Recent interviews with Journalist’s Resource research director Thomas Patterson. Patterson is author of the forthcoming book Informing the News: The Need for Knowledge-based Journalism.
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2014 roundup of recent Harvard Shorenstein Center events with the New York Times‘ David Carr, BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith and MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell.
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Semester-long course on how to fairly and ethically cover diverse communities, which can often include not only race and ethnicity, but also religion, sexual orientation, national origin and more.
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2013 highlights from talks by journalists and media thinkers, including Bart Gellman, Maggie Haberman, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ethan Zuckerman, Chuck Todd and Joan Walsh.
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2013 essay from BU professor Chris Daly’s book Covering America. He reviews the economics of the news business and key historical turning points.
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Semester-long course on digital media and its impact on society, politics, journalism, privacy, law and the economy.
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2013 study from Ohio State University published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics on the effects of coal mining and poverty in the Appalachia region.
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Tip sheet on formulating, researching, writing and editing news opinion articles.
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2012 overview of Stephen Hess’ book and research project, Whatever Happened to the Washington Reporters, 1978-2012, exploring journalists’ career paths.
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Semester-long course on science reporting, including the environment, technology and medicine. There will be lessons on social media, online writing, and news and feature writing.
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