The voice of journalism, since 1961. I Can’t Believe This Is Reality! Two young content creators filmed the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Mar 12, 2024 · Taking a cue from medicine? In another recently published study that two of us co-authored, we found that although people distrust journalism and healthcare, they trust their own doctors. As a result, the “doing your own research” trend we observed in journalism was reversed in medicine: Instead of using the internet to corroborate what their doctor said, people went to …

Jan 2, 2025 · Lauren Watson, Delacorte fellow: I’ll be keeping an eye on the alluring topic of standards and certifications, and how those are being used to separate news media from social media and entertainment while players in the former industry try to rebuild journalism’s authority and its shared sense of responsibility.

S even and a half years ago, journalism began a tortured dance with Donald Trump, the man who would be the country’s forty-fifth president—first dismissing him, then embracing him as a source of ratings and clicks, then going all in on efforts to catalogue Trump as a threat to the country (also a great source of ratings and clicks).. No narrative did more to shape Trump’s relations …

Mar 6, 2019 · News organizations should have to explain themselves—to communicate the difference between the news department and the editorial page (more than a quarter of Americans do not understand the distinction); to show how they gather their news; to clarify why they sometimes cannot divulge their sources; to explain why it matters that nearly all scientific …

Dec 5, 2024 · Other notable stories: Yesterday, Jeff Bezos, the owner of the Washington Post, spoke at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit and addressed his decision to bar the paper from endorsing Kamala Harris ahead of the election; critics suggested that Bezos was appeasing Donald Trump lest the latter go after his business interests in a second term, but Bezos denied …

Sep 20, 2024 · Sewell Chan joined the Columbia Journalism Review as executive editor in 2024. Previously, he was editor in chief of the Texas Tribune from 2021 to 2024, during which the nonprofit newsroom won its first National Magazine Award and was a Pulitzer finalist for the first time. From 2018 to 2021, he was a deputy managing editor and then the editorial page editor …

Jun 10, 2024 · It’s another election season, and we’re in reruns. Donald Trump, the first convicted-felon former president, is carrying on at rallies as ever, repeating the word “rigged.” Joe Biden, America’s oldest president, is mostly staying home, also as before.

Oct 31, 2024 · Helene Stapinski began her career at her hometown newspaper, the Jersey Journal.She is the author of three memoirs: Five-Finger Discount: A Crooked Family History; Baby Plays Around: A Love Affair, with Music; and Murder in Matera: A True Story of Passion, Family, and Forgiveness in Southern Italy.Her latest book, The American Way: A True Story of Nazi …

Aug 30, 2024 · When a presidential candidate violates universal and established norms, it’s okay to come out and say it. But the coverage of former president Donald Trump’s visit to Arlington National Cemetery, on August 26, showed the difficulties newsrooms have in covering unprecedented events, especially when it involves the nation’s military, veterans, and Donald …