Rachel Kaufman, freelance reporter

I'm an interrogator of gargoyle lovers, frog fondlers, and the eternal optimists saving the news industry. These are some of the stories I've written.

Posts Tagged ‘ethics’

Small newspaper ethics

By • Aug 7th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

Came across this link in my travels today: Post Register Staff Disclosure Conflicts Okay, so the president of the paper is running for governor of the state, the acting executive editor is married to an important school official, but the paper seems to be handling these potential conflicts as well as could be hoped. I [...]



Poynter covers disabilities

By • Jun 21st, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

Two recent posts on Poynter about writing about people with disabilites caught my attention recently: [1] [2] I think most of us have gotten past the poor high school girl’s quandary in #2:”I wanted to write a good story about overcoming obstacles,” she said. It’s important to write what happened, not try to fit notes [...]