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    Janelle SalangaJanuary 13, 2022
    “The idea and techniques of investigative reporting can be done by anyone anywhere”: How Francisco Vara-Orta wants to change IRE’s mission
    “We all grew up with All the President’s Men. You don’t want to take away from the power of that moment and the press holding the administration accountable. But we have to think, why was there not a Black person or a woman on that team?”
    Tony MarcanoJanuary 12, 2022
    KPCC and LAist are shifting the focus of their politics coverage from politicians to voters. Here’s why.
    “Our goal is to reenergize demoralized readers and listeners who’ve given up on civic involvement amid all the vein-popping vitriol.”
    Yan-Ho Lai and Yuen ChanJanuary 12, 2022
    How old laws are being used to shut down independent journalism in Hong Kong
    Hong Kong’s sedition laws were introduced in the early 20th century and had been unused since the 1970s. Now they are being used to charge Apple Daily and Stand News journalists.
    Martin Scott, Kate Wright and Mel BunceJanuary 10, 2022
    New research shows how news coverage influences countries’ emergency aid budgets
    “The bureaucrats we interviewed said that, in some circumstances, sudden and intense news coverage did increase levels of humanitarian aid — regardless of whether or not the crisis merited it.”
    Bill McKibbenJanuary 6, 2022
    Just a little too slow: Why journalists struggle to cover climate change
    The biggest news story of all time doesn’t quite fit our working definition of news, and hence is going remarkably undercovered.
    Rahul Bhargava, Meg Heckman and Emily Boardman NdulueJanuary 5, 2022
    It’s O.K. to write about women, fashion, and politics — but here’s how to do it better
    “Optics is part of politics, which makes wardrobe choices fair game in many news stories, and not just in those featuring women.”
    Gabe SchneiderJanuary 4, 2022
    Whetstone, the largest Black-owned food magazine in the U.S., aims to change things in food reporting
    “[T]he way that food media was being presented to us, in prior years, was through a lens that was incredibly myopic, unimaginative, and formulaic.”
    Laura Hazard OwenDecember 2, 2021
    Airbnb’s “Home Alone” stunt is confusing me and news coverage has answered literally zero of my questions about it
    I just want to know if I’d actually be alone.
    Shraddha ChakradharDecember 2, 2021
    Overwhelmingly white but leaning female: See the results of the Canadian Association of Journalists’ inaugural diversity survey
    Nearly 75% of Canadian newsrooms are made up of white journalists, and 80% of newsrooms have no Black or Indigenous journalists on staff.
    Sarah ScireDecember 1, 2021
    FTC: Let digital subscribers click to cancel. Newspapers: Hey, not so fast.
    A look around the internet suggests the FTC hasn’t scared news orgs into immediately changing the options they offer online.
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