How to cover President Trump
This week the nation inaugurated a new president. As a candidate and as president-elect, Trump has given journalists plenty to worry about: he is hostile to the press, has successfully demonized journalists to his supporters, and he intends to play by a different set of rules when it comes to access.
What's the press to do?
In his blog, Press Think, NYU professor Jay Rosen examines the challenge, in the first of a two-part essay. In the second part he suggests what journalists should do about it—including, working from the outside in, rather than the traditional inside-out. That's something David Fahrenthold has been doing for the Washington Post. Read his fascinating behind-the-scenes story of his year covering Trump.