Journalism
Posts about the skills, ethics and practicalities of being a member of the fourth estate.
Megan Lucero: Why do we need new models for news Paid Members Public
Can we find a new model of collaborative journalism, working alongside existing local journalists, and the communities they serve?
Press - a new BBC drama set in a newsroom - gets a trailer Paid Members Public
Oh, no. The BBC is making a drama about national newspaper journalism…
Solutions journalism: a possible antidote to news apathy and disengagement Paid Members Public
A relentless stream of problem stories makes the world feel worse than it is, and makes people more susceptible to manipulation. Can solutions journalism reverse that?
Medium: destroyer of journalism Paid Members Public
Ev Williams is full of a world of good intentions - but journalists who trusted Medium are paying the price.
Hyperactive reporting is a problem. Let’s fix it. Paid Members Public
Have we let the internet’s hype cycle shorten our attention span for big stories? Yes. And that’s a problem.
The dangerous ignorance at the heart of Facebook Paid Members Public
The attitude Mark Zuckerberg is displaying towards news suggests a deep ignorance of the true dynamics of news and its role in society.
How does it feel to be a journalist from an NRA-supporting family? Paid Members Public
This is a thought-provoking piece from a journalist who grew up in an NRA member family [https://medium.com/@kelliannejones/im-a-journalist-and-the-daughter-of-an-n-r-a-member-why-it-s-time-to-tell-my-story-9782ae97aad9] in the USA: > My father’s interest in guns began as a young man who saved up to buy 60 acres in the Maine wilderness where he could