In his book “Shooting War” (Glitterati Editions), psychiatrist Anthony Feinstein profiles 18 conflict photographers, providing insights not only into their work, but their psyches. Feinstein’s essays, drafted from his interviews with the photojournalists as well as their close friends and family members, … Read more
In an essay first published in 1999 that graces his collection “Things That Matter” (2013), the late Charles Krauthammer answered a question posed by Time magazine: Who was the most important person in … Read more
For the first time in his long career, Academy Award winner Errol Morris has made a film that no one will distribute. Perhaps distributors don’t like the documentary. Perhaps they don’t like the subject—Stephen … Read more
What is ethnic tension? Early in my journalism career I heard that phrase over and over. I lived in Utica, New York, a small city with a sizable community of refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina. An editor … Read more
Funding by private foundations plays a vital role in filling the gaps often left by mainstream news coverage, especially in important areas like investigative, international, and local journalism. In the case of international news, for example, six … Read more
We live in an apparent paradox: trust in institutions is dropping, while trust in individuals at those institutions seems to be on the rise. According to an ongoing study from the Pew Research Center, trust in the federal government remains … Read more
Published by Beacon Press on January 8, An Xiao Mina’s “Memes to Movements: How the World’s Most Viral Media Is Changing Social Protest and Power” explores internet memes as agents of global politics, protest, propaganda, and pop culture with … Read more
Sue Bird, 38, is one of the greatest basketball players of all-time. Period. After winning two NCAA championships at UConn, Bird was the first overall pick in the 2002 WNBA draft. She has spent her entire … Read more
On May 18, with the NBA and NHL playoffs making headlines across the country, three of the four stories on the front page of the Minneapolis Star Tribune sports section focused on women’s sports, including the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx. Read more
I spent this fall talking to young students at the University of Chicago about how to fight distrust in news and mitigate polarization. As a Pritzker Fellow, I taught a series of seminars on this topic at … Read more