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Stories and criticism challenging newsrooms to look beyond the status quo.

Journalism is a public service. So why doesn’t it represent the public?

By Angela Yang ● Provocations ● March 6, 2021 June 15, 2022

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The Knight Foundation’s ties to far-right extremists undermine journalism’s future

By Simon Galperin ● Provocations ● February 22, 2021 June 15, 2022

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Literature has a place in contemporary Southern journalism

By Zoe McDonald ● Provocations ● January 18, 2021 June 15, 2022

A bad op-ed is more than just a bad take

By Jacob Sutherland ● Provocations ● January 4, 2021 June 15, 2022

How some cable news networks helped clear the way for Trump’s false declaration of victory

By Lauren Hakimi ● Provocations ● November 9, 2020 June 15, 2022

Journalism can do more than report on racial injustice. It can also help solve it.

By Ashton Lattimore ● Provocations ● October 19, 2020 June 15, 2022

Journalists should hate what they cover

By Jack Crosbie ● Provocations ● October 16, 2020 June 15, 2022

Questioning journalism’s heroes isn’t disrespectful — it’s just good reporting

By Hannah Chinn ● Provocations ● October 6, 2020 June 15, 2022

The Kamala Harris conversations show we still don’t know how to talk about race

By Marissa Martinez ● Provocations ● August 14, 2020 June 15, 2022

Objectivity and the scientific method won’t save journalism

By Marlee Baldridge ● Provocations ● July 2, 2020 June 15, 2022

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