A story that recently appeared on the Atlantic’s web site about Iowa, politics and culture has created a stir. Simply, news stories and online comments on the magazine site and in local press say the story unfairly targets Iowans as being hicks. Continue reading
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Getting it wrong, because it’s right
The Press-Citizen ran a page-one story and photo last week to recognize Shelter House’s (a community shelter) first year. The photo shows a mother with one of her young children at dinner time inside the shelter. But much of the caption was wrong, although it seemed right. Continue reading
News: ‘No Comment’
What if news organizations closed all online story comments? Is it too late to turn them off? Continue reading
When we trust too much
What does it look like when reporters don’t question anything? When they trust too much?
This: Continue reading
All is fine, several military sources tell The Gazette
Usually, a single-source story is simply that – where journalists have one source. But, The Gazette has done something even better: They have a multiple, one-source story. Continue reading