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Five problems with your protest coverage: what reporters and news consumers need to know about protest narratives
What reporters and news consumers need to know about protest narratives.
When coverage is what they want: covering mass shootings without perpetuating them
As news of yet another school shooting — this one in Santa Clarita, California — broke in mid-November, one key piece of information was decidedly absent from the headlines and initial internet search results: the …
Guide to less extractive reporting makes ProPublica’s “inspiring” list
Center for Journalism Ethics 2018-19
Be accountable, be transparent – with your data too; A Q&A with Rodrigo Zamith
Journalists incorporate data into their reporting for good reason: numbers tell us important, odd and interesting things about ourselves. Hidden within raw data are insights about our patterns, problems and trends, such as the …
Avoiding the horse race: a resource guide for ethical election coverage
By Isaac Alter The 2020 presidential primary will not officially begin for another ten months. And yet campaigning, and media coverage about that campaigning, are already well underway. A large field of Democratic candidates …
“Perversion of Justice” wins 2019 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics
“Perversion of Justice” by Julie K. Brown and Emily Michot of the Miami Herald has won the 2019 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics from the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. …
Changes in HR: What #MeToo means for news organizations
In October 2017 the New York Times published a story detailing decades of alleged abuse by film executive Harvey Weinstein. The story marked a watershed, resulting in new stories of sexual harassment and workplace …
Should journalists be transparent about their religion?
In her years as a religion reporter, Cathy Grossman has traveled from Texas to Vatican City and covered nearly every religious group imaginable. But amid her thousands of interviews, she’s had a strict policy of never …