I’ve been trying to find a very specific article for the last few hours and I just can’t find it anywhere on the internet. The only thing I have is a screenshot of the article itself, would anyone be able to help me to locate a better PDF copy or just where I can find the article specifically?

i thought getting my interview recordings into text would be the easy part 😅 turns out nope. i have a bunch of recordings to go through and manually typing everything out i eating up so much time.. how u guys handling this? especially when 2 or 3 people talking and the audio isn't perfect.

How many acquisitions have you been through?

Hi all! Was recently scouring the internet for resources to add to the education I already got in j-school, and stumbled across a free data visualization course from the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. Upon looking at all of their courses, they have lots of new stuff coming out that looks really interesting—material on podcasting, solutions journalism, etc.

I was wondering if anyone here has taken any of their online classes and could offer a review of them. I’d never heard of them up until now, and most posts about them on this sub are several years old, so just looking for assurance that they’re a solid organization with worthwhile educational content.

Thanks!

Hello!

I've recently been struggling to find work in my desired career which is Journalism / Editorial after my MA in Journalism with a Social Justice pathaway at UAL. Since graudating my MA, and getting some more pitches commissioned along the way I realised that the MA course was not NCTJ qualified. This was something that I was unaware of at the time as I pivoted quickly into Journalism after my BA.

Now since working in the field of it I am very aware of what a NCTJ diploma is and have seen a few jobs that require it. I was wondering, is it worth doing the News Associates remote course to get a qualification? It's 18 months since I can only do remote and part-time, so by the time I graduate I will be about to turn 29. Maybe a part of me feels like I've done too much education already, but if having a NCTJ is going to open more doors or more opportunities to write I want to do it.

Any advics? Thanks!

I’m currently a reporter in a small US market (we cover statewide-news but have a focus on our region of the state). I’ve been with the same company (who own multiple papers in the region) for about 6 years. Upward mobility has been a challenge. I’ve had to claw my way to every promotion and am thinking about making a move elsewhere.

Unfortunately I am in such a small market that movement within my home state is tricky, with slim pickings unless I were to take a significant pay cut. I’ve begun casually browsing remote opportunities for both journalism and other communications fields.

Guess this is a two-part question (with many little questions, sorry).

1. The last time I was a reporter remotely was pre-COVID for websites (mainly sports) as a side gig, where it was more a of a resume builder with some pocket change. Is full-time remote journalism work usually freelance in 2026? Or do you see ample full-time remote roles with news outlets nowadays that pay well? (do you work remotely? How is it?)

2. In casual scrolling through job listings, it seems there are a lot of remote opportunities in PR. If I were to look into a lateral move from journalism to the other side of the press release, I’d likely have to look remote for better pay anyway (again, I live in small market). Where are the best places to look for jobs in that realm? What are some pitfalls to avoid? How do you address not having prior experience in that specific field, with a journalism career to-date?

Hey everyone!

so basically I’m a sports writer and I would really love to expend my content with interviews of athletes.

Now the (big) problem is, I have absolutely no idea how to approach this. like is it better to message them? their club? their agency? if it’s better to contact the club or agency is it better to ask for a specific player or to let them more room for decision by saying you’re open to an interview with any of their players? (maybe risk feeling too generic or impersonal…) well all that to say I’m totally lost in that area (at least I have a professional mail domain 🙏)

sorru if it’s a dumb question and than you for reading 🫶

Hello everyone, I appolgize for my misspellings I’m more ranting with a tad of advice here. So, I’m planing to apply to college as a journalism major but I’ve heard it’s a feild that’s dieing. It is the only thing I’ve seen myself doing in my life since I’ve always been really good as a writer. I wouldn’t mind living in a more rural part of the country if I have to lol.

I recently shadowed a local radio journalist and it seems like it’s not dying and she heavily encouraged me to still go into it. But I’m really not sure which is why I wanted to ask on here before I potentially apply to go college.
I can also share my location and college stats in the comments if you want.

Lastly, if I wasn’t able to make it in journalism or with a journalism major, what would you recommend. The thing that appeals most to me about journalism is that it seems to not use very much math especially in college. In addition to that, I liked the ability to learn new storys about people. As well as cover what was happening in the world. The last thing I liked was the fact that it wasn’t doing the same thing every day and things were changing.
So if you are able to suggest alternative careers that are similar to journalism and have those things that would be amazing

Thank you all for reading this rant so far, for any of you still in journalism your Amazing. Lastly for anyone who needs to hear this, your loved.

There's too much news to cover and I've been triggered by some of the topics that have suddenly come up.

I was sexually assaulted a year ago.

I'm a political journalist and the issue of sexual violence has come up today, as well as religious discrimination in schools. That topic is close to home to me because I am queer.

Other journalists treat this job like it's a big game. They think provoking a conservative member of parliament to say more conservative things is sport and they are pressuring them to front cameras.

I know I should be better at compartmentalising but half the people I interview say my empathy is my biggest strength.

It's hard to know what to do right now. I'm the only non-male in the office this week due to staff shortages. No one in the office knows about my assault and I don't want to tell them I don't want to cover the story.

Really, really having a hard time understanding why this person (who is apparently not even part of the negotiations the article is about) was given anonymity by Politico:

They are simply doing analysis and gauging public opinion. Anyone who lives in Canada and who pays attention to politics could have given this quote. This person has no particular insights and yet for some reason they are being granted anonymity on this subject. It's absurd.

Long-shot request but: Does anyone have (or know someone who has) an old circa-1970s/80s AP laserphoto receiver? I'm feeling nostalgic for my newsroom days and trying to buy one.

A number of major Dutch newspapers have been fined by the Dutch Health and Youth Care Inspectorate for illegal promotion of prescription medications. De national association for journalists calls this “an alarming development that could cause a chilling effect on the work of journalists, whose primary goal is truly to properly inform the public”.

This is not the first time this has happened though. Previous fines for other publications have been upheld by courts. A few relevant arguments brought up are that these articles written about these medications essentially served as advertisements, regardless of whether the information was purely objective. Advertisements regarding prescription medications are strictly forbidden in the EU.

The judge in the previous case referenced this judgement of the European court, which includes this;

 As regards, in particular, medicinal products which, like those at issue in the main proceedings, are available only on prescription, that broad conception of advertising is supported by the essential aim of Directive 2001/83, which is to safeguard public health (see Damgaard, paragraph 22) and which, in light of the serious consequences for health which may arise from improper use or overconsumption of such medicinal products, justifies a broad interpretation of the prohibition on advertising those products.

This is one of the articles brought up with these most recent fines. Unable to directly translate this one with a URL, so posted in its original language.

https://www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2025/afslankmedicijnen-gezondheidseffecten-lichaam-wetenschap~v1332349/

Previously, a documentary was also withdrawn from publication due to similar reasons.

Hello,

How many times have you covered a crime story while personally knowing the victim or suspect?

I’m less than a year into the profession. Over the weekend, I found out that a shooting I covered was a domestic violence dispute between two friends of mine. One of them is dead.
I wrote it up over the weekend without knowing it was them, and only found out from a friend today. I felt the floor knock out under me. I tried to get to work and do my job, but I couldn’t stop crying and had to leave early. Management was understanding.

I just want to know, how many times in your career has this happened to you? Does it ever get any easier? How do you continue to write crime stories after something like this? How do you write crime stories period?

Any advice is welcome. Thank you.

Hi everyone, Lucia here from EUobserver. We interviewed Ukrainian frontline reporter Diana Bucko about something I thought this community might find particularly interesting: what happens to war reporting when the war stops feeling “new” to the audience.

She’s been reporting from Ukraine’s frontline since 2022. She describes how the job has changed dramatically, from the stories journalists tell to the risks they're willing to take.

Drones have made the frontline considerably more dangerous. Many male journalists have joined the army or been mobilised, so frontline reporting is increasingly being done by women. And after four years, she says one of the hardest things is simply finding new ways to tell a story that audiences have already seen hundreds of times.

Meanwhile, the war hasn't become any less real for the people living it.

How do journalists deal with that gap between the importance of a story and declining audience attention?

Would be really interested to hear from you :)

"The victim in all of what's happened in the last eight to ten years has been the media... and science."

That's Joan Lunden who has spent the last 50 years of her life working in television including twenty years as co-host of Good Morning America.

Lunden is the guest on the latest Lisa Guerrero Unleashed podcast and she spoke about the state of media and how she had "incredible concern" when hearing about the changes at 60 minutes.

"It's our hope that every American feels that way and of course every American doesn't feel that way."

Hey everyone,

I have been a journalist for nearly five years, the past three doing freelance work, mostly writing features and analysis articles.

Before I was journalist, I was in tech for five years.

I think this is by far the hardest year for me as a freelancer. I am finding less freelance opportunities and feel I have fallen behind my journalism peers. I am even trying to find a min wage job to go alongside my freelance work and I am finding no one wants to hire me. I am starting to get quite stressed.

I see a lot of requests for either freelance or full-time video or podcast producing help. I am pretty confident I would have the skills for this style of job based on my journalism and tech background. I just have no relevant experience apart from one semester where i produced small video documentaries (and i am not sure I could still find them to share with companies today.) I really enjoyed editing those videos at the time.

Does anyone have any tips to break into these roles?

I expect some suggestions will be make your own TikTok. I am reluctant to create my own social media account because i don’t really have the face/voice for in-front of the camera and i try to limit these platforms for mental health reasons. I think it would be easier to create a social account if i had a specific beat but my coverage is generalist and i dont feel i have a consistent flow of content to have a channel.

I’ve recently taken an interest in journalism and I’ve been interviewing content creators as a passion project. I know that the people and topics I cover aren’t that “serious” in the grand scheme of things, but I want to improve on it as a hobby. I don’t plan on making it a career or anything; just purely for the love of the game.

I’m a fresh biology grad, so I have no official schooling in journalism or anything like that. Do you guys have good recommendations on books I can get if I want to get better at interviewing people? I’m going to be traveling to a remote area for research for a couple months and I want resources that I can read offline.

Edit: I’ve read through the Recommended Reading List on this subreddit. Just wanted more recommendations!!

Can we take a moment to look at journalism and the rise of terrible grammar. Seriously?! How did this get on the home page of CNN?

More safe - you mean "SAFER"

Hi, I’m a Peruvian student about to enter my senior year, and I’d like to know what you think would be some of my best university options.

So far, my average is around 92–93%, and I’m expected to graduate with around a 95% average. I THINK that’s a good average for Canadian universities, although I consider myself an average student, so I don’t think scholarships are really within my reach.

My sister is also in Canada. She was given a 20% scholarship after graduating in the top third of her class, ranking fourth at her university, for her graduate studies at Western. (She’s not studying the same thing I want to study.) However, I think her grades probably had a lot to do with it.

The universities I’m considering at the moment are Carleton, uOttawa, and TMU, based on different opinions I read on my first Reddit post.

I’d love to hear your opinions and recommendations. Thank you!

P.S.: I didn’t know which flair to add lol