The negativity in news these days is one of the many things that is killing this industry. With the advent of the 24-hour-news cycle, viewers are constantly witnessing death, war and politics, right in their own living rooms. And the public has made it clear: they’re sick of it. Solutions journalism is… well… the solution…

First impressions are huge… and there’s multiple opportunities for a news outlet to make them to an audience. Maybe it’s the lead story on your front page. Maybe it’s the top story in your 5 o’clock news. Perhaps the intro that rolls right before that? But I think the most intentional “first impression” that news…

We all know what the news is right? If you’re here and somehow you don’t… I think I’ve failed at my job. But there’s another question we need to be asking ourselves. What is news? No, that’s not a joke. I mean, it’s not really a product, not a commodity. Not even really a service.…

Imagine it’s 1980. You crack open your morning newspaper and find a column. It’s filled with 10-year-old’s answers to what could come to be in the next decade. The first one reads: “Stereos with memory computers that allow you to just call out the name of a song and hear it instantly.” Ellen Lupton in…

Photojournalism is often talked about like it’s different from or more niche than other forms of journalism. But it’s really just as common as your run-of-the-mill news article or package. I mean, there’s almost always some kind of photo or graphic accompanying any given news article. And photojournalism is one of the most common forms…