Media

Norms in newsrooms across the United States are being upended thanks to deep polarization, a racial reckoning, and the pandemic. Hallmark journalistic traits like neutrality and objectivity are being redefined.

With vaccine supply increasing, American newsrooms will be tested as the narrative moves from who can’t get the shot to who won’t get the shot. Ordinary journalistic practices can unintentionally exacerbate the public health crisis by amplifying the very mis- and disinformation it seeks to counter. Drawing on input from experts and journalists, Vivian Schiller of Aspen Digital extracted lessons whose seeming simplicity gives way to massive complications.

In a time of heightened distrust, how can media outlets reclaim the public’s confidence? We hear from a longtime journalist.

DECEMBER 16, 2020 - 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.