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Dec 08, 2017
Neo Nazis in the 'Hood
 Debate over whether we begun to “normalize” things that for years have been considered extreme, unacceptable, and even “deplorable”?
Nov 30, 2017
When News Hits Home
 Multiple issues involved with boots-on-the-ground media diversity 
Nov 20, 2017
Telling Them More
 The internet giveth, and it taketh away. Let’s talk about one of the gifts.

The digital revolution has popularized news in cyberspace as a marketplace where whatever one wants is easy to find.
Oct 26, 2017
Brown Is the New Black
 How crazy it was that two of the biggest Latin American news stories of 2017—the Central Mexico earthquake and Hurricane Maria—occurred during National Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States.
Oct 19, 2017
Words Matter
 Terrorism? Aberration? Precise language is important
Oct 12, 2017
What About Seattle?
 Did you hear the one about the man in Seattle who was knocked out for wearing an armband?
Sep 06, 2017
To Air, or Not to Err?
 Freedom of speech, freedom of the press and the people’s right to know in the internet age
Aug 09, 2017
2017 Midyear Report to the Board
 Much of the ongoing discussion about news journalism in the aftermath of Campaign 2016 has focused on ethical principles, credibility and trust.

Yet the economic bases that underpin high-quality news in the public interest are as much in flux as the pillars of its substance.
Jun 20, 2017
Leakology 101
 If you’re looking to better understand Washington news “leaks,” former FBI Director James B. Comey’s disclosure of President Trump’s request that he “let go” of an investigation into Michael T.