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What Newsrooms Owe the Archive

Apr 13, 2026

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7 min read

What Newsrooms Owe the Archive

Newsrooms are reviving their archives for context and products; the harder question is what those archives still ask of the present.

Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson

Training

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Is the Trust Editor really a News Literacy Editor?

Mar 30, 2026

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13 min read

Is the Trust Editor really a News Literacy Editor?

When a newsroom creates a trust team, it is admitting something the profession long preferred not to say out loud: accuracy alone does not explain itself.

Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson

Journalism Practice

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Local TV Still Running the Race

Mar 16, 2026

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7 min read

Local TV Still Running the Race

Local TV had a chance to translate the 2024 election into civic understanding, but too often defaulted to horse-race habits.

Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson

Journalism Practice

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The Weight of the Rainbow in the Newsroom

Jan 19, 2026

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10 min read

The Weight of the Rainbow in the Newsroom

LGBTQ+ journalists are doing extra work that most newsrooms do not name, do not reward, and do not structurally support.

Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson

Teens

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How Teens See Journalism, and What Newsrooms Miss

Jan 5, 2026

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6 min read

How Teens See Journalism, and What Newsrooms Miss

New research on teens and news points to a credibility problem. It also offers a clearer view of what young audiences are actually asking journalism to show.

Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson

Journalism Practice

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Creating a News Literate Journalism

Dec 29, 2025

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8 min read

Creating a News Literate Journalism

News literacy isn’t just something audiences need. It’s a professional competency journalists already practice, often without naming it.

Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson

Journalism Practice

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How Journalists Think About News Literacy

Dec 22, 2025

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6 min read

How Journalists Think About News Literacy

A study of how journalists define news literacy reveals how they explain their own work, authority, and judgment under pressure.

Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson

How Journalism Thinks

A space to think through journalism and the choices that shape the work.

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