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Journalism in our time
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Thinking Through Two Pulitzer Controversies
The Times's Stalin problem and whether to use the Pulitzer carrot as a diversity stick
Richard J. Tofel
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What to Make of the Retreat of BuzzFeed News
It’s not really about Facebook or SPACs—it’s worse than that
Richard J. Tofel
May 12
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Newsrooms and the National Bad Mood
Why it's not still 2020, and what to do about it.
Richard J. Tofel
May 5
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The COVID Death Toll and Our Information Gap
Two other numbers are key to telling our story.
Richard J. Tofel
Apr 28
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Time for Local Newspapers to Go All-Local?
Thinking about the problem of local news from the supply side
Richard J. Tofel
Apr 14
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A Journalistic Fail Around a Film About Journalism
What “Storm Lake” left out
Richard J. Tofel
Apr 4
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A Call for More Mergers in Nonprofit Journalism
How to think about the possibilities-- and the pitfalls
Richard J. Tofel
Mar 24
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It’s Important Not to Look Away from the News Deserts Problem
It threatens to further deepen the fissures between us.
Richard J. Tofel
Mar 17
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