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Attention American Citizens: Stop Subsidizing Biased News

In our invaluable democracy, journalism and news are crucial. According to a Gallup/Knight Foundation survey, eight in ten U.S. adults believe news and media are critical or very important to our democracy. News and media corporations inform us and allow us to better make our democratic decisions. Unfortunately, they also persuade. They use their reporting, … Continue reading Attention American Citizens: Stop Subsidizing Biased News

Free-Write: The Demise of the Fourth Estate

As I have told my students, prior to being a teacher I was a journalist. I wrote for weekly and daily newspapers in Connecticut for eight years, covering national scandals, significant state rulings, and issues that mattered to people living in neighborhoods. For a while, I believed in the work, and was thus passionate about … Continue reading Free-Write: The Demise of the Fourth Estate