Reporting on terror attacks

By: Yadira Nieves-Pizarro Terrorism is a constant threat in the Western World and mainstream media in the United States will cover such stories as they develop in the homeland and Europe. Consider the treatment given to the incidents occurred in France and Germany by the New York Times and the Washington Post during the summer of

Reporting on the Zika pandemic

By: Yadira Nieves-Pizarro Pandemics are considered global crisis. As such they receive comprehensive news coverage and require responses from governments and health authorities. As it happens with terrorism, mainstream news outlets in the United States will cover disease outbreaks such as Avian Influenza, Ebola or Zika virus as they threaten to infect their population. In 2014, there