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Small-Town Newspapers Are Dying Because No One Wants to Run Them

And it’s not just about the money.
By Liam Scott

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It’s Time for a New Look at Journalism Ethics

The first part in a series on the challenges facing the media industry today.
By Margaret Sullivan

A Lost Look

UNESCO promised to elevate Indigenous media as a human right. Instead, it erased the work of our community—and the risks we face.
By Jenni Monet

Don’t Mourn the Death of Alt-Weeklies. They’re Alive and Well.

In some communities, alt-weeklies have outlasted the daily paper.
By Aimee Levitt

Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery

Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault.
By Betsy Morais

The PSAi

Introducing our campaign to stop the spread of fake media.
By Betsy Morais

Synthetic Media

Artificial Intelligence

Productivity, parlor tricks, and persuading people that the truth still matters.

Pioneering Payback

The potential of the Oregon Journalism Protection Act.
By Lauren Watson

When Local Newspapers Die, Corruption Festers

Our study also found that digital media sites didn’t make much of a difference.
By Brad N. Greenwood

The Phone-Spying Scandal Rocking Italian Journalists

Editors at a publication known for hard-hitting investigations of government officials have learned their phones were hacked.
By Sacha Biazzo

Cover-Up in Plain Sight

New books examine how the Biden administration handled the delicate subject of age—but not how the press covered the story.
By Richard J. Tofel

The Hidden Toll of Reporting on the Sudanese Civil War

Local journalists say it often feels like belligerents are waging an undeclared war against the press.
By Nalova Akua

White House

A Hundred Days

Our series on the fog of news and propaganda that has marked Donald Trump’s return to Washington.

Rural and Tribal Public Radio Stations Brace for Funding Cuts

Small broadcasters fear they will be unintended victims of national culture wars.
By Andrew Mercein

Columbia Keeps ‘Investigating’ Student Journalists Covering Pro-Palestine Protests

Reporters on campus say it’s a threat to press freedom. 
By Meghnad Bose and Anna Oakes

A Student Journalist Covered a Pro-Palestine Protest. Soon, Her Graduation Came Under Threat.

A botched challenge to press freedom at Columbia University’s Barnard College.
By Meghnad Bose

The Road to Kismet

A new magazine seeks spiritual conversation outside of the conservative bubble.
By Feven Merid

Monumental Tiny News

The triumph of Lucy Lippard’s El Puente, which is as engaged with the past of a New Mexican village as it is with daily life.
By Lucy Schiller

Politics

Survival Guide

How to keep your head above water as Trump floods the zone

Student Journalists Wrestle with Censoring Their Own Work

Navigating a surge in requests to take down previously published material.
By Lauren Watson

I Vaticanisti: Meet the Reporters Covering Pope Francis

At the Holy See, journalists from around the world monitor the Roman Catholic pontiff—especially now.
By Sacha Biazzo

Brian from Michigan

Thirteen years ago, I lied to a guy named Brian on national television. So I decided to find him and apologize.
By Bill Adair

Inside Outside

Layoffs, acquisitions, and a contributors’ revolt.
By Lauren Watson

The Glossy Mirage

When American magazines pulled out of Russia, the editors stuck around and remade them for the country left behind—without mentioning war.
By Andrew Fedorov

Remembering

Lessons Learned (Or Not)

Have journalists gotten better at covering Trump?

Trump’s Tariffs Are Causing Chaos for Newspapers

The on-again, off-again announcements are causing prices of Canadian newsprint to rise.
By Sacha Biazzo

The Last Days at Voice of America

Covering the press freedom beat at VOA, I got a front-row seat to its demise.
By Liam Scott

On the Arrest of an Autocrat

Journalists, lawyers, clergy, and human rights activists persisted in the Philippines, even when hope for accountability seemed nonexistent. 
By Sheila S. Coronel

The Time to Look

“In our hearts, we do have room for everything,” Chen Liberman, an Israeli journalist, says. “But in our lineups? That’s a different story.”
By Yona TR Golding

Buying In

The editor of Los Angeles magazine recruited new owners, who promised to invest in ambitious journalism. The trouble was, he believed them.
By Maddy Crowell
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Reboot

Transformations

How technology is changing journalism.

From Marty Baron to Robber Baron

Jeff Bezos is heel-turning the Washington Post opinion section into the realm of the far right.
By Andrew Rosenthal

How I’m Teaching My Students to Report When Sources Are Afraid to Talk

Even scientists are getting harder to reach.
By John Schwartz

The Storm Inside

There are many journalists hiding from the stigma of mental health, addiction, or both, trying not to appear as damaged goods and to keep on working. I want them to know that they are not alone.
By Ayman Oghanna

Back to School

Local newsrooms are donating themselves to Arizona State in exchange for administrative support.
By Lauren Watson

The Unraveling of Ozy Media

The trial of Carlos Watson and the excesses of the digital media age.
By Susie Banikarim and Josh Hersh

The Media Today

The Best of Jon Allsop

Our newsletter columnist on the triumphs and trials of the press.

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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.
By Thomas Whiteside