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Speculative Journalism Can Help Us Prepare for What’s to Come. Could It Also Promote Misinformation?

Speculative Journalism Can Help Us Prepare for What’s to Come. Could It Also Promote Misinformation?

This narrative technique can help audiences think about the future in more concrete terms. But critics question if integrating science fiction into journalism is responsible
April 21, 2020
In South Africa, the Mail & Guardian Gains Support by Asking Readers for Help

In South Africa, the Mail & Guardian Gains Support by Asking Readers for Help

A little while ago, we hosted some of the founders of The Weekly Mail, the predecessor to the Mail & Guardian where I am deputy editor. They were there to…
April 17, 2020
In Appalachia, radio reporter Benny Becker focuses on letting people narrate their own stories

In Appalachia, radio reporter Benny Becker focuses on letting people narrate their own stories

In my proposal for the new Abrams Nieman Fellowship for Local Investigative Journalism, I made one core commitment — to spend a lot of time on the road listening to…
April 16, 2020
During the Coronavirus Crisis, Coverage of State Capitals Is More Essential than Ever

During the Coronavirus Crisis, Coverage of State Capitals Is More Essential than Ever

Armed with expansive emergency powers, many of the nation’s governors are placing unprecedented restrictions on our lives to slow the spread of the coronavirus. They have closed schools, shut down…
April 13, 2020
Government Funding Should Support Innovation, Not Prop Up Dying Business Models

Government Funding Should Support Innovation, Not Prop Up Dying Business Models

Denmark is known as a prototypical welfare state, and the country reacted as such from the moment the corona crisis emerged in Europe—with top-down and far-reaching measures from the central…
April 9, 2020
Corona Diaries: An Open-Source Platform of Personal Covid-19 Stories

Corona Diaries: An Open-Source Platform of Personal Covid-19 Stories

Few people’s lives are untouched by the coronavirus pandemic and, as the world continues to grapple with the health, social, and financial implications of the crisis, everyone has a story…
April 8, 2020
In Nicaragua, Journalists Cover the Coronavirus Despite Government Control over Public Information

In Nicaragua, Journalists Cover the Coronavirus Despite Government Control over Public Information

Translated by Dick Cluster. Leer en español.On March 12, the weekly Confidencial (“Confidential”) revealed the contents of a Protocol for Coronavirus Response produced by Nicaragua’s Ministry of Health that described…
April 6, 2020
En Nicaragua, periodistas cubren el coronavirus a pesar del control gubernamental sobre la información pública

En Nicaragua, periodistas cubren el coronavirus a pesar del control gubernamental sobre la información pública

Read in English. El 12 de marzo Confidencial reveló un Protocolo de respuesta al coronavirus elaborado por el Ministerio de Salud (Minsa) de Nicaragua, en el que se describen algunas de las medidas…
April 6, 2020
The Threat—and Opportunity—COVID-19 Brings to Hungary’s Embattled Journalists

The Threat—and Opportunity—COVID-19 Brings to Hungary’s Embattled Journalists

Journalists have had a rough decade in Hungary under prime minister Viktor Orbán’s increasingly authoritarian rule. Now, the coronavirus crisis may make it even harder for independent news outlets to…
April 5, 2020
En Venezuela, periodistas se enfrentan al autoritarismo, la censura y la COVID-19

En Venezuela, periodistas se enfrentan al autoritarismo, la censura y la COVID-19

Read in English. El reto de cubrir la pandemia del coronavirus y la Covid-19 llega a una Venezuela  frágil  por  la emergencia humanitaria compleja que vive el país desde hace tres…
April 3, 2020