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Journalists' job can pose a risk to their mental health. We looked at studies for tips on preventing and addressing the stress and trauma.

When misinformation meets scarcity: a Q&A with Kiera Butler News deserts are complicated things. Penny Abernathy—the primary researcher behind the oft-cited “news deserts” map—told me last year that while the term originated to mean “a town without a newspaper,” it had evolved in her thinking to mean “a place where there is limited access to the type of critical news and information that [one] need[s] in order to make informed decisions.” Many factors can limit access to critical information: geographic news deserts, undercovered communities, infrastructural or economic barrie...

May 24, 2021 at 11:00 am by Atmika Iyer This May, vaccination numbers have continued to go up, the county and university are easing COVID-19 restrictions and some aspects of Isla Vista and UC Santa Barbara are slowly resembling their pre-pandemic state. This graphic shows pivotal COVID-19 moments during each quarter between Winter 2020 and Spring 2021. (Kelly Yan / Daily Nexus) But back in March 2020, any hope of a return to normal life was far away. The following timeline is a compilation of how I.V. and UCSB weathered a year and two months through the COVID-19 pandemic.  This ...

Palisociety Launches Hotel Grand Stark in Portland The new property is the brand’s second in the Pacific Northwest region Words by: Will Speros• Photos courtesy of Palisociety News: The new property is the brand’s second in the Pacific Northwest region Words by: Will Speros• Photos courtesy of Palisociety Palisociety has announced the opening of its second Pacific Northwest property, Hotel Grand Stark, in the Central Eastside neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. The new outpost occupies a four-story structure originally constructed in 1908 that previously served as the Hotel Chamberl...

Five competition ministers discuss regulating Big Tech Regulating big tech has become a global preoccupation; how such regulation might affect journalism is less clear. A couple of months after the controversial Australian News Media and Digital Platform Bargaining Code came into force, requiring Google and Facebook to pay for news in the country, competition ministers around the world are considering whether to adapt it and adopt it at home.  In the past, European governments have tried to use copyright law to get Google and Facebook to pay for news; they are continuing down that route with...