Who's behind the news?
Who's behind the news?
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Newsjunkie.net is a resource guide for journalists. We show who's behind the news, and provide tools to help navigate the modern business of information.
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Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
October 6, 2024 - September 19, 2024. Freelance journalist Victoria Roshchyna died in Russian captivity on the verge of release in a prisoner exchange
New York
A large and influential publishing house with a storied history spanning 130 years, Hearst Corporation and its media arm Hearst Communications control 24 daily newspapers, 200 magazine editions worldwide, 35 television stations, and two radio stations, among other news and non-news businesses. Hearst-owned titles include the San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, San Antonio Express-News, Houston Chronicle, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, O, Road & Track, Woman’s Day, Men’s Health, Veranda, and Town & Country. The company has remained privately controlled by the Hearst Family Trust
Freelance journalist
Journalist Kunal Purohit's book, H-Pop: The Secretive World of Hindutva Pop Stars, explores hate culture in Indian popular song, poetry and books. Newsjunkie interviewed Purohit after his November 19, 2024, speech at UCLA.
Washington, DC
New York Times investigative journalist
David Burnham's groundbreaking work for the New York Times on police corruption in the early 1970s became the foundation for the bestselling book and film Serpico; a later series on nuclear power safety violations became the basis for the film Silkwood.
Interviews with Dan Gillmor, Kalpana Sharma, Will Bunch, Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed, Naresh Fernandes, Lakshmi Chaudhry, and Melanie Eversley
The public's perception of fairness in political coverage has changed. Hardened anti-press sentiment has taken hold, stoked by authoritarian politicians and their allies. In the game of gaining and holding power, journalists are targeted as "the enemy of the people." With lives and livelihoods at stake, how does the press continue its mission to hold power to account?
Laredo, Texas
New York
Palm Springs, California
St. Petersburg, Florida
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Updates on people and organizations in the news universe
Sharing stories on the deaths of journalists
Innovation and traction in the news space
Notable stories on bad behavior in journalism and communications
Intimidation and punishment of journalists
Reporter for the Boston Globe
New Haven, Connecticut
Chicago
Toronto
Book by Martin Baron
Bangalore
Bombay
London
New York
John Nichols is a journalist for The Nation magazine. He has written several books about politics, including “It’s the M...
New York
Nationwide network, non-hierarchical
Backgrounder
London
Los Angeles
Real world assignments, access to faculty
San Antonio
Los Angeles
Radio journalist, KALW-FM San Francisco