In conjunction with our ethics conference, “Journalism Ethics & Local News Now” (April 23, 2021), we are publishing case studies from each of the news organizations represented on our panel “Innovations in Local News.” TEXAS …
Year: 2021
Local News Now case study: The Marshall Project
In conjunction with our ethics conference, “Journalism Ethics & Local News Now” (April 23, 2021), we are publishing case studies from each of the news organizations represented on our panel “Innovations in Local News.” THE …
Local News Now conference: journalist toolkits
As part of our 2021 ethics conference, “Journalism Ethics & Local News Now,” we produced four toolkits for local journalists on covering education, health care, the economy, and public safety.
Occupational hazards: when reporters bear witness to traumatic events
Journalists are professional observers. But bearing witness to all manner of horrible events can have consequences.
The “fundamental, non-politicized ideal”: toward a new BLM coverage
When news of another fatal police shooting broke in the U.S. in late October, the first headline Anita Varma saw didn’t include any mention of the victim’s name. “The first news notification I got was …
The Indigenous affairs news desk: “We’re the only ones in the room listening”
A Q&A w/ Texas Observer editor-in-chief Tristan Ahtone and reporter Pauly Denetclaw When Texas Observer editor-in-chief Tristan Ahtone announced in October that the 66-year-old Austin-based news nonprofit and magazine would create an Indigenous affairs desk, …
One step ahead: preparing reporters before they’re targeted by disinformation and online harassment campaigns
In his 15-year career as a reporter, Eric Litke has come to expect a certain number of angry emails and social media messages from people who are incensed by his stories. “That always comes with …
How reenactments re-victimize crime victims
On July 20th Costa Rica woke to tragic news. María Luisa Cedeño, a 43-year-old Costa Rican anesthesiologist and head of the Anesthesiology and Recovery Service at the private Hospital Cima, had been murdered at the …