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Journalists need more help than ever coping with work trauma
Most journalists think they are good at dealing with stress. But they are not. “Things like addiction problems, high anxiety, promiscuity and PTSD are pretty much ubiquitous,” says Anna Mortimer, a former Moscow correspondent for the Times of London, particularly when it comes to war correspondents. Mortimer’s father, David Blundy, who was killed while on...
The 1619 Project and the stories we tell about slavery
Last night, at the event space of The New York Times building, a collection of Black journalists, poets, and museum curators announced their intention to tell the truth about slavery. Announcing the debut of The 1619 Project, a special issue of the Times magazine published with additional material in the newspaper, Nikole Hannah-Jones, a staff...
Coverage of mass shootings threatens public safety. Let’s fix it.
America has entered a new age of mass shootings. Every few weeks—or hours, in the case of El Paso and Dayton—a young man with a gun commits an atrocity. And every time it happens, news media are there to relentlessly cover the aftermath. Each new detail—a killer’s name, a photograph—becomes a prize in the frenzied...
Facebook’s proposal to license news signifies a change
Facebook’s announcement this week—that it plans to syndicate news stories on its app—has set off a train of “What does it mean for journalism?” questions. But the most pertinent question is what this move signals for Facebook. The offer is remarkably simple, old-fashioned, almost. Facebook will pay publishers as much as $3 million (when and...
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I wrote a story that became a legend. Then I discovered it wasn’t true.
In 2003, with what felt like an angel on my shoulder, I wrote a story that became a myth. It was a once-in-a-lifetime piece. An emblem for human courage in the face of adversity, and an inspiration for motorcyclists like...
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