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Inaugural diversity
When the media employs the term, what does it mean?
By Jennifer Vanasco Jan 25, 2013 at 06:50 AM
On Inauguration Day, Americans of all kinds looked for reflections of themselves in the festivities. Did social minorities find one?... More
Time to shatter the ‘glass closet’
It is our job as journalists to treat gay and lesbian celebrities like straight ones
By Jennifer Vanasco Jan 18, 2013 at 06:50 AM
Jodie Foster's speech accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes on Sunday was rambling, puzzling, oblique --... More
The president’s lady problem
News outlets were right to report on Obama’s track record of hiring women, but that’s not the only type of diversity to keep in mind
By Jennifer Vanasco Jan 11, 2013 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. Maybe Obama needs to borrow... More
Loaded language of gay marriage
Reporters need to be mindful of using loaded terminology
By Jennifer Vanasco Jan 4, 2013 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. At the intersection of gay... More
Rhonda Lee shouldn’t have been fired
Responding to racist comments on her former TV station’s Facebook page was the right journalistic decision
By Jennifer Vanasco Dec 14, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. Social media causes a... More
Don’t let Belcher off the hook
Coverage of the murder-suicide shouldn’t have called it a “tragedy”; it was a crime
By Jennifer Vanasco Dec 7, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. After NFL player Jovan Belcher... More
Gay at the Times
A lot has changed at the Gray Lady since the early ’90s
By Jennifer Vanasco Nov 30, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. It turns out that the... More
Five awesome blogs about minority communities
These sites do a good job giving a sense of their group’s culture or politics, or pointing out media stereotypes
By Jennifer Vanasco Nov 23, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. One of the tough things... More
The media’s woman blaming
Most coverage wrongly blames Paula Broadwell for leading Gen. David Petraeus astray
By Jennifer Vanasco Nov 16, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. Frank Bruni gets it.... More
Historic votes, hidden from live coverage
The four gay marriage votes in last week’s election were hard to follow in real-time
By Jennifer Vanasco Nov 12, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. Do you know what was... More
Jenny McCarthy as a Sun-Times columnist?
Science writers are skeptical, though McCarthy won’t promote a fake link between vaccines and autism there
By Jennifer Vanasco Oct 29, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. The Chicago Sun-Times created controversy... More
Covering the candidates on women
As Obama and Romney try to secure the female vote, reporting quality varies
By Jennifer Vanasco Oct 19, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. During the second Presidential debate... More
Covering BSA’s anti-gay stance
In the most recent incident, quality of media coverage drastically differed
By Jennifer Vanasco Oct 15, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. Every few months, a story... More
More coverage of US Muslims is needed
It’s up to journalists to provide the antidote to fear and ignorance, which is facts
By Jennifer Vanasco Sep 14, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. This week, Americans commemorated September... More
LGBT coverage worth a shout-out
The mainstream media much improved its coverage in recent years
By Jennifer Vanasco Sep 7, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. Every week in Minority Reports,... More
Don’t posit ‘what women think’ without quoting any
Coverage of Ann Romney’s RNC speech said she connected with women, but no female voices in the stories verified the claim
By Jennifer Vanasco Aug 31, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. Immediately after Ann Romney’s speech... More
Akin was wrong
And journalists should’ve said so from the get-go, rather than simply reporting his comment
By Jennifer Vanasco Aug 24, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. One of the biggest surprises... More
The media’s ‘happily ever after’
Why are women like Jennifer Aniston portrayed as sad and lonely if they aren’t married?
By Jennifer Vanasco Aug 17, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. Jennifer Aniston is one of... More
The Olympics’s women coverage
It should be about female athletes’ achievements, but it’s often more focused on their chromosomes
By Jennifer Vanasco Aug 3, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. Gender issues were threaded throughout... More
Coming out posthumously
Sally Ride and questions of how to memorialize semi-closeted public figures
By Jennifer Vanasco Jul 27, 2012 at 06:50 AM
In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. In the first obituaries about... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
In one tweet
Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
And it drives young journalists crazy
It’s official: We never need to worry about the future of journalism again!
The NYT shows us why
Why does Florida produce so much weird news? Experts explain
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
