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An Investigative Toolkit for the Post-Snowden Era

An Investigative Toolkit for the Post-Snowden Era

For over six months, an investigative team at the Spanish daily El Mundo has been waiting to hear whether they will face criminal prosecution for disobeying a legal injunction to…
July 6, 2017
"A mass shooting, only in slow motion"

“A mass shooting, only in slow motion”

Terrence McCoy was rummaging through clips when he came across the story of Kimi Reylander.Reylander, 9, was shot and killed while visiting her great-grandfather’s home in Irondale, Alabama, a small…
June 26, 2017
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
What Happens When News Outlets Stop Talking and Start Listening?

What Happens When News Outlets Stop Talking and Start Listening?

KPCC In Person is the events and engagement team for KPCC, Southern California Public Radio. Unlike many media organizations, our live events team is embedded in our newsroom. Through our…
June 21, 2017

Djinns in the Newsroom

My grandmother was well known for telling extraordinary tales. One in particular has stuck with me since the summer I was dispatched alone to her in Delhi. At the time…
June 16, 2017
The Murder of Javier Valdez: A Test for Mexico’s Democracy

The Murder of Javier Valdez: A Test for Mexico’s Democracy

Last week newly elected Republican congressman Greg Gianforte of Montana published an apology for assaulting a journalist who persisted in asking questions during a campaign event.  Gianforte threw in a…
June 15, 2017
Covering Controversial Issues on Campus

Covering Controversial Issues on Campus

University newspapers generally come alive at night, and on a recent gloomy weekday afternoon the office of The Cornell Daily Sun is dimly lit and nearly empty. Housed in a…
June 13, 2017
Telling Indigenous Stories

Telling Indigenous Stories

Cree woman Connie Oakes said she was innocent of the murder of Casey Armstrong.She said it when the police failed to produce fingerprints. She said it when they failed to…
June 7, 2017
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
A Winning Turnaround: Betsy O’Donovan, NF ’13, is leading the charge to reverse the deficit at a college newspaper

A Winning Turnaround: Betsy O’Donovan, NF ’13, is leading the charge to reverse the deficit at a college newspaper

I became executive director at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s Daily Tar Heel in August 2016, at a make-or-break moment for our nonprofit newspaper. We’d lost $272,000 in the…
May 18, 2017