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The Storm Inside

There are many journalists hiding from the stigma of mental health, addiction, or both, trying not to appear as damaged goods and to keep on working. I want them to know that they are not alone.

On the Front Lines of the Los Angeles Fires

‘You really don’t know until you get there how dangerous it is.’ 

India’s Fact-Checkers React to Meta’s Policy Change

When Mark Zuckerberg suddenly abandoned his company’s third-party fact-checking program, I checked in with my old colleagues—who are reeling from the news.

Buying In

The editor of Los Angeles magazine recruited new owners, who promised to invest in ambitious journalism. The trouble was, he believed them.

Going Broad

Brendan Carr wants to test the limits of the FCC’s authority.

Documented Gears Up for Trump

After years of engagement with immigrant communities in New York, a site is spreading its reach to newsrooms across the country.

I Can’t Believe This Is Reality!

Two young content creators filmed the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Both say they are journalists. Why did the government prosecute one and not the other?

A Wild Start to the Year

Coda’s Natalia Antelava on Meta, Trump, and how journalism can survive 2025.

The Unraveling of Ozy Media

The trial of Carlos Watson and the excesses of the digital media age.

What’s Missing from the Syria Coverage

Relief is only one part of the complex reality following the toppling of Bashar al-Assad.

A New Normal

The Espionage Act offers Trump a clear path to stifle press freedom.

The Promise of IndyMedia

Twenty-five years after its founding, a much-diminished community journalism organization may still offer a model for the future.

The Newspaper Auction from Hell

A storied London broadsheet is for sale—again. The latest bidder, right-wing media proprietor Dovid Efune, is struggling to raise the money.
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La Periodista de Iowa

At a Spanish-language newspaper in rural Iowa, Lorena López proves that the best counter to online misinformation is human connection.

Turnaround Time

Mark Thompson, CNN’s chief executive, is tasked with transforming a struggling network. All he asks is patience.

The Wall Street Journal’s Campaign to Free Evan Gershkovich

What newsrooms need to know, from an insider who helped lead the effort.

Not If, but How

Mongabay’s mission to report on untold environmental stories.

Netanyahu Wants to Boycott Haaretz

We won’t back down.

Otherwise Lost

In Austin, a movement journalist named Kit O’Connell covers the trans community—and many others—as major outlets don’t.

The Outsiders

How The Business of Fashion became an unlikely insider’s guide.

From the Archive

Corridor of Mirrors

The Democratic Convention in Chicago, in August 1968, was surrounded by protesters and made bloody by police violence. Whiteside was on the scene, following along with CBS News.