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Monday, April 22, 2013

Bombing Story Lesson: Handle with care

Linda Topping Streitfeld by Linda Topping Streitfeld 0 comments

A visiting friend from Boston last week complained bitterly about press coverage after the marathon bombings. Among other things, she wanted to know why so many outlets reported that there had been arrests, when in fact no one had yet been arrested. She was voicing the frustration of millions of news consumers, and she had an excellent point. Where did the media go wrong?

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

The Picture We’ll Never See

Bob Meyers by Bob Meyers 0 comments

At the same time that federal gun-control legislation is having trouble finding enough votes, the Washington Post reports, Connecticut legislators agreed on bill limiting gun magazines to 10 rounds, requiring registration and a host of other measures, according to the New York Times.
Maybe it takes a massacre to focus the attention.

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Stay in Touch with NPF

Emilee Speck by Emilee Speck 0 comments

Learn about upcoming programs and opportunities for journalists by subscribing to NPF’s biweekly newsletter.

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Friday, March 29, 2013

Time’s Cancer Cover: Over the line?

Linda Topping Streitfeld by Linda Topping Streitfeld 0 comments

Journalist and National Press Foundation speaker Seth Mnookin writes in Slate that the recent Time Magazine coverline “How to Cure Cancer,” is “wrong, grandiose and cruel.” The National Press Foundation has delivered solid information on cancer issues for journalists in annual programs over four years, and no expert has suggested that we’re close to a cure, though more money for research surely helps, as the Time article suggests.

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

The Newbie: Covering the SCOTUS

Emilee Speck by Emilee Speck 0 comments

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter and Former NPF Paul Miller Fellow Tracie Mauriello covered the Supreme Court of the United States, for the first time, while reporting on Prop8 and DOMA and she learned a few things about covering the SCOTUS.

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