CHARLESTON, West Virginia — This town’s daily newspaper, the Gazette-Mail, is housed in a classic 1920s building made of...
May 09, 2018Egyptian citizens, journalists face worsening restrictions on expression under Sisi regime
In 2011, when Egypt was pulsating with post-revolution possibility, I received a grant from the Pulitzer Center to...
May 03, 2018A checklist for assessing polls and surveys
Polls and surveys can be an important resource to understand how people feel about hot button issues. But...
May 02, 2018Two Los Angeles Times reporters have this advice for improving your immigration reporting
We asked Cindy Carcamo, the immigration reporter for the Los Angeles Times and Anh Do, who covers Asian-American...
Apr 17, 2018During a water crisis, residents embrace reporters as allies
INEZ, Kentucky — In this sleepy town in rural Martin County, in the heart of coal country, residents...
Apr 10, 2018How a small team created a high-impact data reporting project
We’ve talked in the past about spreadsheets and public records for data journalism. You don’t have to be...
Apr 03, 2018Finding sources who ‘live in the shadows’
One important service of journalism is giving voice to the most vulnerable people in society. Phillip Martin, an...
Mar 21, 2018Reporting responsibly on suicide and mental illness
This article originally appeared on Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. You can subscribe to Navigator here. If you...
Mar 07, 2018Remembering Kim Wall and celebrating her last stories from the Marshall Islands
Last weekend, I spent a couple hours out at sea in Turkey reading my dear friend May Jeong’s...
Mar 01, 2018How to discover your voice on social media (without undermining your journalism)
This article originally appeared on Navigator, GroundTruth’s newsletter for early-career journalists. You can subscribe to Navigator here. The rules...
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