Joe Coffey

Local media habits

Remember when local media preferences were passed down from generation to generation? Maybe your morning Gazette habit is because it was always there on the kitchen table when you grew up. Or perhaps you watch KCRG at 10 p.m., and…

The great journalist resignation

Questionable journalism

Fifth Estate: Our medium market

Your role in normalizing change

  Well, that’s different. It must be bad. Well, that’s different. I wonder what that’s…

An unprecedented stretch of news

By Joe Coffey | The Fifth Estate With all due respect to the generations of…

Building your family’s media budget for 2021

As a budget-minded participant in your place of work, you know what it’s like to…

The price of reliable journalism

True or False: People who can afford reliable journalism get reliable journalism, while everyone else…

The price of reliable journalism

True or False: People who can afford reliable journalism get reliable journalism, while everyone else…

Media lessons from the derecho

By Joe Coffey | The Fifth Estate When you study each generation’s “where were you…

Don’t write off TikTok just yet

By Joe Coffey | The Fifth Estate Before you declare that TikTok isn’t your thing,…

Don’t write off TikTok just yet

By Joe Coffey | The Fifth Estate Before you declare that TikTok isn’t your thing,…

Meet the newest journo in town

By Joe Coffey | The Fifth Estate It isn’t unusual for a media critic to…

CBJ wins 5 national awards

CBJ Editorial The Corridor Business Journal, created to inform business and community leaders with a…

CBJ wins five awards in national competition

The cover of the Aug. 5, 2019 edition of the CBJ featuring 2019’s Best Scoop,…

Checking in on fact-checking outrage

By Joe Coffey | The Fifth Estate Remember the first time that thing you were…

15 ways to support local journalism now

By Joe Coffey| The Fifth Estate News that the Gannett-owned Iowa City Press-Citizen will no…

Why EDI&E matters now more than ever

Guest Column | By Alfred Ramirez, Sarika Bhakta, Anthony Arrington, Nicholas Ford and Joe Coffey…

Why EDI&E matters now more than ever

Guest Column | By Alfred Ramirez, Sarika Bhakta, Anthony Arrington, Nicholas Ford and Joe Coffey…