Talk about a Fourth Estate feedback loop: Over the past few weeks, some journalists have skewered the Society of Professional Journalists for its decision to stop awarding a journalism award named after a controversial journalist.

Here's what happened...

On Jan. 14, SPJ -- the nation's largest journalism organization...

Earlier this year, I judged a prestigious national contest that chose the best college newspaper website in the country. It was a tough decision.

Usually, when a judge says he had trouble selecting a winner, all the entries were so damn good it was hard to tell the difference.

As usual, when the National Enquirer breaks a big story, the tabloid becomes a big story itself.

Last month, the Enquirer interviewed a masseuse who says Al Gore sexually assaulted her in 2006. Molly Hagerty alleges the former vice president groped her while she gave him a massage...

For the past 12 years, I've advised the student newspaper at a large Florida university. But only a handful of my students have ever become newspaper reporters. And I like it that way. So do they.

Newspapers aren't what you'd call a growth industry. These days, it's easier to land...