Pressing Issues Naomi LaChance May 20, 2019

News Outlets Have Helped Enable the Climate Crisis

Naomi LaChance May 20, 2019

The mainstream media mocks the Green New Deal and patronizes young climate activists while taking money from Big Oil and special interests. Is it any wonder the U.S. leads the world in climate denialism?

Pressing Issues Furaha Asani May 6, 2019

How the Media Is Gatekeeping Black Writers

Furaha Asani May 6, 2019

Industry buzzwords like “diversity” and “inclusion” are meaningless unless and until newsrooms start hiring more Black and Brown editors and journalists to publish the stories that affect their lives.

Election 2020 Kaitlin Byrd Apr 8, 2019

We’ve Learned Nothing From Election 2016

Kaitlin Byrd Apr 8, 2019

News outlets are obsessed with Beto and Buttigieg, but it’s the five veteran female lawmakers running for the Dem presidential nomination who deserve deeper coverage. Where is it?

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?

Pressing Issues DAME Aug 16, 2018

Without Freedom of the Press, We Are Not Free

DAME Aug 16, 2018

Attacks on the press, protected by the First Amendment, are an attack on our individual rights to read, write, and think independently.

Shifting Language Jess McHugh Aug 6, 2018

Policing Language Is Just Another Way to Silence Women

Jess McHugh Aug 6, 2018

When women and people of color are told what words to use, and how to use them, it’s more than mere political correctness gone awry. It’s a form of silencing that sustains a moral, class, and racial hierarchy.

Pressing Issues Dianna Anderson Jul 25, 2018

The Dangers of Lazy Journalism

Dianna Anderson Jul 25, 2018

When local media fail to do their jobs by checking facts, corroborating sources, or simply asking follow-up questions as they did in Sioux Falls, SD, following a bomb scare, they're the ones creating "fake news."

Pressing Issues Allison Hantschel Jun 26, 2018

What Does It Cost to Protect Shitty Media Men?

Allison Hantschel Jun 26, 2018

The millions of dollars paid in hush money or severance packages to make up for the bad behavior of a few men could have single-handedly given the ailing media industry a boost.

Shifting Language Amy Westervelt May 30, 2018

Words Matter. And Political Propaganda Is Destroying Them

Amy Westervelt May 30, 2018

Politicians have always manipulated language to fit their agenda. But when journalists validate and repeat it, they're introducing it into the national idiom.

Pressing Issues Amy Westervelt May 24, 2018

Hey, Elon Musk, Journalism Is Not PR

Amy Westervelt May 24, 2018

The Tesla CEO is calling for a credibility rating system for journalists. What he doesn't know about the media is … a lot.