Jennie DearDec 1, 20154 minThinking about the Long NowThe Interval, a quirky bar/library/meeting room, is tucked discreetly between other storefronts on the northernmost pier in San Francisco...
Jennie DearNov 1, 20155 minWhy the latest Nobel Prize in literature matters to journalists Try looking closely at the work of Svetlana Alexievich, who was recently awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. After reading just a f...
Jennie DearOct 8, 20154 minPartisan frames don’t fit Supreme Court and Pope Francis storiesAs the Supreme Court starts a new session, journalists have been asking whether its rulings will reflect a Republican or Democratic agend...
Jennie DearAug 4, 20156 minGood intentions are not enough: Key lessons for journalists from Rolling Stone’s botched campus rapThe fallout from Rolling Stone’s story about campus rape continued this past week: Just a few hours after three former University of Vir...
Jennie DearJul 3, 20154 minWhen Google searches are unfair, journalists can take up the slackA recent study says that Google’s universal search harms users—and that claim has implications for journalists. While the study was condu...
Jennie DearJun 2, 20154 minHubble and a sense of wonderNote the sense of awe in this CNN.com news lead about the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope: It’s up there right now—flying ...
Jennie DearMay 1, 20154 minA narrative of the revolutionIn 2004, the Project for Excellence in Journalism quietly launched a new annual investigation: an in-depth look at what was happening to ...
scottf9Mar 21, 20152 minGraphic PhotosThe prosecutors in the trial of the man who opened fire in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater in late 2012 are asking the judge to grant ...
scottf9Mar 21, 20154 minSerial: A key to better storytelling?"What is a story in its purest form?” asks Ira Glass, the host and executive producer of “This American Life.” We’ll get to one possible ...
scottf9Feb 1, 20153 minStriving for a new kind of balanceToo much exposure to negative news has been linked to depression and anxiety: For instance, a 2014 survey of 2,500 Americans found that ...
scottf9Nov 20, 20143 minIn an era of horse-race election coverage, another optionTwo days before the recent mid-term elections, a small Colorado daily ran an election story notable for what it was not: It was not hors...
scottf9Sep 5, 20141 minBlurring the line between news and advertisingThe line between news and advertising continues to blur, including at major news outlets like Time magazine, The Atlantic and The New Yor...
scottf9Jun 22, 20142 minAccuracy and Social MediaWhat we’ve found most intriguing lately about the intersection between journalism and social media is the way it can serve as a microcosm...
