Why we capitalize ‘Black’ (and not ‘white’)
WEBJun 16, 2020 · At the Columbia Journalism Review, we capitalize Black, and not white, when referring to groups in racial, ethnic, or cultural terms. For many people, Black reflects a shared sense of identity and community. White carries a different set of meanings; capitalizing the word in this context risks following the lead of white supremacists.
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WEBThe Democratic Convention in Chicago, in August 1968, was surrounded by protesters and made bloody by police violence. Whiteside was on the scene, following along with CBS News. By Thomas Whiteside. The voice of journalism, since 1961.
Shield laws and journalist’s privilege: The basics every reporter ...
WEBAug 22, 2016 · Compelled disclosure is in the air. A federal judge has ordered Glenn Beck to disclose the names of confidential sources he used in his reporting that a Saudi Arabian man was involved in the Boston Marathon bombing. The man sued Beck for defamation after he was cleared of any involvement. Journalist and filmmaker Mark Boal, […]
1968 All Over Again - Columbia Journalism Review
WEBAug 15, 2024 · 1968 All Over Again. Next week, the Democratic National Convention returns to Chicago. It’s the same host city as in 1968, a year when fraught proceedings inside the convention hall were overshadowed by a violent police crackdown on antiwar protesters outside. (Thomas Whiteside reported on …
Why did Matt Drudge turn on Donald Trump?
WEBJan 29, 2020 · Through July and August last year Drudge warned that big government had expanded on Trump’s watch, that his “trash talk” turned off suburban women, that farmers were struggling and that the president was ruining markets with his trade wars. And since the impeachment proceedings began, Drudge …
All of It Matters - Columbia Journalism Review
WEBSep 28, 2021 · Journalism should blur the lines between hard and soft, high and low, serious and trite—not reinforce those boundaries. I don’t know if my father would like every part of my radio show if he were alive today. But I do think that I would have persuaded him to read all of the paper, and to talk about it with me.
Another record year for press-freedom violations in the US
WEBJan 12, 2022 · The 59 arrests or detainments documented by the Tracker nearly equals the arrests and detainments documented from 2017 to 2019 combined. In 2021, we documented 142 assaults of journalists. For the second consecutive year, the majority of those assaults came during protests: 95 percent in 2020 and 77 percent in 2021.
The fabulist who changed journalism - Columbia Journalism Review
WEBJun 1, 2016 · The fabulist who changed journalism. June 1, 2016 By Mike Sager. Janet Cooke. a. b. Janet Cooke entered the acre-square newsroom of The Washington Post wearing a red wool suit and a white silk shirt. It was …
Five big findings from the Journalism Crisis Project
WEBMar 3, 2021 · Five big findings from the Journalism Crisis Project. In March of 2020, the Tow Center for Digital Journalism began tracking newsroom cutbacks in the wake of the pandemic. The tracker’s map tells part of the story of journalism’s ongoing crisis: an upheaval that hurt newsrooms, journalists, and—by straining journalism’s margins—the ...
Artificial Intelligence in the News: How AI Retools, Rationalizes, …
WEBFeb 6, 2024 · Download the pdf here. Executive Summary Despite growing interest, the effects of AI on the news industry and our information environment — the public arena — remain poorly understood. Insufficient attention has also been paid to the implications of the news industry’s dependence on technology companies for AI. Drawing on 134 interviews with news workers at 35 news organizations in the ...