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"A mass shooting, only in slow motion"

“A mass shooting, only in slow motion”

Newsrooms are moving away from a focus on mass shootings to tell more nuanced stories about the people and communities marred by gun violence
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?

This spring, KPCC launched a community-driven storytelling series that puts unheard stories center stage
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

Together with colleagues around the globe, we call on the Mexican government to solve one case: the murder of reporter Javier Valdez, and thus elevate assaults on journalists to the…
June 15, 2017
Covering Controversial Issues on Campus

Covering Controversial Issues on Campus

With an extended reach online, newly energized college journalists are facing off against university administrators
June 13, 2017
Telling Indigenous Stories

Telling Indigenous Stories

Neglecting to cover indigenous communities not only represents a missed opportunity, but a significant failure for an industry hoping to find voice and relevance in the 21st century
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
“The way journalists interact with the communities we cover needs to change”

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

A journalist and a source explore objectivity, activism, open-mindedness and vulnerability—and the national listening deficit
May 12, 2017