Oil Spill Coverage

Gulf Press: NY Times, WaPo Need To Leave East Coast To Understand Tragedy Of Oil Spill

al.com | Posted 05.25.2011

A NATIVE American proverb says that in order to understand another person, you must walk in his shoes. It is that spirit in which we implore the edito...

Oil Spill Mints New TV News Stars

New York Times | BRIAN STELTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Every long-running news story mints new television stars, even if it is sometimes awkward to acknowledge that personal success can be born of a tragic...

BP Controlling Journalists' Access To Gulf Oil Spill: David Carr

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

An employee of the St. Bernard Parish government, who asked not to be identified because he was not officially authorized to speak on the matter, said...

Journalists Battle BP, Government Attempts To Limit Oil Spill Coverage

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Journalists struggling to document the impact of the oil rig explosion have repeatedly found themselves turned away from public areas affected by the ...

NBC's Anne Thompson Reflects On 100 Days In The Gulf

Huffington Post | Lindsay Gellman | Posted 05.25.2011

NBC Chief Environmental Correspondent Anne Thompson spoke to the Huffington Post by phone Tuesday from Venice, Louisiana to discuss media coverage of ...

Anderson Cooper: BP Execs Won't Come On My Show

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

By David Bauder, The Associated Press NEW YORK — CNN's Anderson Cooper said Tuesday that he still hadn't heard from BP after his attack on the ...

Katie Couric, Harry Smith To Anchor From Oil Spill Every Week

Posted 05.25.2011

CBS News is going all-in on coverage of the gulf oil spill. The network announced Monday that "Evening News" anchor Katie Couric and "Early Show" anc...

BP, Coast Guard Officers Block Journalists From Filming Oil-Covered Beach (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Emerging reports are raising the question of just how much of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill journalists are able to document. When CBS tried to film ...