Top news of the week: 25.12.2022.
He Defended the NYPD in Court. Then They Arrested Him.
For 11 years, Karl Ashanti represented New York City cops in civil-rights cases. Then he was charged with a crime he didn’t commit.
The backlash against pro-democracy reporting is coming
"We will be increasingly likely to hear that pro-democracy reporting is biased, dangerous, and un-American."
Veteran CNN investigative journalist Drew Griffin dead at 60
Drew Griffin, CNN's award-winning Senior Investigative Correspondent, known for getting even the cagiest of interview subjects to engage in a story, died Saturday after a long battle with ...
In the Southeast, power company money flows to news sites that attack their critics
Alabama Power and Florida Power & Light hired the consulting firm Matrix to help shape their fortunes. Matrix funded six sites that covered politics, filling a void left by the decline ...
The BBC Is Making Money Producing Glossy Tourism Ads For China’s Propaganda Machine
EXCLUSIVE: When BBC journalist Edward Lawrence was detained and beaten by Chinese police during anti-lockdown protests last month, the condemnation was swift. The BBC said it was “extremely ...
Journalism education faces a crossroads
"Journalism schools and departments will reassess how they teach storytelling and reporting, communication processes, newsroom leadership, and newsroom workflows to mesh to the future media ...
Journalism That Holds Power to Account
Following a ProPublica investigation, a St. Louis official said the city would review private policing in its wealthier neighborhoods. Three months later, that review has yet to begin.
Journalism startups will think beyond English
"There is much we can learn from our American colleagues. But there is as least as much we can’t."