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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Some publishers are reviving the printed word at a newsstand near you

Some publishers are reviving the printed word at a newsstand near you

Gia Clarke, Contributing Writer September 23, 2024

Despite the decades-long decline in print publishing, print is making a comeback in mainstream publications, including The Onion and SPIN. According to a 2023 Pew Research Center study, 58% of Americans...

Journalists in the hot seat: Can trust be rebuilt?

Journalists in the hot seat: Can trust be rebuilt?

Ian Fondacabe, Contributing Writer May 26, 2024

The term “fake news” has been circling the media for the past couple of years and ruining media. It has gotten to a point that real news is being considered “fake news” just because some people...

El equipo editorial y de desarrollo del periódico MLK50.

Periodistas comparten cómo informar al público sobre comunidades étnicas a las que no pertenecen

Cary Robbins and Jacqueline Cardenas April 2, 2023

Como parte de su misión de remodelar la narrativa de las comunidades afroamericanas en Chicago, la reportera Tonia Hill se unió a la publicación de noticias digital The TRiiBE. Hill dice que la publicación...

OPINION: Media contributes to culture of dread

OPINION: Media contributes to culture of dread

Fatima Zaidi March 1, 2020

Climate change, terrorist attacks, mass shootings, sex crimes, coronavirus, racist and discriminatory words bolded in black ink and plastered across pages or online.  We are living in a time where ...

Brandon Stiffic shouts with the crowd on Friday’s Youth Climate Offensive as they march from Grant Park to the Federal Plaza demanding action from government officials to promote more environmentally conscious legislation.

End of the decade: triumphant growth in covering climate change

Lauren Paris December 28, 2019

Climate change is a story that is complex, multifaceted and big — perhaps the biggest issue of our time. It’s a story that doesn’t end, at least not anytime soon. Its effects surround us but are...

OPINION: Despite industry's loss of jobs, journalism career still worth pursuing

OPINION: Despite industry’s loss of jobs, journalism career still worth pursuing

Luke Murphy December 20, 2019

“There are no jobs in journalism” You hear it all the time. Newspapers are dying, there is no money in reporting, everybody is being laid off, nobody reads anymore, all successful news is just click...

Page 29: The DePaulia staff discusses the Daily Northwestern editorial

Page 29: The DePaulia staff discusses the Daily Northwestern editorial

Hannah Mitchell and Shane René November 26, 2019

https://soundcloud.com/page29/page-29-the-depaulia-staff-discusses-the-daily-northwestern-editorial For the final Page 29 episode of Fall Quarter 2019, The DePaulia staff discusses the backlash to the...

Tribune shuts down Spanish-language media Hoy

Tribune shuts down Spanish-language media Hoy

María Marta Guzmán, La DePaulia Editor-in-Chief November 18, 2019

The Chicago Tribune Guild, an organization of journalists, announced on Twitter the shut down of Hoy Media, the city’s leading Spanish-language newspaper, by Tribune Publishing last Tuesday. “We’re...

EDITORIAL: The Daily Northwestern’s clumsy editorial was a well-intentioned attempt at ethical journalism, but set a dangerous precedent

EDITORIAL: The Daily Northwestern’s clumsy editorial was a well-intentioned attempt at ethical journalism, but set a dangerous precedent

The DePaulia Editorial Board November 18, 2019

When the Daily Northwestern published its editorial last week apologizing to students for publishing photos of them protesting former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ visit to campus, journalists...

In this Friday, April 29, 2016, photo, people stand near the entrance gate to Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Northwestern University's student newspaper is under fire. Their first critics came from within the campus as student activists questioned journalists’ coverage of protests. Within days, editors decided to write a statement apologizing but their editorial prompted a second round of criticism from journalists around the country starting Monday, Nov. 11, 2019.

Northwestern paper’s apology sparks journalism debate

Kathleen Foody, Associated Press November 13, 2019

Student editors at the newspaper covering Northwestern University have faced two waves of criticism over their coverage of protests in response to an event featuring former Attorney General Jeff Sessions. First,...

Since President Trump’s inauguration, the term “fake news” has dominated discussions about journalism.

OPINION: Fake news needs to retire

Brian Gilbert November 11, 2019

It’s time for us to stop using the term fake news. We should eliminate the phrase altogether from our vocabulary because it’s lazy, problematic and does a disservice to hardworking journalists who...

Jim DeRogatis spoke with Carol Marin, director of the Center for Journalism Integrity & Excellence last week about his book “Soulless: The Case Against R. Kelly.”

Journalist who first broke R. Kelly sexual abuse allegations talks life, work at DePaul event

Brian Pearlman, Nation & World Editor October 27, 2019

Jim DeRogatis says there are at least 48 women he knows of whose lives were ruined by R&B superstar R. Kelly, and he believes the true number of Kelly’s alleged victims is likely at least twice that...

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