It’s been two years since Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover and November’s presidential election seems to have brought with it a critical mass of news organizations fleeing the rebranded X or significantly downgrading their presence. But for individual journalists who may have spent more than a decade building a dedicated following there, the question of leaving (and deciding where to go next) is much thornier ..read more

For decades, TV and radio journalists had to master a very specialized form of performance art. Men and women wore rigid, carefully proscribed wardrobes; styled their hair in certain acceptable ways; and (perhaps most importantly) spoke with a generic-sounding Midwestern accent ..read more

Thomas Mangloña II’s passion for journalism was born out of a desire to keep his community informed. A native of Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands, Mangloña was concerned that there was no local news outlet on the island, so he started his own as a middle schooler ..read more

Wes Platt, editor and publisher of South Point Access, a hyperlocal news site covering Durham, North Carolina’s southern environs, began his journalistic career in the most traditional of ways. But he’s finishing it with a very unusual (at least in this day and age) career move: After making the non-uncommon move of jumping from journalism to public relations, he’s leaping back into journalism ..read more

When retired reporter and editor Jack McElroy decided to write a biography of muckraking journalist and polymath Carl Magee, he discovered a strange dichotomy. Magee accomplished a great deal during his career, including helping to break the Teapot Dome scandal and, of all things, inventing the parking meter ..read more

Regional Editor John Vahlenkamp knew he needed a correction for his Colorado newspaper after looking into allegations that some quotes attributed to a source were inaccurate and others were made up. When a second source began with, “I wasn’t going to call you, but …,” he realized the story was far more problematic than he initially suspected ..read more

On my first day as a reporter at a legacy magazine fresh out of college, I was handed a directive that left me feeling uneasy. “We need to feature more diverse voices,” the editor said. “Try to avoid interviewing straight white men for the upcoming issue ..read more

Quill – Fall 2024 ..read more

At the end of World War II, the victorious Allies faced the complex and unprecedented task of putting Nazi Germany’s surviving leaders on trial for crimes against humanity. Organized by the U.S. military, the proceedings, which took place in the city of Nuremberg, constituted one of the biggest stories of the century — and one of the first big post-war events to be covered by a legion of soon-to-be-famous journalists, including Walter Cronkite ..read more

As I reflect on my tenure as president of the Society of Professional Journalists, I’m reminded of the vital role we play in safeguarding democracy. Ethical journalism has always been crucial, but its importance is magnified during election cycles, such as the current 2024 U.S ..read more