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India’s Fact-Checkers React to Meta’s Policy Change

When Mark Zuckerberg suddenly abandoned his company’s third-party fact-checking program, I checked in with my old colleagues—who are reeling from the news.

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. Both say they are journalists. Why did the government prosecute one and not the other?

Buying In

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

Going Broad

Brendan Carr wants to test the limits of the FCC’s authority.

Documented Gears Up for Trump

After years of engagement with immigrant communities in New York, a site is spreading its reach to newsrooms across the country.

The Unraveling of Ozy Media

The trial of Carlos Watson and the excesses of the digital media age.

A New Normal

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

The Newspaper Auction from Hell

A storied London broadsheet is for sale—again. The latest bidder, right-wing media proprietor Dovid Efune, is struggling to raise the money.

What’s Missing from the Syria Coverage

Relief is only one part of the complex reality following the toppling of Bashar al-Assad.

The Wall Street Journal’s Campaign to Free Evan Gershkovich

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

The Promise of IndyMedia

Twenty-five years after its founding, a much-diminished community journalism organization may still offer a model for the future.
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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.

The Breadth of Bucks

How news consumption turned electoral outcomes in an influential Pennsylvania county.

Not If, but How

Mongabay’s mission to report on untold environmental stories.

Turnaround Time

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

Reflections on a Political Cyclone

Elisabeth Bumiller on her tenure as DC Bureau Chief at the Times.

Covering the Economy from the Bottom Up

If journalists don’t explain how the system works, others will.

Netanyahu Wants to Boycott Haaretz

We won’t back down.

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.

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.