News organizations turn off ads on stories about the Germanwings plane crash
There’s been some interesting buzz this week about how news sites handle ads on tragic stories. The New York Times is among the news sites that deliberately hide ads on tragic stories to avoid seeming...
View ArticleExploring the power of Restorative Narrative
The Restorative Narrative genre can improve media by offering up a more holistic, balanced approach to news coverage. It also has the potential to help people and communities — by showing them what it...
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How Billy Penn is building community through local news coverage
Billy Penn newsroom (courtesy of Chris Krewson) Allison Griner is a freelance journalist and a 2013-2014 fellow with the International Reporting Program. Follow her on Twitter through @alligriner....
View ArticleRemembering survivors’ stories in wake of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev verdict
As news broke about Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s guilty verdict on Wednesday, we couldn’t help but think about the survivors of the Boston bombings. The Boston Globe has done an especially good job covering...
View ArticleRecognizing resilience & forgiveness on 20th anniversary of Oklahoma City...
The Oklahoma City bombing memorial at night. (Stock image) We were drawn this week to the media’s coverage of the 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombings. The Washington Post’s Hank...
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#THISisJournalism social media campaign curates emerging forms of storytelling
Andrew DeVigal at the University of Oregon. Photo by Thomas Patterson, courtesy of DeVigal. By Mike Wallberg Mike is a fellow of the International Reporting Program and a freelance journalist in...
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How The Christian Science Monitor is helping readers bridge the gap between...
Screengrab from The Christian Science Monitor’s “Take Action” website. By Kara Newhouse Kara is an education reporter for Lancaster Newspapers, a creator of the Faces of Mental Health Recovery...
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Michelle Gielan: It’s time to move beyond the ‘if it bleeds, it leads’...
Michelle Gielan’s book, “Broadcasting Happiness” came out this month. Michelle Gielan had a successful journalism career by most standards. She had landed her dream job at CBS News, where she...
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Exploring the overlap between games and journalism
Dan Norton and Phoenix Perry speaking on a gaming panel at ivoh’s 2015 Restorative Narrative Summit in June. | Photo by Sanjeev Chatterjee By Dan Norton Dan is a founding partner and CCO at Filament...
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On 14th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks, a reflection on images of hope &...
The Statue of Liberty facing Manhattan downtown skyscrapers while 1 World Trade Center was under construction. | Stock image By Roy Peter Clark Roy, vice president and senior scholar at The Poynter...
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How a journalism class took a more holistic approach to covering community...
Florida International University journalism students in Liberty City with professor Moses Shumow. Photo taken by Benjamin Guzman, FIU Engagement. A Florida International University journalism class...
View ArticleHow Medium is involving readers in its ‘Ghost Boat’ investigation
The whereabouts of a boat that disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea remain unknown nearly a year after the vessel set sail from Libya to Europe. The boat was carrying 243 refugees, most of whom were...
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SPJ holds community conversation with media & community in aftermath of...
Journalists recently gathered in Cincinnati, Ohio, to talk about the media’s coverage of Samuel DuBose’s death earlier this year. (Photo courtesy of SPJ Cincinnati.) By Natalie Coleman Natalie...
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News organization offers trauma awareness and peer-support program for...
Kathy Jansen, left, a psychologist and trauma specialist with WellSpan, and Lt. Marc Junkerman (orange tie) of the Harford (Md.) County Sheriff’s Office, talked about trauma and peer-support to a group...
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Bilingual newsroom unites over diversity series
Screengrab from The Houstons Chronicle’s The Million series. By Allison Griner Allison Griner is a freelance journalist and a 2013-2014 fellow with the International Reporting Program. Follow her on...
View ArticleThree media projects show the value of reporting on topics long-term
Illustration by Wesley Allsbrook. Image used with permission from The Marshall Project. It can be difficult to stay with a story for months or years after an incident has occurred. Some news...
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Behind-the-scenes look at Eli Saslow’s reporting on a mass shooting survivor
Photograph by Jabin Botsford. The image which first appeared in “A Survivor’s Life” is used with permission from editors at The Washington Post. By Julie Kliegman Julie is the weekend editor for...
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