March 2026
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Starting a newsletter as a disabled user: a journalist’s story
My vision only took me so far without my sight when I tried to navigate BeeHiiv, Buttondown, and Substack for my sports newsletter
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Are we reporting the news — or repeating it?
Holding power to account means more than simply parroting quotes
The Word on Opinion
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Re-framing mental health in journalism
Media Resilience Network offers confidential trauma resources to journalists
The Word on News
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NICAR26 kicks off IRE’s 50th anniversary year
At the first IRE conference of 2026, accountability journalism still matters in an age of AI
The Word on News
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Attention: most people won’t finish your 3,000 word article
Many audiences never read good long-form journalism to the end
The Word on Opinion
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Re-framing mental health in journalism
Media Resilience Network offers confidential trauma resources to journalists
The Word on News
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NICAR26 kicks off IRE’s 50th anniversary year
At the first IRE conference of 2026, accountability journalism still matters in an age of AI
The Word on News
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April 9 marks inaugural Local News Day
National day of action connects communities with trusted local news
The Word on News
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ONA touts 2026 convention plan
ONA unveils a preview of its annual journalism conference, planned in Chicago on March 30-April 1, 2026, and the program it is developing.
The Word on News
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The Word goes monthly
The magazine is changing to a monthly publishing schedule starting Feb. 5, 2026
The Word on News
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Are we reporting the news — or repeating it?
Holding power to account means more than simply parroting quotes
The Word on Opinion
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Attention: most people won’t finish your 3,000 word article
Many audiences never read good long-form journalism to the end
The Word on Opinion
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Accessibility is Black History
What Haben Girma and a longer lineage of Black advocates teach us about access
The Word on Opinion
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Clarity is not the enemy of depth
Don’t hide behind technical language and jargon; explain it
The Word on Opinion
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How to write alt text for news
If your image disappeared, how would you describe it?
The Word on Opinion
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A blueprint for local news survival
LION releases sustainability 2025 audit showing need for strong stuctures
The Word on Analysis
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When a lie is a lie
Why newsrooms hesitate to call it out — and what’s at stake
The Word on Analysis
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Trump takes the American cultural wars to international level at U.N.
The United Nations General Assembly has long been the venue of idealism. On Tuesday, it was where Trump brought America’s culture wars to an international stage.
The Word on Analysis
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The media made a bad situation even worse
The media’s failure to follow the most basic rules of good journalism made America less safe.
The Word on Analysis