News in Brief Telemundo’s Vote to Unionize Is a Sign of Television’s Changing Demographics Though the Spanish-language network is a sister company to NBC, its performers do not receive the benefits that their English-language peers do. Katie Kilkenny
News in Brief Manchester by the Sea Director Defends Casey Affleck The director of Manchester by the Sea called a piece written by a college junior “a tangle of illogic, misinformation and flat-out slander.” Katie Kilkenny
News in Brief The Media and Institutional Failure The news media is one of those institutions we rely on to investigate politics for us. In a… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Pizzagate and the Long Legacy of the Fabricated Sex Slave “Sex Slave Story Revealed to Be Fabricated.” This headline could have run in a recent Washington Post, atop… Melissa Gira Grant
News in Brief The AT&T/Time Warner Merger and the Threat to Racial Representation We can’t leave underrepresented communities out of media merger debates. By Jason A. Smith An AT&T store is… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Problem With Most Media Coverage of Domestic Violence It’s more likely to excuse white vs. black perpetrators. By Joanna Rae Pepin Ray Rice on August 16,… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Does the Media Cause Mass Shootings? A growing body of research suggests that increasingly intense media coverage of mass shootings is partly responsible for… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief How Our Media Bubble Protects Our Ideologies Almost all of the news and opinion we consume comes from outlets and commentators who share our political… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Why the Media Should Report on Shooters and Terrorists It’s the job of journalists, and we owe it to our readers. By Joanne Zalatoris A memorial to… Pacific Standard Staff