OPINION: Media contributes to culture of dread
Fatima Zaidi, Contributing Writer
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 trials and tribulations continue to accelerate at a fearfully alarming rate, and the feeling of hopeles...
End of the decade: triumphant growth in covering climate change
Lauren Paris, Contributing Writer
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 not always visible from our front porch. This is a story that affects people all over the world and s...
OPINION: Despite industry’s loss of jobs, journalism career still worth pursuing
Luke Murphy, Contributing Writer
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 bait nowadays, etc. If you’re a journalism major, or you have friends who are journalism majors, you...
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 Daily Northwestern's recent editorial and how journalists can be more transparent about how the reporting...
Tribune shuts down Spanish-language media Hoy
Maria Guerrero, Contributing Writer
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 deeply disappointed that Tribune Publishing is shutting down Hoy, which has gone beyond stereotyp...
EDITORIAL: The Daily Northwestern’s clumsy editorial was a well-intentioned attempt at ethical journalism, but set a dangerous precedent
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 from across the country took aim at the student newspaper. Alumni of Northwestern’s famed Medil...
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, student activists criticized them for publishing photos of protesters on the suburban...
OPINION: Fake news needs to retire
Brian Gilbert, Contributing Writer
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 are trying to provide truth, facts and transparency in today’s alternative facts society. The term fake news i...
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 number. The former Sun-Times music critic and “Sound Opinions” co-host spoke last Tuesday with...
OPINION: Golden Apple of my eye
Veronica Schoonover, Contributing Writer
May 20, 2019
Journalism has historically served the public’s desire to be shocked by cultural and global news in order to feel challenged, uncomfortable and passionate. Since the advent of print, the field has largely been responsible for the facilitation of shared experiences in order to unite unfamiliar communities. ...
OPINION: How the debate over climate change was rigged from the start
Erica Carbajal, Staff Writer
April 29, 2019
Climate change today is a highly political issue, but it wasn’t always that way — and it shouldn’t be. Throughout the years, big energy industries have been key players in constructing the platform of climate change denial, and as their platform grew, journalists felt more compelled to give denie...
In Latin America, a deadly job for journalists
Richie Requena, Contributing Writer
February 18, 2019
He was a radio broadcaster who had run his talk show, “Our Region Today,” for nearly 20 years in the Mexican state of Tabasco. Then on Saturday, Feb. 9th, as Jesús Eugenio Ramos Rodríguez was eating breakfast at the Hotel Ramos with former Emiliano Zapata mayor Armín Marín Sauri and two others, h...
