Search “Baton Rouge protestor” and Ieshia Evans of Pennsylvania will appear. She stands tall with her knees locked, shoulders back, and dress fluttering around her ankles. Her body language is a stark contrast to the riot-gear clad Louisiana State Police officers approaching her. Their knees
Journalism isn’t dying. But, it’s changing rapidly. Every day, the news media industry seems to reinvent itself. Business models adapt, sections reorganize, and journalists adjust their focus. Journalism is a crucial tenet of democracy, holding the powerful accountable for its actions. And, oftentimes, journalism transports
Editor’s Note: Some names used in the following story are pseudonyms, per the original report by New York magazine. Gretchen Carlson, long-time Fox News anchor and former co-host of morning show “Fox & Friends,” was discreetly let go from the network on June 23, 2016. Almost two
Brand presence on Snapchat and Instagram is converging. In recent days, both social platforms have added new features that contradict their typical styles. While Instagram is opening the door for publishers to interact with their followers on a more intimate, less edited level, Snapchat is
In Julia Arciga’s August 29th story “Erdogan Cracks Down on Press After Turkey Coup,” we made an editorial decision that, we feel, warrants explication. In an interview conducted over FaceTime, Tunca Öğreten, a journalist with the Turkish online news organization Diken, made the deliberate and intentional
When Facebook launched in 2004, it was an individual social profile directory. It has come a long way since. Today, Facebook is essentially a live feed not only for individual life updates, but worldwide events. Since the start, we’ve seen the addition of profiles and
For many Britons, the morning of June 24th was a rude awakening. It was the day after the so-called Brexit vote, in which 52 percent of United Kingdom voters voted to leave the European Union. As if the day wasn’t bad enough for the 48
Roughly 3 days, 6 hours, and 42 minutes after his dismissal was first announced, former Donald Trump Presidential campaign manager Corey Lewandowski found himself on air as CNN’s newest political contributor. Some in the media were outraged; others were shocked that CNN would not only hire
According to the Center for Disease Control, there is approximately a 1 to 13 percent chance that a pregnant woman infected with the Zika virus will give birth to a child with microcephaly. Despite the low rate of microcephaly, Zika’s worst-case scenario, and few American
Editor’s Note: This article is the first in a weekly series documenting the best in multimedia journalism. While, in the future, we will recap the week prior, this article recaps the entire month of August. The multimedia world saw a lot of innovation in the month of August.