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Stories by J-School Faculty & Instructors

The Miami Herald by Edward Wasserman on 01/14/2013

Two weeks ago on a cross-country flight I checked three bags, and when I unpacked I found three printed memos from the Transportation Security Administration indicating that they’d each been searched. Now, my bags contained nothing but clothing, as a scan probably revealed, and I’m a Baby Boomer with no criminal past. So the traditional legal standard for police searches — probable cause — offers no justification for uniformed apparatchiks to run their paws through my shirts, shorts, and undies. Apparently I was asleep when the Fourth Amendment was repealed. Read more here.  Read more...

New York Times by Adam Hochschild on 11/02/2012

A review of Wole Soyinka's new book, "Of Africa."  Read more...

Ars Technica by Cyrus Farivar on 09/25/2012

Cyrus Farivar examines a new 23-page EU proposal aimed at stopping terrorist content and activity online.  Read more...

Ars Technica by Cyrus Farivar on 09/21/2012

A look into the process of building a homemade solar-powered iPhone charger for $90 and a little time.  Read more...

KDMC by Paul Grabowicz on 09/08/2012

A guide covering the major digital tools and trends that are changing the way journalists do their jobs.  Read more...

MarkDanner.com by Mark Danner on 09/02/2012

Shin Bet, Israel’s internal intelligence service, is branded as the “Defender that shall not be seen.” Yet Dror Moreh, director of The Gatekeepers, sat down with not one but all six of Shin Bet’s surviving directors. Professor Mark Danner asks him how he extracted the details they tell, not only about their shadow war with Palestinian terrorists but their bitter conflicts with Israeli politicians,  Read more...

Richmond Confidential by Bob Calo on 08/25/2012

Richmond confidential welcomes 18 new reporters.  Read more...

ProPublica, PBS Frontline by Lowell Bergman on 07/16/2012

Sheldon Adelson, the largest Republican donor in the 2012 campaign, comes under expanding scrutiny by federal and Nevada investigators for the methods used in Macau to save his company and help build a personal fortune estimated at $25 billion.  Read more...

Mother Jones by David Tuller on 06/27/2012

Lab and animal research has linked bisphenol A to reproductive disorders, obesity, diabetes, and cancers sensitive to hormonal activity, like those of the breast and prostate. A new study from China has found an association, for the first time, between human exposure to BPA and a kind of brain tumor, called a meningioma.  Read more...

PhotoWings by Ken Light on 06/19/2012

Photo director Ken Light talks about his influence and inspiration from documentary photographer Jacob Riis.  Read more...