Sue Schardt » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism

Articles by Sue Schardt

Sue Schardt is executive director of the Association of Independents in Radio.

“The social web overtakes, exhausts, exhilarates, spreads, connects, reinforces, divides. Hashtag power. Deep in the niche, it’s easy to ignore those without time or equipment or mind space or care to be in the game.”

Objectivity, fairness, balance, and love

“The power of media is the power of reflecting human experience.”

Forecast: Consistency

“We can choose to reinforce a collective helplessness at the disparity and division marking our country and the world today. Or we can use this time of chaos, which is ripe for influencing and shaping the future.”

The year of yes

“The best attitude for navigating the next year is one of receptivity — understanding that so many things are opening and expanding in ways we can’t perceive.”

Big can learn from small in public radio

“We will begin to see fresh faces and hear new and unexpected voices on public media platforms that will grow over time.”