Columbia University recently released a wonderful report on the state of journalism called Post-industrial Journalism, written by C.W. Anderson, Emily Bell and Clay Shirky. The writers examine the state of the profession today and they highlight opportunities for both individual journalists and journalism institutions. I […]
Jay Rosen asks, “What explains falling confidence in the press?” In the period before Woodward and Berstein, 70 percent of Americans had a “great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in the news media. Today it’s 44 percent. Why? “What makes it a puzzle is […]
I have long been a big fan of Bill Moyers. Now that he is back on television he has created his own website, which not only includes links to his new weekly series it also includes archival footage of some of his past work. Here […]
At Big Think, the writers as a good question: Are newspapers civic institutions? If so what are the implications? Or are they just algorithms? Dominic Basulto raises good questions in his post, with plenty of links to other studies and writers. More than 200 newspapers […]
This piece from CBS Sunday Morning sounds familiar to me. Over the years, I’ve worked at some of the same type of niche magazines highlighted here. Magazines are indeed alive and well. I think my favorite magazine highlighted here by Conor Knighton is Manure Manager, […]
Robert Boyton remains bullish on journalism. In 2005 he published The New New Journalism, which argued that the American long-form journalism was thriving. Pre-Twitter, pre-Facebook, pre-Recession. Was his argument premature? No. There is still room for thriving nonfiction. Part of his optimism is based on […]
I think Sven Birkerts has it about right: “Writing can’t be planned for or predicted, and when it happens, when the surge begins, it brings a satisfaction like nothing else. There are finer sensualities, sure, and basic emotions that give joy or connection when released, […]
Many media analysts say newspapers are dead or dying. To anyone who follows the media, those claims aren’t new. But now the Newspaper Association of America hopes to reverse the trend, by emphasizing that newspapers in all their online, mobile app and print incarnations make […]
Since 1985, the Pew Research Center has tracked the public opinion about the national news media. Its most recent data is quite alarming: Opinions now equal or surpass all-time highs on nine of 12 core measures. A bright spot: As bad as it is for […]
Are the “two cultures” really that far apart. When C.P. Snow first made the reference between the gap between science and the humanities, he thought little about psychology, Gregory Currie writes in The Sunday Times about what reading literature claims on the mind. “But things […]