Media

DECEMBER 16 - All eyes are on an America torn by unprecedented levels of partisan division, an onslaught of mis- and disinformation, and a president asserting victory without evidence.

NOVEMBER 5, 2020 - Only 36 hours after voting ended, we check in on the resilience of news organizations and social media platforms to meet the moment amidst an unprecedented election.

OCTOBER 13, 2020 - As part of our ongoing series, this program explores how U.S. entertainment companies are revisiting their traditional models to meet the moment and help diversify this generation of stories and storytellers.

The political media did almost everything wrong in covering the theft-and-leak of his private emails amid the heat of the 2016 presidential campaign, four years ago today—and yet it’s not at all clear that if confronted by an operation similar to what Russian intelligence executed in targeting the Democratic National Committee via Hillary Clinton’s campaign chair, that we’d get it any more right now.

AUGUST 26, 2020 - In the publishing industry, a diversity of thought and perspective is severely lacking from the stories on retailer shelves.

JULY 14, 2020 - All too often, sensationalist reporting of unrest in communities has overshadowed the institutional and systemic racism that Black Americans face.

JULY 1, 2020 - Since World War II, the US federal government has directly funded overseas radio and digital outlets for the purpose of distributing fact-based news and American values. This program is now under siege.

MAY 6, 2020 - Local news, in crisis before the pandemic, is now facing a cataclysm. At stake is not just jobs, but the access to critic al trustworthy information for millions of Americans.

This report underscores and articulates how ongoing changes in the structure and business of media and journalism contribute to the gap between rural realities and public perception of rural America.