EDITOR'S NOTE: Paul Krugman is a New York Times columnist and a distinguished professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He won the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ...

For decades, newsrooms have operated under the premise that 'if it bleeds it leads'. While grim, it is a clever approach: fMRI brains scans appear to confirm the neurological draw of bad news. When we ...

Author Abi Daré on winning the inaugural Climate Fiction Prize - THE CLIMATE 100 LIST: The Independent’s Climate 100 List ...

When what's absent in a story carries equal or more weight than what is actually reported, the damage goes beyond ratings. It undermines public health. The media trope “if it bleeds, it leads” is at ...