By Audrey Thibert This guide was originally prepared by student fellow Isaac Alter in 2018. It was updated in March 2023 by student fellow Audrey Thibert. More than 50 international studies have found that certain …
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We asked the experts: how did news media fare in election 2020?
How did news organizations cover an election season like no other? Four media professionals break it down.
In opinionated times, what is the future of opinion journalism?
By Abigail Steinberg In the spring of 2019, former members of the Association of Opinion Journalists reunited in Madison, Wisconsin. The group, which merged in 2016 with the American Society of News Editors (now …
Director Katy Culver weighs in on Sandy Hook defamation case
Covering extremism in the digital era: A Q&A with Joel Christopher
Journalists have always had to grapple with how to cover extremists and hate-filled ideologies. But in today’s digital world, and with experts warning about the threat of white supremacy and far-right extremism, journalists are taking …
Doing no harm: the call for crime reporting that does justice to the beat
If you ask Carroll Bogert, crime news in the U.S. is broken. Building off renewed interest in the Central Park Five case spurred by Ava Duvernay’s Netflix series “When They See Us,” Bogert attacked …
Left out: freelance journalists have no recourse against sexual harassment
Despite high-profile firings and policy changes after the #MeToo movement swept through newsrooms, a subset of news professionals often remains unprotected, largely unheard from and without recourse in cases of sexual misconduct: freelance journalists. …