Jonathan Kaufman

Journalism student earns reporting fellowship with New York Times

Tyler Blint-Welsh’s work experience at newspapers across the country has prepared him for a career as a reporter. But his next job, he says, will be his most plum assignment yet: a 10-week stint as a reporter for The New York Times’ metro desk.

by Jason Kornwitz February 1, 2018

How can journalism ‘move the conversation forward’ on race?

In the wake of racially charged rallies like the one in Charlottesville, Virginia last month, and as cities take stock of their histories by way of statutes, landmarks, and street names such as Yawkey Way in Boston, Northeastern’s School of Journalism hosted a media gut-check to examine how journalists should be covering these events. The consensus? There are no easy answers.

by Molly Callahan September 22, 2017

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist: You ‘can’t protect readers’ from the truth

Jonathan Kaufman, director of the School of Journalism, says he would have printed the entirety of Anthony Scaramucci’s obscenity-laden rant to The New Yorker. “When news breaks, the raw form is best,” he says, “in part because readers are demanding more and more transparency from the media these days.”

by News@Northeastern August 1, 2017

Pulitzers reward persistence, collaboration, local reporting in 2016

Like the Oscars and the Nobel prizes, the Pulitzer Prizes reward outstanding work but also send a message about where the judges think journalism should be going, says Jonathan Kaufman, director of the School of Journalism and a Pulitzer winner himself. The message? Do great work.

by Molly Callahan May 10, 2017

Publishing the Trump dossier: Inevitable or unjustifiable?

When news broke of a top-ranking intelligence briefing about allegations involving President-elect Donald Trump and Russia, many outlets covered the story, but only one published the salacious details. Here, two journalism professors offer counter viewpoints about that outlet’s decision, with one arguing “the information was bound to be disclosed or leaked,” and the other calling the decision “misguided” and noting that “raw intelligence of the sort is often wrong.”

by Molly Callahan January 12, 2017

Post-election forum examines media’s campaign coverage

Students, faculty, and staff convened on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the results of the 2016 presidential election. Discussion topics ranged from the credibility of the nation’s leading pollsters to the freedom of the press under a Trump administration, but talk frequently returned to the media’s coverage of one of the dirtiest political campaigns in the nation’s history.

by Jason Kornwitz November 10, 2016

Northeastern, US Navy team up for ‘idea hackathon’

The U.S. Navy has turned to Northeastern for its expertise in digital storytelling and data analytics to identify new ways to communicate the Navy experience to millennials. Student coders, designers, and storytellers can participate in the interactive hackathon, with prizes for the winners. The deadline to sign up to participate is today.

by Jason Kornwitz November 3, 2016

ABC News political analyst to examine the 2016 campaign and the future of US politics during campus visit

ABC News chief political analyst Matthew Dowd will address the numerous ways in which the 2016 election is transforming American politics. The interactive discussion—“Election 2016: Where do we go from here?”—will take place on Friday at noon in Blackman Auditorium and also will be shown live on Facebook.

by Jason Kornwitz October 20, 2016

Could real-time projections be a game-changer for Election Day coverage?

On Nov. 8, a group of data scientists and journalists will buck a decades-old tradition by releasing real-time Election Day projections. Renowned statistician Nate Silver says it “could go disastrously wrong,” while others say the old way was “ill conceived and anti-journalistic.” We asked Jonathan Kaufman, the director of the School of Journalism at Northeastern, for his take.

by Matthew McDonald September 15, 2016

3Qs: Donald Trump’s acrimonious relationship with the press

Trump’s recent move to revoke the press credentials for The Washington Post will backfire on the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, says Jonathan Kaufman, director of Northeastern’s School of Journalism. “Banning the Post from his rallies can only hurt Trump,” he explains. “Reporters are resourceful and they will get the news.”

by Jason Kornwitz June 16, 2016

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