The Department of Journalism and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalist put together a panel called “News Media Literacy in an Age of Disinformation” on April 18 in the Welcome Center on...

All traditional journalists are misguided. The essence of the journalistic curriculum at the collegiate level is heavily based on an ideal that parallels the aspirational state of a clean slate. That...

Lately, I’ve been grappling with the theme of objectivity in journalism. In most instances, as the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Code of Ethics states, a fair and ethical journalist should...

German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once said that truths are "illusions of which one has forgotten that they are illusions." What, exactly, does this mean? If we accept this premise, why do we...

Journalism, at its core, follows several tenants: seek truth and report it, minimize harm, act independently and be accountable & transparent. But journalism is activism in its most basic form. When...

Whether or not you take Donald Trump's constant cries of "fake news" seriously, one fact is indisputable: trust in the mainstream media is at an all-time low. The disconnect between news stations and their...