In my home country, Finland, the great majority of newspapers are non-affiliated and independent. Party newspapers and reporters are a curiosity....
The return of partisan journalism
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Saara Koho
Two minutes to midnight
I grew up in a border town in Finland. The nearest Russian town, Svetogorsk, was only a few miles away from my home. Living so near to a gigantic...
The debate on reparations and the painful history of slavery
The 1619 Project, a special issue of the The New York Times Magazine, has been the most talked-about journalistic venture I’ve encountered during my...
Is philanthropy the future of journalism?
Newsrooms around the globe have been shrinking for the past two decades, as media companies have struggled to find a profitable business model in...
Minnesota farms battle with record-low profitability
It’s a tough time to be a farmer. Last year Minnesota farms earned a median net income of $26,055, down 8% from the previous year. It was the...
Why should we care about political sex scandals?
Can a politician have a private life in the United States? Are they allowed to make mistakes? These questions have puzzled me this week. On Tuesday,...
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