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    How the Pandemic May Change the Way We Get Our News
    July 28, 2020
    | Lauren Harris
    Print editions of newspapers and magazines have taken significant hits across the world as financial setbacks caused by COVID-19 rip through newsrooms. Will they disappear after the pandemic? Reporting from The Journalism Crisis Project
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    The End of Journalism or a New Beginning?
    December 21, 2016
    | Kathy Kiely
    At the grass roots, some journalists are trying to answer fake news with the real thing, but they need help.
  • Media
    Our Last, Best Chance to Reinvent Local News
    November 29, 2016
    | Tim Karr
    There is still hope for the rise of more local publications to report the local issues with integrity.
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    What Happens to Journalists When No One Will Print Their Words?
    March 4, 2016
    | Dale Maharidge
    As newsrooms disappear, veteran older reporters are being forced from the profession. That’s bad for journalism — and democracy.
  • Big Media "Dumbs Down" Democracy
    December 4, 2012
    | Bill Moyers
    Bill Moyers speaks with former FCC commissioner Michael Copps about the effect a new FCC proposal could have on our news and our democracy.
  • Back to the Future for the FCC
    December 4, 2012
    The FCC's proposal to relax media ownership rules is eerily reminiscent of a similar effort -- and consequential public outrage -- five years ago.
  • Big Money, Big Media, Big Trouble
    April 27, 2012 | Moyers & Company
    How big money and big media have coupled to create a ‘Disney World’ of democracy. Plus, a Bill Moyers Essay on Rep. Allen West (R-FL) and McCarthyism.
  • Big Money's Effect on Big Media
    April 27, 2012 | Moyers & Company
    The Norman Lear Center's Marty Kaplan says taking news out of the journalism box and placing it in the entertainment box is hurting democracy.
  • Democracy & Government
    'In the Dark: Media Coverage of Local Elections' and the Power of Language in Politics
    July 23, 2004 | NOW
    A hard look at how local broadcasters cover politics; the success or failure of the 9-11 commission; and a look ahead at the 2004 Democratic Convention.


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