The ‘hire a crowd’ business operates openly and makes journalism even more difficult
The last thing I want to do with this article is to give oxygen to…
May 21, 2018
Al Tompkins
Senior Faculty
In Houston, journalists are sorting rumors from fact live on TV
Journalists have become disturbingly experienced at covering mass shootings. KHOU smartly created a display to show…
May 18, 2018
Inside Time’s decision to dedicate an entire issue to the opioid epidemic
Time's deputy editor of photography, Paul Moakley, says he remembers exactly when his two-year journey…
February 27, 2018
The other massacre on Valentine’s Day that changed gun laws
Eighty-nine years ago to the day, at 10:30 a.m. on Feb.14,1929, four men associated with Al…
February 15, 2018
How graphic is too graphic when covering Florida high school shooting?
Within minutes of the school shooting at Parkland High School in Broward County, Florida, video…
February 14, 2018
TV station buys $1 million in medical debt forgiveness for viewers
KIRO-TV, the CBS-affiliated Cox-owned TV station in Seattle, spent $12,000 to buy $1 million worth…
February 14, 2018
Sinclair says asking news directors for PAC contributions isn’t a conflict of interest
The vice president for news for Sinclair Broadcast Group, Scott Livingston, told Poynter that he…
February 13, 2018
Journalists: Don’t feed the stock market panic
My hope is that I can help you put some perspective on the way you…
February 6, 2018
What the Budweiser and PETA Super Bowl ads can teach you about video storytelling
If you spend a little time deconstructing the best Super Bowl ads you can learn…
February 2, 2018
False missile alarm tests journalism’s response
One of the big stories in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser Saturday morning was that military "brass"…
January 13, 2018
New Pew study says local TV news viewing dropping fast
Until now, local TV news viewership has been declining slowly. But a new Pew research…
January 5, 2018
That time the NYT produced a multimedia story using shadow puppets and won an Emmy
This is the story about a team of journalists and animators who worked in three…
December 29, 2017
The 2018 drone journalism forecast
One year ago, I hoped to be able to say to you now that drone…
December 27, 2017
What journalists need to know about the new net neutrality battle
Between now and Dec. 14, journalists will be writing words like "internet freedom" and reporting phrases…
November 21, 2017
FCC rolls back ownership regulations for big media companies
The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 Thursday to relax broadcast ownership rules that will allow…
November 16, 2017
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