Housing Journalism for Everyone

Housing Journalism for Everyone is a virtual professional development panel led by Princeton’s Eviction Lab on Zoom, Thursday, June 4, 2026, 1:00–2:00 PM EDT. For journalists of all beats and experience levels—including breaking news, investigative, data, and audience engagement journalists and editors—it addresses concerns that housing is too specialized or difficult to cover responsibly, showing how to cover it well without becoming a full-time housing reporter. Topics include housing’s links to elections, education, health, climate, business, and public safety; national housing and homelessness trends and shifts in policy, affordability, and displacement tied to electoral politics and local governance; four to five essential data tools with an introduction to accessible resources and datasets for housing, eviction, rent, and homelessness reporting; finding community stories beyond press releases and official statements; and ethical sourcing when interviewing tenants and unhoused peo

Hosted with: Psychedelic Writers Guild