The Last Days at Voice of America Covering the press freedom beat at VOA, I got a front-row seat to its demise. March 18, 2025 By Liam Scott
The Harsh Reality of Being a Prison Journalist March 18, 2025 By Theodore Amey and Seth Stern Censorship, threats, and stints in solitary are among the acts of retaliation prison reporters face.
My Trauma Was Nearly Forty Years Ago. Then a Journalist Called. March 4, 2025 By Joshua A. Miele Deciding when to share a deeply personal story is never easy.
I Photographed January 6. Trump’s Pardons Can’t Erase What I Saw. February 4, 2025 By Nate Gowdy Reflections from an independent photojournalist.
On the Front Lines of the Los Angeles Fires January 10, 2025 By Feven Merid ‘You really don’t know until you get there how dangerous it is.’
Why We Must Learn to Embrace Ambiguity November 29, 2024 By Charles Foster Journalists seek seriousness and certainty, and to predict the future. They should stop.
Another Letter to a Young Journalist November 6, 2024 By Samuel G. Freedman We’ve entered a dark age. We need your generation not to despair, but instead to recommit to the fight for democracy.
Dearborn Diaries November 1, 2024 By Masrat Zahra Media consumption in the Arab American capital has the potential to swing the presidential election. No story is bigger than the war in Gaza, now spilling over into Lebanon and across the Middle East.
Requiem for the Jersey Journal October 31, 2024 By Helene Stapinski As scrappy and gritty as the city it covered, the only newspaper in Hudson County, N.J., will close in February, at age 157.
Crossing Over October 31, 2024 By Julia Preston After four decades in journalism, I felt I could no longer follow the rules of impartiality. But I still believe in them.
Campaign Notebook, International Edition October 30, 2024 By CJR Staff Foreign reporters on covering the Americanest election imaginable.
Faith and Perfidy at the Washington Post October 28, 2024 By Roger Rosenblatt In the age of Jeff Bezos, a complete turnaround from the values of Katharine Graham.
Before he was Diddy: Covering Sean Combs’s first scandal September 26, 2024 By Wendell Jamieson Now held on a variety of criminal charges, the hip-hop star first made news when he organized a charity basketball game that ended in a deadly stampede. The tabloids raced to cover it.
You’re in prison. Is media coverage your best hope, or your worst nightmare? September 9, 2024 By Jens Söring
1968 All Over Again August 15, 2024 By Kevin Lind Reflections on a year of political upheaval—from journalists who were there