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Do newsrooms need a memeologist?
In the age of meme-slop and digital newsrooms shuttering, internet culture reporters say mainstream media is ill-equipped to cover not just trends, but a radicalization that doesn't look how it used to.
Baltimore media outlets may be exacerbating an already unprecedented overdose crisis
Experts say stigmatizing language and hasty coverage in Baltimore has spread misinformation and steered a city struggling with the overdose crisis away from public health response and toward fear-driven police crackdowns.
NewsGuild’s longest strike ends after historic court decision
The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals found the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette violated the National Labor Relations Act on several counts. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newsroom worker strike is the longest continuing work stoppage in the U.S.
Vogue guts Teen Vogue Politics team
Vogue.com is merging with Teen Vogue, eliminating the youth-focused publication’s politics section. Four Condé Union officers have also been fired after questioning the layoffs.
Youth want a voice in youth news coverage
Journalists are covering issues that deeply impact young people. But from mainstream media coverage to education journalism outlets and local papers, young people of color especially feel that their voices are ignored in news stories.
Q&A: Karen Attiah says her firing shows mainstream media still fails at talking about race
Karen Attiah, former long-time Washington Post opinion columnist and editor, sat down to talk about objectivity, “Democracy Dies in Darkness", Black representation in news, and more.
Jewish Currents reporter, 15 other journalists detained on humanitarian flotilla to Gaza
Israeli military forces detained several freedom flotilla ships on Oct. 8, in a latest effort to stifle reporting on the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Nearly 100 passengers, including journalist Emily Wilder, are onboard The Conscience, the flotilla's flagship vessel.
Pre-reporting is a part of being a freelance journalist. Is it free labor?
As a result of an increasingly precarious journalism industry, freelance journalists are often toeing the line between their actual profession and marketing their work.
Wall Street Journal shirks apology for publishing anti-trans misinformation after Charlie Kirk shooting
Over two-thirds of Americans don’t know a trans person themselves. As right-wing efforts to connect trans people with violence continue escalating after Charlie Kirk’s shooting, journalists must be rigorous in covering rhetoric from anti-trans activists without verification or clarification.
Do newsrooms need a memeologist?
In the age of meme-slop and digital newsrooms shuttering, internet culture reporters say mainstream media is ill-equipped to cover not just trends, but a radicalization that doesn't look how it used to.
Baltimore media outlets may be exacerbating an already unprecedented overdose crisis
Experts say stigmatizing language and hasty coverage in Baltimore has spread misinformation and steered a city struggling with the overdose crisis away from public health response and toward fear-driven police crackdowns.
NewsGuild’s longest strike ends after historic court decision
The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals found the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette violated the National Labor Relations Act on several counts. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newsroom worker strike is the longest continuing work stoppage in the U.S.
Vogue guts Teen Vogue Politics team
Vogue.com is merging with Teen Vogue, eliminating the youth-focused publication’s politics section. Four Condé Union officers have also been fired after questioning the layoffs.
Youth want a voice in youth news coverage
Journalists are covering issues that deeply impact young people. But from mainstream media coverage to education journalism outlets and local papers, young people of color especially feel that their voices are ignored in news stories.
Q&A: Karen Attiah says her firing shows mainstream media still fails at talking about race
Karen Attiah, former long-time Washington Post opinion columnist and editor, sat down to talk about objectivity, “Democracy Dies in Darkness", Black representation in news, and more.
Jewish Currents reporter, 15 other journalists detained on humanitarian flotilla to Gaza
Israeli military forces detained several freedom flotilla ships on Oct. 8, in a latest effort to stifle reporting on the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Nearly 100 passengers, including journalist Emily Wilder, are onboard The Conscience, the flotilla's flagship vessel.
Pre-reporting is a part of being a freelance journalist. Is it free labor?
As a result of an increasingly precarious journalism industry, freelance journalists are often toeing the line between their actual profession and marketing their work.
Wall Street Journal shirks apology for publishing anti-trans misinformation after Charlie Kirk shooting
Over two-thirds of Americans don’t know a trans person themselves. As right-wing efforts to connect trans people with violence continue escalating after Charlie Kirk’s shooting, journalists must be rigorous in covering rhetoric from anti-trans activists without verification or clarification.