March 2020

No Politics Till the 7th Date? How Journalists Try to Stay Impartial

We asked several colleagues how they think about political impartiality. Kim Severson, a national food correspondent, considers the importance of applying the same rules to everyone in the newsroom: You might think it doesn’t matter if a reporter profiling a chef or testing a new recipe campaigns for a school board candidate or goes to

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House approves bill to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes

WASHINGTON — Moving to stem a vaping epidemic among young people, the House approved a bill Friday to ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes and other flavored tobacco products. The bill would place new restrictions on the marketing of e-cigarettes and ban flavors in tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes. It also would place a new

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From Prince to Megan Thee Stallion: When record contracts go wrong

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Prince, Megan Thee Stallion, Joss Stone and Taylor Swift have all fought their record labels Rapper Megan Thee Stallion claims that her record label is preventing her from releasing new music. The star, who released the platinum-selling single Hot Girl Summer last year, says she’s been frozen out since

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What Will It Be Like To Work During A Coronavirus Outbreak?

In the event of a coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., here’s what could happen: Work-from-home policies become the norm. People who are coughing or short of breath get separated from healthy employees and sent home immediately. More workers stop showing up to work as they care for ill family members. Business travel restrictions and bans

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