What we see (and don’t see) in the Middle East
What we see (and don’t see) in the Middle East The U.S.-Iran conflict continues to escalate, and it is hard for me not to feel a centrifugal force pulling me toward the Middle East. For […]
A free press ignited the American Revolution
A free press ignited the American Revolution History matters, especially when it informs the present. As we reflect on the 250 years since the birth of America, the historic role that a free press played […]
The presses keep rolling in Small Town America
The presses keep rolling in Small Town America It was the last great newspaper war in America. A fabled time in New York City in the 1980s and 1990s when four major daily newspapers were […]
Journalism labor unions reawakened in the age of AI
The dramatic decline of news organizations in the United States over the last two decades has coincided with a steady drop in union membership overall across the country, but recently the NewsGuild, which is part […]
A journey chronicling press freedom locally and globally
For more than two months, GroundTruth has been on a virtual road trip through the crisis in local news across America. We’ve been from Pittsfield, Massachusetts to Chicago and Montana down to Austin, Texas. But […]
What exactly is a “creator journalist?”
It was early in 2022, and I was part of a virtual panel on the crisis in local news hosted by WBUR in Boston along with an extraordinary entrepreneur and force of nature named Crystal Good, who […]
How Chicago’s local media is responding to Trump admin ICE raids
Editor’s Note: This is part of a continuing series mapping the crisis in local news, navigating newspapers in distress, those finding a way to sustain and highlighting bright spots in the new digital organizations that are emerging. CHICAGO […]
The Berkshire Eagle soars once again
The Eagle building is nested into the triangle where Eagle Street meets North Street just along the railroad tracks off the Common in Pittsfield, MA in the Berkshires. A flat-iron building with a brick facade […]
The Berkshire Eagle: The newspaper soars once again
The Eagle building is nested into the triangle where Eagle Street meets North Street just along the railroad tracks off the Common in Pittsfield, MA in the Berkshires. A flat-iron building with a brick facade […]
Clark Kent wouldn’t have a job today
Crossing the George Washington Bridge into Manhattan at sunset, there is a sweeping view of the Upper West Side down to the long, urban expanse and the spires of the financial district. On a recent […]