Journalists are threatened, and nobody cares
I have been thinking a lot lately about how important freedom of the press is for our society. Freedom of the press gives writers the right to publish and distribute […]
Tag: media
Our View: Tragedy should not become entertainment
It is our job as journalists to reject sensationalism
It’s been almost a year since the November homicides that shook the University of Idaho, Moscow and the rest of the nation. A quadruple homicide was manipulated into entertainment for […]
Unraveling the Media Circus
The Ethical Dilemma of Covering the Moscow Homicides
The rumors. The skeptics. The conspiracies. The internet sleuths. No one could have foreseen the nation’s fascination with the quadruple homicide in Moscow last November. No one could have predicted […]
Oppenheimer Ethics Symposium seeks to challenge media misinformation and educate UI community
PolitiFact editor Katie Sanders to deliver keynote at annual media ethics symposium
In a time where discerning truth from a constant stream of information is becoming increasingly difficult, the School of Journalism and Mass Media hopes to shine a light on resources […]
Cameras on campus: Students and the media
How students, staff and faculty feel about media scrutiny on campus
When tragedy struck the University of Idaho campus last November, nobody could have anticipated the swarm of cameras and out-of-town reporters that converged onto the UI campus and downtown Moscow. […]
OPINION: Diversity in journalism is important
There needs to be more diverse voices covering diverse topics
Journalism — I know, I know — a newspaper’s opinion section writing about journalism. What a concept. But please, stick with me here. This is not your average journalism column, and it’s not just about journalism. It’s about newspapers and diversity.
News tries to change, readers change quicker
As the world slams people with an onslaught of information, the news industry struggles to break through the crowd of attention getters of this generation.
College students lead an incredibly busy life, one of the things that this generation hardly does is take the time to read the news.
Digging deeper
News outlets have become oversaturated
Brett Kavanaugh’s name has dominated headlines across the nation, leaving the general public wondering if anything else newsworthy is happening. As a journalism student, even I found myself struggling to […]
Fight the “fake news”
The president is undermining an integral piece of our democracy: the news
In the 365 days following President Donald Trump’s first year in office, he used the word “fake” relating to the media more than 400 times on social media and on […]
Our discouraging leadership
The ways in which President Trump dehumanizes journalists discourages young media professionals
In mid-July, President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for a meeting that was live broadcasted through The New York Times, The Washington Post and many other news […]