Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities ...

Update from Edgar B. Herwick III, October 5, 2017: Like many of us, I’ve been closely following developments in Las Vegas, following the tragic violence that unfolded there Sunday night. Today, a ...

Sometimes it’s the offhand remark that’s the most telling. Indeed, the way we Americans casually, often unthinkingly, incorporate gun metaphors into our everyday slang says a lot about how deeply ...

There have been a few occasions recently where some listeners thought it sounded like we were using the phrase "catch and release" as if it's a neutral description of what happens to some people who ...

A day after a firestorm over GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush's use of the word "anchor baby", his son George P. Bush told a major Spanish-language news organization his father will "pivot" from ...

Writing analysts have been decrying the use of fancy language for as long as I can recall.. . and, most likely, longer. Despite this ongoing opposition, such language remains highly visible in various ...

Physicians who use stigmatizing language in their patients' medical records may negatively affect the care those patients get for years to come. Be careful what you write, physicians. Recording ...

I respect the Tribune’s right to put editorials in the paper, but I prefer that they be specifically labeled as such, and not disguised as news reporting. Jan Crawford Greenburg’s front page story on ...