytelling is a two-way street at PARI, with professional journalists mentoring locals with no background in reporting. This summer I mentored a PARI fellow, Stanzin Saldon, a Buddhist woman of…
November 20, 2017
Shalini Singh
Advice for Editors and Producers Developing Disaster Coverage Plans

Advice for Editors and Producers Developing Disaster Coverage Plans

On September 19, as Hurricane Maria gathered strength and Puerto Ricans took shelter, bracing for the worst, a team of NBC News reporters whose social media accounts suggest they’re based…
October 3, 2017
Julie Schwietert Collazo
How CALmatters Is Finding Audiences for Statehouse Coverage

How CALmatters Is Finding Audiences for Statehouse Coverage

Two years ago CALmatters, a nonprofit news organization, launched with four reporters and 40 media partners because we saw a pressing need for statewide explanatory journalism as well as commentary…
October 3, 2017
Marcia Parker
“Charlottesville is a reminder to us … that we have to ramp up our game”

“Charlottesville is a reminder to us … that we have to ramp up our game”

As the violence unfolded in Charlottesville over the weekend, many journalists scrambled, trying not to explain just the violent clashes but identify the participants and detail the white nationalist movement.…
August 15, 2017
Eryn Carlson