When Vox revealed in late January that Patrick Witty left National Geographic, where he was deputy director of photography, after an investigation for sexual harassment, an issue that’s long been discussed in private was catapulted into the open: Photojournalism has a sexual harassment problem. In interviews with more than 50 people, in a CJR investigation […]
Lopate At Large, a new, hour-long daily show hosted by Leonard Lopate, premiered yesterday on WBAI, a progressive radio station that is owned by the Pacifica Foundation and based in Brooklyn. Lopate began his career in radio at the station in the 1970s, when he hosted both a gospel music and a late-night call-in show. The […]
At the Monterey County Weekly, the alt-weekly I edited for about six years and where I still write a column, there’s been a protocol in place since the early ’90s to deal with people who come to the office looking to cause trouble, wreak havoc, or worse. Whoever’s manning the front desk at the time […]
If a Newseum 2.0 ever rises from its glitzy ruins, a prominent place in its annals of lede-burying ought to go to this October 31, 2016 New York Times headline: “Investigating Donald Trump, F.B.I. Sees No Clear Link to Russia.” The problem is not simply that those three little words—“No Clear Link”—misled in themselves. After […]
As far back as I can remember, I have known exactly what I wanted my job to be. I worked at my grade school newspaper (shout-out to The Bobcat Chat), then my high school paper, then my college one. My...
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It was 1933, and the Great Depression was pummeling the newspaper industry. The New York World, once owned by Joseph Pulitzer and the city’s largest paper, had closed two years earlier, throwing 3,000 people out of work. In many cities,...
Sinclair announces changes to its bid for Tribune to appease the FCC https://t.co/HETizvbygt via @CNNMoney
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) July 18, 2018
Univision's Chief Content Officer Isaac Lee is leaving the company to set up his own TV production business (Anna Marie de la Fuente / Variety)https://t.co/umGBehzmvmhttps://t.co/he1r2v8o9g
— Mediagazer (@mediagazer) July 17, 2018
This is a moment of truth for the reality-based press, with clarity and moral force required. My column. https://t.co/muYXpuZFMM
— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) July 16, 2018
CNBC says Comcast unlikely to raise Fox bid.... https://t.co/3lorBr6cQ8
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) July 16, 2018
Just in: Putin doing interview with @FoxNews. Press release: pic.twitter.com/4yxI2PT5Nw
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) July 12, 2018