Digest | Week of December 9th, 2024 - Ethics and Journalism

What New Yorkers Want From Local News

December 11, 2024 | Alex Arriaga and Kate Harloe | New York Focus

Between the fall of 2023 and spring of 2024, New York Focus traveled to cities like Rochester, Albany, Potsdam, and Syracuse to gather information from local communities and media partners to understand the local news landscape of New York. They found glaring information gaps and news consumers - and producers - eager for change.

How two nonprofits are demystifying journalism with a postcard

December 11, 2024 | Tylisa Johnson | Poynter

Pittsburgh-based nonprofit PublicSource and Define American, a nonprofit dedicated to storytelling about immigrant experiences have collaborated on a new "postcard-sized handout titled “Talking to Journalists: What You Need to Know” is offered in multiple languages and allows journalists to educate sources on the spot about the journalistic process."

Watch Your Language

December 11, 2024 | Doris Truong | Nieman Lab

“Journalists can fall into a trap of parroting the language provided by officials, whether that’s law enforcement, the courts, politicians, academics, or subject-matter experts," writes Poynter Institute Senior Director of Teaching and Diversity Strategies and former Washington Poster Editor Doris Truong.

Journalists embrace transparency about the business side

December 11, 2024 | Jacob L. Nelson | Nieman Lab

“In 2025, journalists will acknowledge that people’s skepticism toward news is fundamentally tied up in their unflattering misunderstandings about how journalists — and the organizations they work for — make money," Jacob L. Nelson, an associate professor at the University of Utah, writes for Nieman Lab's Predictions for Journalism, 2025.

Should a Student Reporter Face Prosecution for Embedding with Protesters?

December 4, 2024 | Bill Grueskin | Columbia Journalism Review

Columbia Journalism School Dean Bill Grueskin reports on Stanford Daily reporter Dilan Gohill and the precarious state of press protections for student journalists.