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From The Guardian ‘You can just see the way he looks at the world: the glitz, the cheapness, the gold brocade everywhere. That screams 1980s’ … Donald Trump in 1987.Photograph: Joe McNally/Getty Images Donald Trump is “so much a creature of the 80s but even in the 80s, everyone made fun of him,” Jonathan Kaufman said. General Electric CEO Jack Welch, “the most prominent business figure in the country, maybe in the world, mocked him. No one took him seriously. “Even today, if you look at the...

From The Globe and Mail “This hundred days has moved with incredible velocity,” said Jonathan Kaufman, one of the professors of the course and the director of the university’s School of Journalism. “When we got to 93 days I thought we had gone through eight years. But unlike eight years ago, there was a sense among students of outrage and going to the barricades. This year they are more reflective. They’re trying to figure out what it means rather than automatically go into opposition.” Read...

From Market Scale The world of journalism is in a state of flux, driven by the rapid evolution of technology and the shifting dynamics of how the public consumes news. In an era where algorithms and social media dominate the dissemination of information, the role of journalism in society is under more scrutiny than ever. As we navigate these changes, the fundamental principles that have guided journalism for centuries—ethics, fairness, and the importance of in-person reporting—are being...