by Kate Bartlett | Sep 20, 2019 | Changes in Journalism, Journalism, Journalism in the era of "fake news", Journalism in the Trump Era, Personal Reflections, Political Coverage
Legacy U.S. newspapers like The New York Times and The Washington Post are using unprecedented language in their political copy with words like “lie” and “racist”. “We’d never used the word ‘lie’ before we had Trump,” Dean Baquet, executive editor of The New York...
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...
by Luján Scarpinelli | Sep 14, 2019 | Personal Reflections, Politics
It was one of those mornings one could feel springtime approaching. I was at home, enjoying an atypical Tuesday morning of my senior year in high school, reading in the backyard. The phone rang. “Are you ok?” my mom asked on the other end of the line. She was shocked...
by Rosen Tsvetkov | Sep 14, 2019 | American Presidency, Personal Reflections
“Jules, this is Brian — listen,” Brian Sweeney told his wife Julie Sweeney Roth on Sept. 11, 2001. “I’m on an airplane that’s been hijacked. If things don’t go well, and it’s not looking good, I just want you to know I absolutely love you, I want you...
by Hamdi Baala | Sep 10, 2019 | Personal Reflections, Police & Community Tensions, Policy, Politics, WPI Activities
“I hope you all feel safe while visiting the United States,” said a woman who works at the Minnesota State Fair during a discussion with WPI journalists on gun violence in the country. “When I was in Ghana, I saw the news on TV about shootings in the...
by Saara Koho | Sep 1, 2019 | Journalism, Personal Reflections, Politics, Privacy, Social Media in Politics and Journalism
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, Dr. Beth Mynett alleged in divorce filings in Washington, D.C., that her husband Tim Mynett, a political consultant,...
