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…
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…