by Stephen J. Lyons Two weekends ago, crocuses bloomed in our Midwest garden. Temperatures reached 70 degrees. In the middle of the night, we experienced our first […]
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The crisis of democracy is a media crisis
by Lorraine Ali This time last year, there was a cruel joke in circulation: The most spiteful year in recent memory would reset itself at midnight Dec. […]
Good news got green-lighted at last
by Martin Schram We are reporting once again from the intersection of the news media, policy and politics. From here, we can see how and why government […]
Why we need a community forum
by Brian J. Allfrey I am not sure what I expected our country to look like in 2021, but I certainly did not expect it to be […]
We have no idea what we’re talking — or reading — about
by Lucero Cantu While it is nonsensical to try to prescribe a diagnosis to America’s current state of civic discourse — from dumping manure on the White […]
Postcast 84 – August 20, 2021
[spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=46164977″ width=”100%” height=”200px” theme=”light” playlist=”false” playlist-continuous=”false” autoplay=”false” live-autoplay=”false” chapters-image=”true” episode-image-position=”right” hide-logo=”false” hide-likes=”false” hide-comments=”false” hide-sharing=”false” hide-download=”true”] Welcome to the last episode of The Postcast, the audio […]
Mixed messages causing mask confusion
by David Zurawik After almost a year and a half, here we are stuck in the middle again on COVID-19, masks and how best to keep ourselves […]
Young people need to start reading real newspapers
by Shreya Prabhu Sitting in my eighth-grade classroom, I stealthily check my email, hoping for news updates from The New York Times or CNN about the heightened […]
Being on social media doesn’t make you a journalist
Last week, the Washington Supreme Court tried to figure out who counts as a journalist in the digital age. It concluded that just having a camera and […]
Postcast Special Episode: West Run Watershed
[spreaker type=player resource=”episode_id=44986428″ width=”100%” height=”200px” theme=”light” playlist=”false” playlist-continuous=”false” autoplay=”false” live-autoplay=”false” chapters-image=”true” episode-image-position=”right” hide-logo=”false” hide-likes=”false” hide-comments=”false” hide-sharing=”false” hide-download=”true”] Welcome to a special feature episode of The Postcast, the […]