Nieman FoundationMedia Industry George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and One Journalist’s Painfully Honest Self-Examination on Racism | Nieman Reports niemanreports.org last June, I traveled to Ghana for the first time. For most of my life, I wanted no connection to the dark continent. I had been convinced, by whom or …
Nieman FoundationJournalism Tara Reade’s Allegations and Trauma-Informed Reporting | Nieman Reports niemanreports.org The more I read about Tara Reade’s story, the less I know about her sexual assault allegation against Joe Biden. That’s a problem, not just for Reade …
Nieman FoundationWomen's Basketball 7 Ways to Improve Coverage of Women’s Sports | Nieman Reports niemanreports.org On May 18, with the NBA and NHL playoffs making headlines across the country, three of the four stories on the front page of the Minneapolis Star …
Nieman FoundationJournalism “Permission to be human”: TV Journalists Crying on Camera Is Understandable | Nieman Reports niemanreports.org For the third time now, I have watched a TV anchor choke up and weep on camera during a live, stressful interview with a Covid-19 victim or family …
Nieman FoundationMedia Industry What is Needed to Keep Journalism Viable? niemanreports.org - eryncarlson The effects of COVID-19 are already being framed as an “extinction event” for journalism, causing dozens of news outlets to collapse around the …
