SPJ regional conference
Mark your calendars—The Society of Professional Journalists annual Region 9 conference will be held in Salt Lake City, March 24-25. The...
Covering Trump: Journalism, Politics and Fake News
We've seen plenty of stories about covering Trump. It's for good reason: We've never had a president declare war on the press so openly....
Data journalism
As you've no doubt heard, data journalism is becoming a pretty big deal. For awhile people were saying it's the future of journalism. But...
Wired profiles changes at NYT
Wired magazine this month features the New York Times' efforts to innovate for the digital age. As mentioned in this space last month,...
The rise of the image
A little light fare to take you into the weekend, especially since some of you have an interest in newspaper design. Here's a time-lapse...
What non-fake news looks like
As you know, journalism—your future profession—is under attack. When our president doesn't like a news story he calls it "fake news" and...
Megaphone for the voiceless
Steve Buttry died this week. You don't know him, but he was a long-time journalist, a teacher, and director of student media at Louisiana...
Trump attacks revive journalism, comedy
For all the concerns about fake news and a post-truth White House, there's this silver lining: President Trump's controversial month-old...
All governments lie
"All governments lie," the iconoclastic investigative journalist I.F. Stone famously wrote in 1967. Whether you regard that as...
Google training this week
Instead of class on Wednesday, I encourage you to attend Google Tools Training, sponsored SPJ. The training will be held on Friday,...