image: UnSplash/Markus Winkler Journalism the world over is in trouble, and this journalist can agree on. The American Press Institute visualizes the challenges facing the media today, and it ranges from information disorder and technology monopolies controlling the...
The Cook County News-Herald, a weekly newspaper of Grand Marais, Minn., was on the brink of closure and almost did not make it to its 130th anniversary. The internet has demolished the advertisement-driven business model of newspapers, with small town papers being hit...
Freedom of speech is so important in this country that it’s written in the First Amendment. Whether it’s because the founders thought that they had to protect speech from political or government persecution above all other rights or just because it was the first thing...
Since the beginning of human socialization, it was clear that a basic agreement between the members of a community was needed in order for that community to prevail. The Greeks, precursors of modern democracy, had a physical place where important things regarding...
On Oct. 4, 2020, a viral video showed Nigerian police officers assaulting two men, dragging them out of a hotel and killing one. These officers were members of a special unit of the police force, the anti-robbery squad, also called SARS. The men were probably not...
It now feels like a different era, but some of the early concerns about social media’s impact on journalism are at least a decade old. I remember when in 2008, minutes after the terrorist attacks on Mumbai, India, social networks were buzzing with news, photos and...