Research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets about how journalists report the news and how audiences consume it
“If they are to serve the public interest, journalists cannot apply the ordinary rules for covering candidates,” writes media scholar Thomas Patterson. “They are reporting on a politician who regularly defies democratic norms and lies with abandon.”
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Two experienced journalists offer tips for better, deeper news coverage of aging-related issues and stories involving older people.
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While preparing for Tuesday’s midterm elections in the U.S., check out the resources we created to help journalists cover local and national elections, including tip sheets with advice from veteran political reporters and election experts.
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The young female participants in the study paid more attention to Instagram posts that included bodies rather than just faces, and they preferred looking at underweight and average weight images to the images of overweight people.
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The Internet of Things poses many threats to journalists — at home, in the office and in the field. To help us understand them, a cybersecurity researcher divides these threats into several categories along with real-world examples.
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As journalists prepare to cover the midterms, it’s important they understand how various factors can influence whether voters support or reject ballot measures — or vote on them at all.
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Will 2022 be a ‘normal’ year for voting on House seats? Academic statistical models predict a Republican win in the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, but opinion polls add a cautionary note.
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Meanville, USA, was an average American town. Until one day, a local journalist had to figure the best way to explain how town administrators planned to spend a sudden windfall …
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Many people get ‘percent change’ and ‘percentage-point change’ confused. Use this tip sheet, featuring insights from data journalism pioneer Jennifer LaFleur, to get it right.
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In a Q&A, Harvard media scholar Thomas E. Patterson, who studies political journalism, explains the recent shift in tone in news coverage of President Biden.
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