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Harvard's 148-year-old student newspaper gets its first Latina president

Harvard's 148-year-old student newspaper gets its first Latina president

Raquel Coronell Uribe, a history and literature major from Miami, calls the role a "huge" honor: "Even if it took 148 years, I'm thrilled that I get to be in the position to be that first person."
by Joe Hernandez

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As anchors Chenue Her and Gia Vang move up in TV news, they bring a new perspective

As anchors Chenue Her and Gia Vang move up in TV news, they bring a new perspective

Her and Vang both stumbled upon television journalism at first. But along the way, they’ve found ways to highlight the stories of their Hmong community — and one another — in an industry reconciling with deep-rooted diversity issues.
by Hibah Ansari

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Journalist, St. Paul native Chenue Her makes news, breaks ground in rise to anchorman

Journalist, St. Paul native Chenue Her makes news, breaks ground in rise to anchorman

Chenue Her, 30, recently became the first Hmong male news anchor in the U.S. when he joined “Good Morning Iowa'' in Des Moines. He’s hoping now to inspire a new generation into journalism, a business that struggles to keep people of color.
by Mary Ellen Ritter

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When this hedge fund buys local newspapers, democracy suffers

When this hedge fund buys local newspapers, democracy suffers

NPR's A Martínez talks to McKay Coppins of The Atlantic about how a hedge fund, Alden Global Capital, is buying and then gutting newspapers — and the implications for democracy.
by Rachel Treisman

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Survey: Many Minnesotans distrust media

Survey: Many Minnesotans distrust media

Many Minnesotans don’t trust the state’s news media or believe it does a good job of covering people like them. That’s the findings of the APM Research Lab’s new Diverse Communities Survey, which interviewed more than 1,500 Minnesotans about media trust and other topics.
by David H. Montgomery

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Journalists from Philippines, Russia get Nobel Peace Prize

Journalists from Philippines, Russia get Nobel Peace Prize

Journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their fight for freedom of expression in countries where media outlets have faced persistent attacks.
by The Associated Press

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Alex Jones loses lawsuits over Sandy Hook 'hoax' conspiracy

Alex Jones loses lawsuits over Sandy Hook 'hoax' conspiracy

A Texas judge has found Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones liable for damages in three defamation lawsuits brought by the parents of two children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over his claims that the shooting was a hoax.
by The Associated Press

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Rebuilding trust in media

At this year’s Aspen Ideas Festival, Kitty Boone, vice president of public programs at the Aspen Institute, asked three national media leaders why trust in the news has eroded — and what media organizations can do to win it back.
by Alex Cheng

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