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We still don’t know exactly why Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News. Maybe it has to do with his prominent role in the Dominion lawsuit that will cost Fox […]
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When Alejandra Molina speaks with someone as part of her job as a reporter with Religion News Service, things can get pretty deep. “It’s common to have sources and people […]
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1y ago
An email landed in Massarah Mikati’s inbox on Feb. 13. The subject line read, “Story Pitch: Arab Rachel Dolezal Situation.” Mikati, a reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer, noticed that the […]
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1y ago
Across the United States local journalists are attempting to reform their approach to covering crime, moving away from “If it bleeds, it leads” and toward explanatory and accountability reporting. Newsrooms […]
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1y ago
BERLIN — In a week when the Biden administration worked to free a truth teller arrested in Russia, it doubled down on its commitment to punish another truth teller arrested […]
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1y ago
Elon Musk’s attempt this week to delegitimize NPR by labeling the public media’s primary Twitter account “US state-affiliated media” is an outright troll move that will further degrade Twitter’s value […]
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1y ago
Before it even aired Sunday evening, CBS’s “60 Minutes” was being blasted on social media for a segment on Georgia Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. The program’s Twitter account put […]
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1y ago
News media organizations have largely adopted best practices when reporting on mass shootings to avoid giving undue attention to shooters and thus minimizing contagion or inspiring copycats. Yet there are […]
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This week, Poynter launches its latest version of Transforming Crime Coverage Into Public Safety Journalism, a 7-month-long course designed to help newsrooms quite literally transform the way they cover police […]
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The Post’s work in focusing on accessibility provides a signpost for other organizations that want to follow suit ..read more