Jackie Spinner

Faculty Advisor, The Columbia Chronicle
Editor, Gateway Journalism Review

Chicago

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Jackie Spinner is journalism prof @ColumbiaChi, fac advisor to Columbia Chronicle, filmmaker and recovering war reporter. Views are her own.

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World Cup: The stories American media tell about soccer teams like Morocco

May 21, 2026 |

By Jackie Spinner

| Gateway Journalism Review

By Jackie Spinner When Morocco reached the semifinals of the World Cup in 2022, much of the Western media framed the run as a miracle. Morocco became the “Cinderella story,” the “giant killer,” the improbable outsider disrupting soccer’s traditional powers. Across much of the coverage, surprise became the dominant frame before audiences were given much context about Morocco’s soccer infrastructure, diaspora talent or long-term investment.

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Student media works best when campus is a beat, not a battleground

Apr 30, 2026 |

By Jackie Spinner

| Gateway Journalism Review

Student journalists are often taught, implicitly or explicitly, that their role is to be adversarial. Hold power accountable. Ask tough questions. Don’t trust the official line. All of that is true but also incomplete. In professional newsrooms, accountability does not come from hostility; it comes from reporting, the kind built on sourcing and credibility.

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What John H. White taught me about my all-digital classroom

Apr 17, 2026 |

By Jackie Spinner

| Gateway Journalism Review

I walked into John H. White’s “Intro to Photojournalism” class last week, expecting to observe a lesson and instead, I watched a philosophy of teaching unfold. White, a Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist and longtime Columbia College professor, does not teach with detailed slides or modules. He teaches by presence. By story. By standing around photographs with students and asking them to look closely, at the pictures and at each other. When he was teaching, no one was on a screen.

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