Left out: freelance journalists have no recourse against sexual harassment
Despite high-profile firings and policy changes after the #MeToo movement swept through newsrooms, a subset of news professionals often remains unprotected, largely unheard from and without recourse in cases of sexual misconduct: freelance journalists. …
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Director Katy Culver reports on what’s keeping nurses out of health news
Why should I tell you?: a guide to less-extractive reporting
“Not good enough”: gender imbalance drives efforts to use women as sources more often
Journalism has a gender problem. In 2019, according to the Women’s Media Center’s Status of Women in the U.S. Media report, men accounted for 63 percent of bylines and other credits in print, Internet, …
When news orgs cover their own scandals; media critics weigh in
As #MeToo accusations mounted against a number of high-profile media figures in 2017 and 2018, organizations faced questions of how sexual harassment and assault could fester unaddressed. But for individual journalists, particularly those who …
Recap: What #MeToo Means for Gender, Power & Ethical Journalism
More than 160 people attended the Center for Journalism Ethics conference on April 26, 2019, with an additional 435 views occurring via livestream. Focused on “What #MeToo Means for Gender, Power & Ethical …
Be accountable, be transparent – with your data too; A Q&A with Rodrigo Zamith
Journalists incorporate data into their reporting for good reason: numbers tell us important, odd and interesting things about ourselves. Hidden within raw data are insights about our patterns, problems and trends, such as the …
Avoiding the horse race: a resource guide for ethical election coverage
By Isaac Alter The 2020 presidential primary will not officially begin for another ten months. And yet campaigning, and media coverage about that campaigning, are already well underway. A large field of Democratic candidates …