The first amendment protecting press freedom is under unprecedented threat in the Trump era.
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A new study explores the state of an industry that’s tapping creative revenue streams and incorporating new tools to engage with readers.
U.S. journalism has long championed an allegiance to cold objectivity. But one researcher analyzed Pulitzer Prize-winning stories from the past 20 years and found that they’re suffused with emotion.
After the death of legendary New York Daily News columnist Jimmy Breslin, some have lamented the end of blue-collar journalism. But in today’s media environment, Breslin’s approach might not be enough.
From the treatment of black World War II veterans to Emmett Till’s murder, the black press helped lay the groundwork for the civil rights movement. What role can it play today?
Facebook’s role is under scrutiny, a shift from earlier in the campaign, when the press was often blamed for Trump’s ascendancy. Both played a part.
How can journalists resist a master media manipulator, reach local communities and sift through fake news and propaganda? Media experts explore the challenges of covering the next administration.
The former Fox News CEO crossed the line between unbiased coverage and political activism with ease.
Social networking, smartphones, ad blockers, oh my. A global survey of 50,000 news consumers assessed the ways we get our news in 2016.
Researching how news has changed from the 17th century to the present makes two scholars sanguine about its future.
Trump’s campaign challenges the conventions of politics and liberal democracy. So maybe the time has come to question how journalists practice objectivity.
When Gay Talese signed a confidentiality agreement with a motel-owning voyeur, he got access to the voyeur’s journals and secret viewing perch. But he also allowed the spying to continue for over a decade.
A partisan media landscape has made it almost impossible for journalists to avoid charges of bias when calling out a candidate’s dishonesty.
The media repeatedly creates instant profiles of public shooters as shy, troubled loners, perpetuating the sense of helplessness over mass killings.
Barack Obama has challenged the US media on gun laws, but despite the First Amendment, journalists are too scared to speak against abuse of the Second Amendment.
For anyone interested in the growth of the The Conversation’s unique form of global journalism there has been some interesting coverage this week.
From the air and on the ground: the reporters who told the HIroshima and Nagasaki stories to the American public.
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Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, University of Oregon
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Associate Professor of Communication, University of Utah
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Associate Professor of Communications, Penn State
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Senior Lecturer in Critical Digital Media Practice, Lancaster University
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Global Scholar at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC and Hopkins P Breazeale Professor, Manship School of Mass Communications, Louisiana State University
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Full Professor in Journalism, Dublin City University
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Professor of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine
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Associate Professor of Communications, Penn State
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Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of Florida
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Professor of Global Communication, University of Leeds
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Ph.D. candidate, Manship School of Mass Communication, Louisiana State University
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Associate Professor, Washington State University
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Director of the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, University of Florida
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Associate Professor of Communication, Elon University
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Associate Professor of American History and Politics, University of East Anglia