A collage of a piece of paper of a anti-abortion legislation from National Right to Life Committee and a piece of paper that discusses how to get abortion pills sent by mail.

Access Denied Ashton Lattimore Jun 22, 2022

Anti Abortion Extremists Are Ready to Go After Journalists

Ashton Lattimore Jun 22, 2022

The National Right to LIfe Committee’s model law puts journalists and outlets who cover abortion squarely into legal crosshairs. And it’s just the latest in a long history of tactics used to silence coverage of injustice and marginalized people.

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The Well Actually Andrea Grimes Jun 1, 2022

Newsrooms Need a Primer on Abortion Reporting

Andrea Grimes Jun 1, 2022

Roe has been under siege for decades, yet mainstream journalists are just now playing catch up—and it's leading to a lot of misinformation that could have dire consequences.

Someone writing a message on a yellow page that says "opinion" with a pen. In the background, there are sheets of papers.

Pressing Issues Parker Molloy Apr 13, 2022

Opinion Journalism Is Broken

Parker Molloy Apr 13, 2022

The goal of newspapers is to inform the public. But increasingly, they are publishing opinion pieces as fact, misleading and confusing readers, and undermining their own agenda—and quite possibly, our democracy.

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Pressing Issues Allison Hantschel Apr 12, 2022

Why Aren’t Biden’s Victories Winning Him Any Points?

Allison Hantschel Apr 12, 2022

Thanks to this administration, our job numbers are booming, international diplomacy is being restored, and we have our first Black woman Supreme Court justice. And yet the D.C. press corps portrays Biden as a worse president than his criminal predecessor.

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Pressing Issues Allison Hantschel Dec 14, 2021

Venture Capitalists Are Killing the News Industry

Allison Hantschel Dec 14, 2021

When investors pour millions of dollars into media ventures but have zero interest in journalism, it hastens the demise of our democracy.

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Pressing Issues Magdi Semrau Sep 27, 2021

What the Afghanistan Coverage Reveals About American Media

Magdi Semrau Sep 27, 2021

Journalism on the Afghanistan withdrawal often suffered from missing context, tacit assumptions, over-editorializing, and emotion at the expense of nuance.

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Pressing Issues Allison Hantschel Sep 14, 2021

Big Media Can’t Hold Itself Accountable

Allison Hantschel Sep 14, 2021

A case study of past 9/11 news coverage reveals a press corp stuck in its ways, bound to casting leaders as heroes despite their faults and drawing false equivalencies that fail the public.

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Pressing Issues Allison Hantschel Aug 10, 2021

Journalism Jargon is Obfuscating the Facts

Allison Hantschel Aug 10, 2021

Even when the facts are clear, even when one side is clearly lying, even when the science and truth are obvious, mainstream media still fails to call it like it is.

Pressing Issues Allison Hantschel Jul 20, 2021

Who Loses When Reporters Don’t Report?

Allison Hantschel Jul 20, 2021

Some of America’s top-tier journalists have withheld information ahead of their book releases—prioritizing sales over public good. And when they do, nobody wins.

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Pressing Issues Karen K. Ho Jan 30, 2019

Journalism Is In Crisis. Can We Save It?

Karen K. Ho Jan 30, 2019

Now more than ever, we need the media to seek truth, report facts, and hold those in power accountable. But without a major overhaul, is the press even up to the job?