My first journalism job was long ago, covering events at my high school for the local paper. Writing this column is the second. I've been at it since last April, and that first anniversary has put me ...

"If you hate The Daily Tar Heel and think it’s one-sided ideological slop, we invite you to apply, send in a guest essay or ...

Graduation is quickly approaching, and I’ll be joining the world of journalism on a professional level. I’m not sure if I’m anxious or excited. Over the last four years of college, I have put a lot of ...

Some have described different forms of news as neighborhoods. There's the hard news, the sports, the features and much more. These neighborhoods exist in different sizes with different properties with ...

When I first came to college and people asked me why I wanted to be a writer, I’d tell them about how much I loved writing for my high school’s yearbook. I never realized how much writing would shape ...

Today, you're reading something special: my 150th Bottle Shots column. That many weekly columns may just be a drop in the bucket compared to my predecessor, Lorri Hambuchen, who famously held this ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (December 12, 2023) – The Poynter Journalism Prizes, the newly renamed contest honoring the best in U.S. journalism, is creating a prize in honor of Roy Peter Clark, the author ...

It is hard to encapsulate the feeling I have right now on a two-dimensional plane. I think about the last four years I spent at Louisiana State University where I found my calling for journalism. I ...

New categories for climate change and poverty coverage, new name for First Amendment prize are changes this year.