I enjoy what this article has to say in the Columbia Journalism Review about editors. They shouldn’t let their fear of not knowing everything about a subject limit them when they begin their thinking and reporting. At least this is true as they work to […]
It seems that everyone is predicting the end of newspapers. This essay was written as a response to a speech given by Rupert Murdoch on the topic of newspapers in a digital age. Mathias Döpfner, head of the Axel Springer media empire controlling over 150 […]
A very honest column in the New York Times by David Carr. He writes about the daily worry amongst newspaper reporters and editors whether they can finish their careers in their profession. Carr writes: “I think that quality newspapers could go on for years and […]
The New York Times has an interesting look at the economics of modern magazine publishing. Budget Living is closing its doors. Despite being very popular with its readers (more than 500,000 subscribers) today’s magazine publishing environment did not allow it to survive. “Its demise raises […]
“Scan the headlines of 2005 and one question seems inevitable: Will we recall this as the year when journalism in print began to die?” So begins the Pew Research Center’s study on the state of the news media, released in March. The link to the […]
The Magazine Publishers of America has a nice online campaign highlighting the attributes of reading magazines. Did you know that across all demographics, the top 25 magazines deliver a greater audience than the top 25 television shows? Or that magazine readership grew by 25 percent […]
The Project for Excellence in Journalism, affiliated with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and financed by the Pew Charitable Trusts, has issued its third annual report on the state of American Journalism. According to the New York Times analysis, the study has found […]
This week’s Economist features an interesting article regarding big media’s struggle to maintain ground in today’s multi-media environment. "Any media business has two products to sell: its content (to readers and viewers); and its audience (to advertisers). The task for old media is first to […]
The daily press is becoming antiquated, writes Newsday reporter Justin Davidson. For those who follow the media, this isn’t news (pardon the pun). Newspapers are searching for relevancy in an online world. While everyone believes the media will change soon, just what that future will […]
"Never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel," goes the saying. Well, never pick a fight with someone who operates a popular blog either. New York Times reporter Katharine Seeyle writes that sources who feel slighted in news stories are using […]