The Parity Project: Making a Difference, One Newspaper at a Time
I want to make a difference. Many journalists do. We view our words and images…
February 17, 2006
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Journalism in Service to Community: A Checklist of Trials and Triumphs
By Aly ColónReporting, Writing & Editing Group LeaderThe journalists sat hunched over tables in a…
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Covering Race: Back to the Future
Like many journalists, I read not only for information and explanation, but also for prognostication.…
October 31, 2005
What’s Our Message?
I arrived in San Antonio's airport late in the evening. I wheeled my travel bag…
September 1, 2005
DeFede and Beyond: Second Chance Ethics
Sometimes I feel journalists work in a reform-minded, ethical environment that seems as efficient at…
August 1, 2005
SAJA’s Mission: Help Journalists Understand South Asians
When the recent tsunami devastated the large swaths of the South Asia coastline, members of…
January 31, 2005
Trauma Takes Toll on Journalists Covering Disasters
CNN correspondent Stan Grant told viewers about the moment when he stopped feeling like a…
January 10, 2005
Decoding “Moral Values”
The "moral values" voter has become a popular way of identifying a segment of the population that played…
November 11, 2004
Reporters Watch Candidates, Viewers Watch Reporters
As we enter the final week of election coverage, journalists might want to remember that…
October 25, 2004
Private and Public: What Journalists Reveal About Themselves
Can a journalist be too truthful? How much should the public know about what a…
October 8, 2004
Charging Toward Controversy
Some controversial stories are like red capes, inciting journalists to charge toward them regardless of…
September 20, 2004
1,000 Dead: Journalism By the Numbers
Although many journalists profess a hatred for math, they love using numbers as a hook.…
September 9, 2004
The Swift Boat Genre: A 9-Point Checklist
The Swift boat coverage reflects the heat-seeking political journalism that is so prevalent today. It…
August 27, 2004
Dissecting Disasters
I stared at the line that appeared on one news channel after another, tracing the predicted…
August 16, 2004
The Ethics of Silence
With the Democratic National Convention behind us, the Republican National Convention ahead of us, and…
July 30, 2004
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