Research roundups, articles, explainers and tip sheets about how journalists report the news and how audiences consume it
The journalists offer tips for investigating how police primarily use dogs on people suspected of minor offenses — or no crimes — and cause injuries that can be severe and life changing.
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Local newspapers can slow political polarization by focusing on local issues only on their opinion pages, new research suggests.
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Just before thousands of people in hundreds of U.S. cities rose up demanding racial justice and denouncing police violence, an investigative reporting team revealed that federal courts have been increasingly likely to shield police from civil lawsuits.
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A tip about Indiana’s largest nursing home system leads an investigative team to expose how public hospital officials in Indiana exploited the Medicaid program’s lax oversight.
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Journalist Neil Bedi offers seven tips on using academic research as a reporting tool in investigative projects.
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“I find that deliberately prospecting for stories can be less productive than just going out and listening to what people have to say,” says Dan Diamond, who shares some tips for reporting a stellar story.
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Strip searches and garnished wages over a few grand in court debt? Here’s how Anna Wolfe and Michelle Liu got the scoop on Mississippi’s “restitution program.”
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Americans who share fake news on social media might not lack media literacy skills. Chances are they don’t stop to check accuracy, a new study suggests.
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Animosity between the two major political parties falls when Facebook drives users to news outlets with political leanings that differ from their own, a new study shows.
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Criminal justice experts offer journalists six tips for covering changes U.S. courts are making to keep the public safe while criminal cases move forward during the coronavirus crisis.
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