Tuesday, May 26th, 2020 A reminder to editors: Be kind to your writers It should have been a dream assignment. Madeline Ostrander, a freelance writer, had sold her first big feature to a high-profile magazine. But while she was reporting at a remote field site, her mother was diagnosed with cancer. Unaware of the situation, her editors set a call for the same day as her mother’s surgery. […] Sarah Gilman
a Friday, January 3rd, 2020 Op-ed: After merger, Gannett must keep local journalists in their jobs Mariya Manzhos
a Friday, November 29th, 2019 Op-ed: Local journalism is dying. Bold action can save it. Congressman Mark DeSaulnier
a Monday, November 4th, 2019 Twitter hates me. The Des Moines Register fired me. Here’s what really happened. Aaron Calvin
a Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019 Can a ‘nobody’ make a popular, financially stable podcast? Cyrena Touros
a Monday, September 30th, 2019 Five tips for journalists on covering trans and nonbinary people Lewis Raven Wallace
a Friday, September 6th, 2019 Op-ed: Let’s push the language of journalism past its limits Alissa Quart
a Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 I now publish #MeToo stories on my blog, for free. Here’s why. Michael Balter
