AI Data Centers in the Land of Diminished Local News “At least some of these big companies look for communities that are news deserts to build projects,” a local journalist said, “because it’s easier for them when there’s less public scrutiny.” April 21, 2026 By Lucy Schiller
The importance of protecting freelancers January 5, 2015 By Alexis Sobel Fitts James Foley’s murder thrust GlobalPost into the middle of an industry-wide debate about the ethics of working with the inexperienced, poorly paid freelancers who increasingly cover the world’s wars
When scams make headlines October 31, 2014 By Steven Bodzin What should news outlets do when it becomes clear they’ve treated scams as legitimate stories?
Ferguson before #Ferguson October 31, 2014 By Lawrence Lanahan Behind every Michael Brown is a story of structural racism waiting to be told
How the Israeli-Palestinian conflict affected journalists October 30, 2014 By Jared Malsin Last summer’s Gaza war pushed reporters to their mental and physical limits
Is Ari Melber the future of cable-news anchors? October 30, 2014 By Alyson Krueger The MSNBC rising star is a lawyer-turned-journalist who wants to solve problems, not shout about them
Ta-Nehisi Coates defines a new race beat October 29, 2014 By Chris Ip The Atlantic writer looks to the past to confront contemporary racism
Can news literacy grow up? [Updated] September 2, 2014 By Lindsay Beyerstein After a decade, the movement tries to prove its worth
Kyiv Post‘s unlikely success September 2, 2014 By Oliver Bullough An editor from Minnesota and a Pakistani billionaire are riding the story of their lives as Ukraine unravels
Qaddafi couldn’t stop this reporter September 2, 2014 By Manisha Aryal Abdullah Aboathba risks his life to be a journalist in Libya
Bowe Bergdahl, Pat Tillman, and the media’s problem with simplifying soldiers September 2, 2014 By Vanessa M. Gezari Why it’s problematic for the press to define heroes or traitors
How American journalists covered torture after 9/11 August 8, 2014 By Eric Umansky Coverage of the brutal practice was played down in print and on airwaves
From the archives: The Times and the Jews July 23, 2014 By Neil Lewis A vocal segment of American Jewry has long believed that the paper has been unfair to Israel. Here’s why–and why they’re wrong.
Are we journalists first? July 1, 2014 By Alexis Fitts and Nicola Pring The longstanding debate about whether and when a reporter can intervene in a story is rekindled in the age of inequality
Journalism’s bright future (is a lie?) July 1, 2014 By The Editors Slate’s Jacob Weisberg and Harper’s John R. MacArthur on the new world
