Speaking with climate reporters about staying on the beat—because, as Bill McKibben put it, “for better or for worse, by this time next year, there’s no doubt in my mind that climate coverage will be ...

Introducing the Access Issue.

The winner of the 2026 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting discusses how she did her investigation on maskless wildland firefighters.

By Lalitha Viswanathan When Kris Jenner made a public appearance after undergoing a $100,000 facelift, one headline called it her “fresh new look,” making a major elective surgery sound like the equiv...

Looking back at a New York Times magazine story to examine what responsible coverage of sex trafficking looks like—and what it doesn’t.

By Audrey Lopez-Stane In 2021, Nora Hertel closely covered a racist crime in greater Minnesota as a reporter in a traditional newsroom.  She covered city meetings, spoke with the family affected and h...

By Lalitha Viswanathan When Kris Jenner made a public appearance after undergoing a $100,000 facelift, one headline called it her “fresh new look,” making a major elective surgery sound like the equiv...

By Lalitha Viswanathan While journalists serve as storytellers in democracies, media lawyers serve as those journalists’ essential defenders. They enforce legal infrastructure, from fighting for publi...

By Lalitha Viswanathan While journalists serve as storytellers in democracies, media lawyers serve as those journalists’ essential defenders. They enforce legal infrastructure, from fighting for publi...

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By Audrey Lopez-Stane One of the first times journalist Joshua Irvine visited Dubuque, Iowa, he walked into a tiny fur shop downtown.  Striking up a conversation with the woman behind the register, he...

By Audrey Lopez-Stane One of the first times journalist Joshua Irvine visited Dubuque, Iowa, he walked into a tiny fur shop downtown.  Striking up a conversation with the woman behind the register, he...

By Ella Hanley San Francisco Chronicle reporters Cynthia Dizikes and Joaquin Palomino were already deep into an investigation of California’s for-profit psychiatric hospitals when they learned of the ...

By Ella Hanley San Francisco Chronicle reporters Cynthia Dizikes and Joaquin Palomino were already deep into an investigation of California’s for-profit psychiatric hospitals when they learned of the ...

Journalism as an institution has not paused to ponder whether a framework built to manage relationships with the powerful is appropriate for relationships with the powerless.

Journalism as an institution has not paused to ponder whether a framework built to manage relationships with the powerful is appropriate for relationships with the powerless.

By Jonás Tijerino Increased ICE activity over the last few months has resulted in several highly documented civilian deaths, including Renée Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota. Civilians and journalist...

When asking AI about the news, readers “know the answers they are getting are not perfect.” They keep asking anyway.

By Jonás Tijerino Increased ICE activity over the last few months has resulted in several highly documented civilian deaths, including Renée Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota. Civilians and journalist...

The judges for the Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics are honored to select five outstanding entries as finalists for the 2026 award from an impressive field of nominations.

The judges for the Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics are honored to select five outstanding entries as finalists for the 2026 award from an impressive field of nominations.