My final column: 2024 and the dangers ahead | Margaret Sullivan
Journalists simply can't allow themselves to be megaphones or stenographers. They have to be dedicated truth-tellers
Her hometown needed a newspaper, so retired journalist started one | Margaret Sullivan
She views what she is doing as a civic duty: the equivalent of serving on a town finance board or planning commission, both of which...
Please, pundits, stop trying to predict the future — you're bad at it | Margaret Sullivan
We all fall prey to the temptation to consult our crystal balls.
Beware partisan 'pink slime' sites that pose as local news | Margaret Sullivan
Named after a meat-processing byproduct used as filler, the news sites are often funded through secret and politically motivated "dark money" contributions.
The media must urgently convey that Democracy is at stake in the midterms | Margaret Sullivan
Many Americans don't understand how high the stakes really are. There's not much time to fix that.
Now is the time to remember what Fox’s own lawyers said about Tucker Carlson | Margaret Sullivan / Syndicated columnist
Fox News star Tucker Carlson's pro-Russia act is the darling of Russian state television, which rebroadcasts his show with subtitles.
The Philadelphia Inquirer searches its soul | Margaret Sullivan / Syndicated columnist
The newspaper has published "Black City, White Paper," the first installment in a larger project, "A More Perfect Union," that will roll out over the...
Proxy battles for Trump’s war on the media are being waged in American courts | Margaret Sullivan / Syndicated columnist
Each case has the potential to alter the media business or the practice of journalism, for better or worse. It's no coincidence that they come...
If American democracy is going to survive, the media must make this crucial shift | Margaret Sullivan / Syndicated columnist
Don't be afraid to stand for something as basic to our mission as voting rights, governmental checks and balances, and democratic standards.
How one health reporter cut through the noise on omicron | Margaret Sullivan / Syndicated columnist
He is well aware that there are huge swaths of the public who will remain unreached by his stories — no matter how factual, clear...