Local news defined the Katrina story in New Orleans. Could it still do that today?
When Hurricane Katrina made landfall on Aug. 29, 2005, the newsrooms in New Orleans became lifelines for scattered residents. Reporters……
Author: Jackie Spinner
Jackie Spinner is the editor of Gateway Journalism Review. She is a journalism professor at Columbia College Chicago and faculty advisor to the Columbia Chronicle.
Opinion: Election night in a Gen Z newsroom is a reminder of what is at stake
The day before the Nov. 5 election, I carried a bundle of poles into the newsroom of the Columbia Chronicle……
Opinion: Gen Z’s voice matters. Will they use it in the upcoming election?
In 1988 I was a freshman in college, and the country had just elected George H.W. Bush president. More than……
Opinion: Why I won’t cancel my subscription to The Washington Post
Earlier this year, Will Lewis, the Washington Post’s new publisher and CEO, disclosed in a staff meeting that the Post……
Digital natives in student media reluctant to give up print even when their readers already have
Before most college students in 2024 were born, the Pew Research Center was already reporting that young readers had turned……