Opinion journalists of The Times-Picayune and The Advocate received awards from a national journalism trade association for their editorial writing and commentary on rural Louisiana, vaccines and ...

Apperception explains how people understand new things by connecting them to what they already know. This active ...

In a now-famous essay known as “The Birth of the New Journalism,” journalist Tom Wolfe wrote about the evolving nature of journalistic craft. Though he unfortunately demeans the novel as a piece of ...

Local journalism is the heartbeat of informed communities. It brings stories to light that national outlets often overlook -- stories about school board decisions, city council debates, neighborhood ...

When a logging concession in Gabon threatened a community’s ancestral forest, their appeals to officials went nowhere—until the story was reported. Once the facts reached the public record, the ...

When a logging concession in Gabon threatened a community’s ancestral forest, their appeals to officials went nowhere—until someone wrote about it. Once the facts reached the public record, the ...

Journalism as a practice is on the cusp of a major shift; engagement with traditional media such as TV, print and news websites continues to fall, while dependence on social media, video and online ...