Journalism
How to Build a Corrections Policy Readers Can Find
A working corrections system is four decisions and one page — the published codes settle more of it than most newsrooms assume.
Rosa Marchetti · August 24, 2026
Journalism
The craft of reporting examined closely: developing a beat, source protection, document verification, records requests, corrections practice, and the ethical decisions taken close to deadline. Examples come from published work with the reasoning made explicit. For working reporters, editors and journalism instructors.
Journalism
What FOIA's Nine Exemptions Actually Let an Agency Withhold
The exemptions are permissions, not commands. Here is what each one covers, how the foreseeable harm standard narrows them, and the deadlines and appeal routes that decide whether a request produces records.
Rosa Marchetti · August 15, 2026
Journalism
Writing a Conflict-of-Interest Policy a Small Newsroom Will Actually Use
In a newsroom where the editor covers her own church's fundraiser, the policy that works lists real local entanglements, sets a disclosure habit, and names who decides — in two pages.
Rosa Marchetti · July 27, 2026
Journalism
Where Attribution Ends and Plagiarism Begins — a Line Every Desk Can Draw
The line is the reporting: facts are shareable, the work that gathered them is not, and crediting the outlet that did the digging is both ethics and self-interest for small newsrooms.
Nathan Brooks · July 5, 2026
Journalism
Covering Protests: The Assignment-Desk Decisions That Keep Reporters Safe and Stories Fair
The coverage is shaped before anyone leaves the building: staffing in pairs, safety gear decided, arrest protocols agreed, and the story's focus fixed on what the protest is about.
Rosa Marchetti · June 12, 2026