By Avery Heeringa >> The majority of journalists who were laid off or took buyouts since 2022 were early in their career or in their positions for three years or less, a new report found. The majority were women (68%) and journalists of color (42%), according to the results of a survey from the Institute
By Cin Castellanos >> Illustration by Haley Nowak In the 2024 U.S. presidential election, the major party candidates are taking starkly different approaches to the environment, which in turn will impact how they plan to address the class of toxic chemicals known as “forever chemicals” due to their persistence in the environment and the human
Photojournalist Tiffany Blanchette was standing with a family after their house had burned down just east of Kankakee, Il when the family’s lost cat appeared. Blanchette captured the touching scene with her camera. For Blanchette, 33, this was a particularly rewarding moment in her early career as a photojournalist. Another such moment was when a
When the Covid-19 pandemic first hit, weekly and smaller newspapers scrambled to provide coverage of the huge global story affecting their readerships even though they had much smaller staff and fewer resources than the city’s larger media outlets. But for publications like the South Side Weekly, Wednesday Journal and Loop North News in and around
It could have been worse. Much worse. In fact, the executive director of the Missouri Press Association expected the COVID-19 pandemic to gut a local newspaper industry already reeling from more than a decade of competition from free digital content, rising newsprint costs and circulation declines. Seven of the state’s 200 or so newspapers ceased
