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Trump Wins, the Press Loses

A second Trump administration is poised to be devastating to journalism.

So What Now?

We must again be at work, but also preparing for war if Trump chooses that.

The Wall Street Journal’s Campaign to Free Evan Gershkovich

What newsrooms need to know, from an insider who helped lead the effort.

A New Normal

The Espionage Act offers Trump a clear path to stifle press freedom.

One Hellish Night

An election watch party with Hell Gate, a New York news-and-culture cooperative.

No New News

America’s politicians are old. So are news consumers. At a home for the elderly, residents weigh in on journalism’s obsession with age.

The Media Marine

How J.D. Vance keeps the press calls coming.
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A Respectful Mirror

Editors in purple states must weigh truth-telling against pleasing their audience.

Notes from a Fiasco

The moral trade-offs NABJ made in inviting Donald Trump to the stage in Chicago.

‘One Hundred Percent Gentleman’ 

Jason Miller, Trump’s press strategist, is the ultimate survivor.

How Politics Broke Content Moderation

First came Elon Musk, then the House of Representatives.

Crossing Over

After four decades in journalism, I felt I could no longer follow the rules of impartiality. But I still believe in them.

La Periodista de Iowa

At a Spanish-language newspaper in rural Iowa, Lorena López proves that the best counter to online misinformation is human connection.

Requiem for the Jersey Journal 

As scrappy and gritty as the city it covered, the only newspaper in Hudson County, N.J., will close in February, at age 157.

Turnaround Time

Mark Thompson, CNN’s chief executive, is tasked with transforming a struggling network. All he asks is patience.

Hiding in Plain Sight

The climate story this election missed.

Complicating the Latino-Voter Story

Portraying Latinos as homogeneous misrepresents them. Some reporters showed another way.

Otherwise Lost

In Austin, a movement journalist named Kit O’Connell covers the trans community—and many others—as major outlets don’t.

The Outsiders

How The Business of Fashion became an unlikely insider’s guide.

The Before and After

Meta’s Canadian news ban, as told through my small town.

From the Archive

Corridor of Mirrors

The Democratic Convention in Chicago, in August 1968, was surrounded by protesters and made bloody by police violence. Whiteside was on the scene, following along with CBS News.