Journalism

Some recommendations from the authors and editor of the Unseen America story package.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Post and Courier reporter Jennifer Berry Hawes discusses how mainstream journalism tends to stereotype the victims of mass shootings.

What goes for Assange may also go for any person who obtains or discloses classified information—even journalists.

An expert on First Amendment rights weighs in on what happened to Bryan Carmody last Friday.

An extremism scholar discusses the ways in which journalism has been hijacked by bad faith actors in the wake of the Poway and Christchurch shootings.

A profile of John Hickenlooper demonstrates how journalism that focuses on candidates' charisma often makes incorrect assumptions, and favors white male politicians.

The Pacific Standard staff highlights the stories published elsewhere that moved us, made us think, and left us a little envious.

As curated by our editorial staff.

When we're talking about violent anti-Semitism, studious neutrality is journalistic malpractice.

The magazine's demise signals the further erosion of conservatism as a coherent ideology—and its replacement by a Trump personality cult.

News consumers are more trusting of the media when they're exposed to fact-checking, per new research.

New research suggests that corporations pollute more when there aren't local papers to hold them accountable.

News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.

Activists fear that, by publishing a piece that sympathizes with a far-right group, the paper is promoting hateful, potentially violent rhetoric.

Alison Head, a co-author of a new report on the media habits of almost 6,000 college students, explains why news consumption has become an arduous task for younger generations.

The media outlets focused on climate change are centered in areas where the actual effects of climate change generally haven't become tangible.

News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.

A systemic review presents damning evidence that journalists are overselling research.

We spoke with a communications professor about the relationship between trolls and the media.

Lack of trust in the news in the U.S. runs deep.

Make it a habit to approach stories in an analytical frame of mind.

Women march against ICE, new clues arise in an environmental crime mystery, and grieving journalists keep on writing.

Police respond to a shooting on June 28th, 2018, in Annapolis, Maryland.

New research finds reintroducing objective facts into the conversation doesn't mitigate this effect.