Culture & Inclusion

Can work design be applied in newsrooms? Don’t bother making the argument that the media industry is “different.” The experts disagree with you. “If you’ve [...]

“An organization that goes through massive transitions faces the question of what are the things that we want to hold on to? And what are [...]

Worker stress in the journalism industry has existed for so many decades that journalists sometimes seem resigned to a life of impending burnout. Back in [...]

The lone editor at a small newsroom owned by a large corporation was overwhelmed, once again. A few big stories had consumed his entire staff [...]

Journalism is an economically precarious profession particularly for local media organizations, and that fact alone is stressful enough. Add unpredictable work hours, lack of resources, [...]

In April, The Washington Post made an unusual request to local journalists across America: Contribute freelance articles to a special Washington Post Magazine issue designed [...]

On February 13, the Charleston Post & Courier published an investigative project that examined what happens to South Carolina communities where no viable local media [...]

For many local newsrooms across the country, it took a global pandemic to demonstrate how quickly and successfully newsroom leaders could restructure their coverage to [...]

Although not always the originator of misinformation, social media communities are an amplifier for conspiracy theories and disinformation campaigns — and they’re also victims of [...]

The critical issue of diversity in local newsrooms and in community coverage was never more apparent than during the national racial reckoning of 2020. Now [...]