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David Fahrenthold: “I learned … how much other people know that you can tap into with social media.”

David Fahrenthold: “I learned … how much other people know that you can tap into with social media.”

Few reporters covering the 2016 presidential election had as many memorable scoops and were as successful at using Twitter to crowdsource research as David Fahrenthold. A reporter for The Washington…
February 16, 2017
When Is A Remark Racist?

When Is A Remark Racist?

In an increasingly polarized world, journalists need to write with context and precision about race
January 16, 2017
Post-Truth Politics

Post-Truth Politics

In the final hours of the U.S. election, Republican nominee Donald Trump speculated on Fox News that the contest was rigged against him. “There are machines,” he noted. “You put…
November 18, 2016
Jill Abramson: “You’ve Got to Get a Younger Generation in the Habit of Reading That Highest-Quality Journalism”

Jill Abramson: “You’ve Got to Get a Younger Generation in the Habit of Reading That Highest-Quality Journalism”

Jill Abramson, executive editor of The New York Times from 2011 to 2014, worked at the Times for 17 years. Now she is writing a political column for The Guardian; teaching…
October 26, 2016
Tech Criticism and Its Discontents

Tech Criticism and Its Discontents

As technology assumes an ever-increasing presence in our lives, deep reporting on technology and nuanced critiques of technology become more important, too. This excerpt from “Toward a Constructive Technology Criticism”…
October 4, 2016
Crowdfunding the News

Crowdfunding the News

On June 25, 2013, Texas state Senator Wendy Davis spent nearly 11 hours on the chamber floor filibustering a bill that would have restricted access to abortion in her state.…
September 26, 2016
Access, Accountability Reporting and Silicon Valley

Access, Accountability Reporting and Silicon Valley

The first time I visited Facebook’s office in Washington, D.C., I was asked to sign a nondisclosure agreement. I didn’t. Then there was the time I got through an entire…
August 17, 2016
Eyes on the Prize

Eyes on the Prize

In this centennial year of the Pulitzer Prize, here are some works I’ve been thinking about: Kevin Boyle’s “Arc of Justice,” a powerful narrative about murder and racism in Jazz…
August 8, 2016
Accountability Journalism: A Cost-Benefit Analysis

Accountability Journalism: A Cost-Benefit Analysis

This article is based on the author’s book, “Democracy’s Detectives: The Economics of Investigative Journalism,” being published in October 2016 by Harvard University Press.The path to The Washington Post’s 1999…
July 22, 2016
How Bobby Kennedy in 1968 Turned Skeptical Journalists into Believers

How Bobby Kennedy in 1968 Turned Skeptical Journalists into Believers

We all know the gladiatorial press-pol narrative of this year’s presidential campaign: Donald Trump bashes journalists, then banishes them, while Hillary Clinton ducks, parries, and emphatically stays on-message. But a…
July 22, 2016