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Simone Biles did what she did. The only thing that matters is how we react to it.
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Naomi Osaka punched a giant hole in the myth that professional sports owes the public a quote or a press conference. Watching sports journalists double…
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Alden Global Capital's purchase of Tribune Co. was approved this week, and that is very bad news for local communities. Now is the moment for communiti…
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The study of media helps us interrogate the media environment we are in. But we have to push back against despair and cynicism if we want to make chang…
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The Derek Chauvin verdict was in doubt, and that is a reminder that video evidence isn't enough to convince people of something they don't want to beli…
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Maybe we don't care enough about adtech data privacy to do something about it, but Apple is betting that informed consent is a better future than the c…
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Battered by increasing criticism of its recommendation algorithm, Facebook is trying a new approach: leveling with us about ourselves.
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Watching how news organizations covered the recent Atlanta shootings is a master class in why representation matters, and why modern objectivity conven…
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Change was coming to universities in the U.S., and then the virus hit. A year later, I look at this lost year as chance to reclaim our value by drawing…
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A small app that has been around for a year is having a moment, and if it moves fast enough it could transform the audio space in ways that threaten pl…
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The financials and ownership situations are getting worse and the newsroom cuts are getting deeper. There is hope for local news, but whether it will c…
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The social media giant took a very different path than Google in the face of pressure to pay publishers. Australia's news consumers hang in the balance.
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