Saara Koho, Author at WPI

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The return of partisan journalism

by Saara Koho | Oct 13, 2019 | Journalism, Journalism in the Trump Era, Personal Reflections, Political Coverage, Politics

In my home country, Finland, the great majority of newspapers are non-affiliated and independent. Party newspapers and reporters are a curiosity. That is why I have been surprised to notice how openly partisan many American journalists are. Some of them don’t seek...

Two minutes to midnight

by Saara Koho | Oct 6, 2019 | Nuclear Policy and Security, Nuclear Threats and Security, Personal Reflections, Politics

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 and powerful neighbor was often unsettling. St. Petersburg was closer to us than our own capital Helsinki. Could the...

The debate on reparations and the painful history of slavery

by Saara Koho | Sep 28, 2019 | Immigration, Journalism, Personal Reflections, Politics

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 stay in the United States. Its goal is to reframe American history and to place the consequences of slavery at the...

Is philanthropy the future of journalism?

by Saara Koho | Sep 15, 2019 | Changes in Journalism, Journalism, Personal Reflections

Newsrooms around the globe have been shrinking for the past two decades, as media companies have struggled to find a profitable business model in the era of the internet and evaporating print advertising. Last week we had the opportunity to meet Dean Baquet, the...

Minnesota farms battle with record-low profitability

by Saara Koho | Sep 8, 2019 | Agriculture and Rural Issues, Global Business

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 lowest median farm income in the past 23 years of data tracked by the University of Minnesota. “Agriculture is a very...

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26 Apr

Our 4/14 recorded webinar on #disinformation featuring @BostonJoan, @andraspe & @mdmontgomery is now posted to our website for anyone who missed out! #WPIDisinformationWebinar
https://worldpressinstitute.org/news/the-spread-of-online-disinformation/

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14 Apr

Great webinar on the global scale of disinformation, got to hear from the incredible @BostonJoan and about the impressive work of @andraspe in Hungary. So important to see the power of bad info.

Webinar on WPI site.

& follow and support @direkt36 — investigative journalism!! https://twitter.com/worldpressinst/status/1382346097549512704

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