Digest Digest | Week of March 2, 2025 The DOGE Cuts Are a Local News Story, Too March 5, 2025 | Lauren Watson | Columbia Journalism Review Over 80 percent of the federal workforce lives and works outside the greater DC area. Lauren Watson speaks to the local reporters covering the story across the country. The L.A. Times adds AI-generated counterpoints to its opinion pieces and guess what, there are problems March 4, 2025 | Laura Hazard Owen | Nieman Lab Read more about owner Patrick Soon-Shiong's new initiative to add "alternative perspectives" to the outlet's opinion pages. WATCH: Defending the facts: How do we counter attacks on factual reporting? Poynter | Angie Drobnic Holan, Eric Deggans, Anita Kumar Angie Drobnic Holan, Director of the International Fact-Checking Network, Eric Deggans, NPR TV critic and media analyst, and Anita Kumar, Senior Managing Editor, North America, POLITICO on how reporters can defend the value of evidence-based reporting. How gender affects sources’ attitudes toward interviews February 27, 2025 | Mark Coddington and Seth Lewis | Nieman Lab Expert sources and studies throughout the decade have found that women make up only 25-30% of sources across most types of media and parts of the world.. Mark Coddington and Seth Lewis discuss the factors that may have led to this imbalance. Sign Up Join Our Mailing List Subscribe to the EJI mailing list for real-time updates about our events, analysis, and discussions on the latest in journalism ethics. Subscribe Now x
