The New York Times recently completed a yearlong study to determine the future of its newsroom, and among the findings was “an urgent call for more visual journalism.” They’ve even decided…
Why we all need to care about one journalist
Across generations and borders, great minds have agreed that the freedom of the press precedes all other freedoms. The press is the “unsleeping guardian,” as Winston Churchill called it, and…
Today I voted for the first amendment
As a journalism school graduate and communications pro, I’m a longtime news junkie. My team and I spend countless hours supporting press freedom through our work on Press Uncuffed and…
When stories save lives
When I was a teenager one of my idols was Maria Shriver, a fact I’d long forgotten until my mother reminded me earlier this year as we watched a documentary…
The Hoboken train crash and citizen journalism
Last Thursday, as my fellow arriving passengers and I made our way down the platform toward the Hoboken NJ Transit station, word started to spread that, “You can’t take the PATH train…