OK, one more post about media profits and I will change the subject. When I asked about the breaking point a couple of days ago, maybe this is what I was talking about. Here’s a story from yesterday’s New York Times. This year, the Los […]
One of the scholars/practitioners that I cited in my graduate research regarding the news media and society was Bill Kovach, the former editor of the Atlanta Journal Constitution and co-author of the book Warp Speed, American in the Age of Mixed Media. The book, written […]
This is the opening paragraph for a book review that will appear in the June 24 issue of the New York Review of Books, titled ‘Unfit to Print?’ It’s written by Michael Massing. “Buried deep in Bob Woodward’s new book, Plan of Attack, is a […]
We are seeing double, again. Maybe it’s a minor thing, but have you been to the news stand in recent days? If so, you will notice that, once again, Newsweek and Time have the exact same covers. In their race to get the news of […]
Is this further evidence of the demise of newspaper journalism? It seems that the committee members charged with awarding the Pulitzer Prize could not agree on a feature story worthy of receiving the coveted prize. So this year, they chose not to give one away. […]
This is the very subject that much of the research for my master’s degree centered on: the erosion of journalism to economic pressures. It’s from a research report conducted by the Project for Excellence in Journalism. The following news blurb is from the Atlantic, June […]
Here’s an interesting article about the New Yorker. It seems the next generation of cartoonists at the New Yorker, a dozen or so, are all in their 30s. “Robert Mankoff, New Yorker cartoon editor and David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, are relying […]
I recently came across a new magazine while doing more research on The Creative Class (in fact I believe Richard Florida mentioned it in his recent essay regarding his own book). It’s called Blueprint: Ideas for a New Century, published by the New Democrats Online […]
For those of you who listen to NPR, you will know that last Friday morning news anchor Bob Edwards signed off for the final time. He began at NPR in 1979, and over the years he became “the voice” for Morning Edition. But the powers […]
Do you remember its shocking cover photos of dying AIDS patients, or severe poverty? Colors, the magazine published by the Italian clothing company Benetton, established a reputation for itself and the clothing brand with startling layouts and provocative photos that cut to the issues of […]