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Summer HarlowFebruary 25, 2021

Journalists don’t always cover anti-racism protests as fairly as they think they do

Anti-racism protest stories about police brutality or the removal of Confederate statues were more often portrayed negatively, framed with an emphasis on the violence and destructiveness of protests, and relied more on officials than protesters as sources.

Sarah ScireFebruary 22, 2021

The Charleston Post and Courier launches a watchdog project to combat corruption and “news deserts”

“Sunlight can disinfect, but South Carolina has lost some light.”

Sarah ScireFebruary 11, 2021

The New York Times’ new opinion editor, Kathleen Kingsbury, on reimagining opinion journalism

“I always say you can be provocative, but you shouldn’t be provocative by accident.”

Sarah ScireFebruary 9, 2021

The Wall Street Journal says it wants to help readers identify opinion pieces — but the campaign’s real audience may be its own newsroom

The campaign reflects an “increasingly digital” readership, including new subscribers without the experience of holding clearly separated news and opinion sections in their hands.

Naseem MillerFebruary 8, 2021

News outlets vary widely in how they cover the “Wild West” of Covid-19 preprint studies

“What would be a really bad outcome of this being covered?”

Sarah ScireJanuary 25, 2021

From “pop-up” to “pilot,” Votebeat hopes to stick around until 2022

“This blend of local reporting and issue expertise is extremely powerful. We think it’s one that can respond to the local news crisis quickly.”

Hanaa' TameezJanuary 19, 2021

With Out-of-Pocket, Nikhil Krishnan wants to make the healthcare industry funnier — and easier to understand

“It doesn’t lend itself to a lot of different types of jokes but I’m so in the deep Reddit that at this point, the sadboi existential crisis jokes just come naturally.”

The Objective StaffJanuary 15, 2021

Do you know the McMuffin man?

Capitol coverage, the problem with op-eds, and that Vogue cover.

Axios promises it will never have an opinion section, and more, in an “audience Bill of Rights”

Danielle KilgoJanuary 8, 2021

The insurrection at the Capitol challenged the way newsrooms frame unrest

“News audiences aren’t necessarily used to seeing violence and disruption at citizen demonstrations in support of a president — and certainly not on the scale we witnessed on Wednesday at the Capitol.”

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