Local media and COVID-19: the canary in the coalmine
The Kicker12 Maalis 2020

Local media and COVID-19: the canary in the coalmine

When an outbreak like the Covid-19 pandemic hits, local journalists serve as first responders for global surveillance efforts. Elisabeth Rosenthal was a young physician when the AIDS epidemic hit New York City; she later covered the SARS crisis in China for the New York Times. Samantha Pak is senior editor at the Kirkland Reporter, the local paper covering Life Care Center nursing home, where 19 residents have died from the coronavirus. On this week’s Kicker, Rosenthal, who is editor-in-chief...

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The Jake Tapper-Kellyanne Conway showdown

The Jake Tapper-Kellyanne Conway showdown

Why are so many news organizations expanding into Australia? What is the state of health journalism as Obamacare hangs in the balance? Why were so many journalists talking about CNN anchor Jake Tapper...

9 Helmi 201730min

Objectivity and Trump's refugee ban

Objectivity and Trump's refugee ban

How has Breitbart used memes to build a huge audience on Facebook? Should journalists' notion of objectivity change in the face of immoral or un-American acts? What aspects of press freedom may change...

1 Helmi 201736min

Avoiding Trump's trap with "alternative facts"

Avoiding Trump's trap with "alternative facts"

Is the Trump Administration trying to bait aggressive reporters when it offers up "alternative facts"? What does a recent New York Times report tell us about the way its business model and editorial s...

24 Tammi 201735min

The ethics of BuzzFeed's decision to publish Trump-Russia memos

The ethics of BuzzFeed's decision to publish Trump-Russia memos

Did BuzzFeed make the right call by publishing unverified memos detailing Russian efforts to compromise Donald Trump? How is The Undefeated, a new publication by ESPN, tackling this moment in race and...

13 Tammi 201736min

Fox News and life after Megyn Kelly

Fox News and life after Megyn Kelly

What does Fox News' primetime lineup say about its direction under the Trump Administration? Why should we care about the fate of the publishing platform Medium? What's the deal with all these misrepo...

6 Tammi 201732min

Looking back on a tumultuous year in journalism

Looking back on a tumultuous year in journalism

What media trends from 2016 were the most alarming? The most encouraging? We discuss that and more this week on The Kicker, where CJR's David Uberti, Nausicaa Renner, and Pete Vernon break down the go...

29 Joulu 201635min

Richard Deitsch on the state of sports media

Richard Deitsch on the state of sports media

How does the atrophy of local media affect the way we understand sports? Are professional athletes getting more political, or are we just noticing it more? How is ESPN changing its business model? We ...

22 Joulu 201628min

Thomas Jefferson on fake news

Thomas Jefferson on fake news

Should a bad tweet be a fireable offense for reporters? What can the history of fake news tell us about the challenge facing journalism today? Who are the biggest media names to switch jobs in the pos...

16 Joulu 201630min

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