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Varma, A.
January, 2025
The Conversation
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Marcellus Williams and the problem with the contingency of innocence in journalism
Varma, A.
October, 2024
The Objective
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Solidarity Reporting on Marginalization: A Grounded Alternative to Monitorial Reporting’s Emphasis on Officials
Varma, A.
2023
Journalism Practice
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Solidarity Journalism: Opening Remarks for Social Justice Week event at Toronto Metropolitan University
Varma, A.
2022
Journalism Research Centre at Toronto Metropolitan University
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Moral solidarity as a news value: Rendering marginalized communities and enduring social injustice newsworthy
Varma, A.
2022
Journalism
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Solidarity in (Social Media) Journalism: A Framework for Assessing Journalistic #Commitments
Varma, A.
2021
Handbook of Global Media Ethics
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Solidarity in U.S. Journalism: Social Justice Implications of How Journalists Humanize People Experiencing Homelessness
Varma, A.
2021
The Routledge Companion to Media and Poverty, 64-73
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“Want to support accurate journalism? Fund solidarity reporting.
Varma, A.
2021
The Engaged Journalism Lab
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Solidarity reporting can help the cause of public safety for marginalized communities: ‘We are…
Varma, A,
2021
The Objective
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Covering Domestic Terrorism in Solidarity with People Subjected to It
Varma, A.
2021
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
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Evoking Empathy or Enacting Solidarity with Marginalized Communities? A Case Study of Journalistic Humanizing…
Varma, A.
2020
Journalism Studies
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Heading into Election 2020, Let's Ask Ourselves: “What Makes This Newsworthy?”
Varma, A.
2020
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
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5 (Subtle) Types of Misinformation in Media Coverage of Coronavirus
Varma, A.
2020
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
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What to Do When the Numbers in the News Become Benumbing: How Journalists Can…
Varma, A.
2020
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
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The Value of Slow Journalism During a Rapidly-Developing Story of Pandemic: Drawing the Distinction…
Varma, A.
2020
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
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5 Suggestions for Covering the Coronavirus: How to Tell Stories of the Coronavirus Without…
Varma, A.
2020
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
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Impeachment Should be a Story of National Solidarity, Not Partisanship
Varma, A.
2019
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
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Point-Counterpoint: Should The Daily Northwestern have apologized? Ethical Perspectives on Student Journalists’ Coverage of…
Heider, D. & Varma, A.
2019
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
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Ethical News Coverage of Climate Change Needs to Prioritize Efficacy
Varma, A.
2019
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
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Is American News Coverage “Too Sympathetic to Immigrants”? Prioritizing Dignity over Detachment in Ethical…
Varma, A.
2019
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
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Disputing the False Promise of Redemption through News Photography: Angie Valeria and her father…
Varma, A.
2019
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
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Sharing or Shunning Christchurch Content? Human Dignity as an Ethical Principle for Digital News
Varma, A.
2019
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics