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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
What Happens When Candidates Avoid Mainstream News

What Happens When Candidates Avoid Mainstream News

Politicians have long made calculations about which outlets to speak with and when. But the proliferation of partisan sites has made it easier to retreat into friendly corners
January 27, 2023
How Rising Temperatures Are Becoming a Labor Story

How Rising Temperatures Are Becoming a Labor Story

Labor reporters are increasingly focusing on how extreme heat kills workers — and what should be done about iLabor reporters are increasingly focusing on how extreme heat kills workers —…
January 19, 2023
Fighting Back Against SLAPP

Fighting Back Against SLAPP

How journalists are organizing to defeat strategic lawsuits against public participation, which powerful individuals use to silence independent reporting
December 14, 2022
Threats to Democracy Are One of the “Existential Challenges” of Our Time. Here’s How to Cover Them

Threats to Democracy Are One of the “Existential Challenges” of Our Time. Here’s How to Cover Them

Freedom House’s Michael Abramowitz and The Washington Post’s Matea Gold on the state of democracy now and where journalists can go from here
October 26, 2022
“We Had to Show A Version Of The Story Not Commonly Told”

“We Had to Show A Version Of The Story Not Commonly Told”

Brazil’s 1619 Project Explores Slavery’s Legacy 200 Years After Independence
September 28, 2022
Here’s How to Increase Coverage of Assassinations — Safely

Here’s How to Increase Coverage of Assassinations — Safely

Reporting on targeted killings has lagged in South Africa, but networks of journalists are helping piece these stories together
September 26, 2022
How Newsrooms Are Carving Out Democracy Beats

How Newsrooms Are Carving Out Democracy Beats

On September 15, dozens newsrooms across the country took part in Democracy Day, an initiative of news industry leaders at Hearken, the Center for Cooperative Media, the Institute for Nonprofit News, and the News…
September 21, 2022
Political Coverage is Changing to Get Beyond 'Us Versus Them'

Political Coverage is Changing to Get Beyond ‘Us Versus Them’

A more nuanced depiction of voters and issues can help newsrooms better report on elections and political campaigns
September 14, 2022
Lessons on Objectivity, Reporting, and Democracy from a 20th Century Reporter

Lessons on Objectivity, Reporting, and Democracy from a 20th Century Reporter

As a journalist for the United Press, Wallace Carroll reported on some of the 20th century’s most significant headlines. After covering the League of Nations for over a decade, Carroll…
August 8, 2022