Print Journalism

Scrapping the Scrapbook: New Orleans Newsprint's Loyal Fans

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Print Journalism, NOLA.Com, Journalism, Times Picayune, Newspapers, Nola, New Orleans Newspaper, Media News

During the New Orleans Times Picayune shrinking print debate, I visited with a newsprint connoisseur today. My mother-in-law, a lifelong New Orleans resident.

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A Bedtime Story For The Ages

Brian Benton | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Instagram, New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Instagram Facebook, Print Journalism, Teen News

551-day-old app Instagram sold for a billion dollars, while the 116-year-old New York Times is valued at $967 million. But it's stood the test of time in a way that not even the greatest social network will be able to.

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The Walls Go Up

AP | RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Newspapers, Newspapers Revenue, Newspapers Failing, Print Journalism, Newspapers Circulation, Future of News, Future of Newspapers, Newspapers Pay Walls, Newspapers Industry, Ap, Newspapers 2011 Circulation, Media News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Newspapers are returning to a business strategy that served them well in the heyday of street-corner newsboys shouting the front-...

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Journalism: An Endangered Species

Gabriel Frankel | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Future of Journalism, Print Journalism, Journalism, Teen News

Journalists work relentlessly to provide us with a true picture of what is really going on. We need to support good journalism.

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All The News Not Fit To Print

Daniel Koas | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Death of Newspapers, Newspapers, Print Journalism, Journalism, High School News

Every morning, I awkwardly tiptoe to the end of my driveway in my bare feet and pick up the plastic-wrapped treasure that awaits. Why? Because I love reading the newspaper.

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My Accidental Love Affair-Turned-'Aha Moment' with Journalism

Jack Davis | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Journalism, Tribune Company, Print Journalism, Young Journalists, Page One - Inside the New York Times, Page One, The New York Times, High School News

Tonight, I have decided what I am going to do with the rest of my life. I want to be a journalist when I grow up. And work for the New York Times.

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Will Tech-Savvy Post50s Kill The Newspaper?

The Examiner | Paul Briand | Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: Print Media, Newspapers, Print Journalism, Apple Ipad, Print, Death of Print Media, Ipad, Tablets, Newspaper Industry, Fifty News

At one time, the thought was that the daily printed daily newspaper would be around as long as Baby Boomers are around. But industry experts say th...

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PHOTOS: Exclusive Look At Style.com's New Magazine

The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: style.com Magazine, Style.com New Magazine, Print Journalism, Style.com, Style News

Not a day goes by, it seems, without a print publication going online. But websites going to print? Now that's a rarity. Leave it to Style.com to m...

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WATCH: Colbert Mocks 'New York Times,' Print Journalism

Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Stephen Colbert, Reporting, Video, Colbert Old Fashioned Hero, Print Journalism, Old Fashioned Journalism, Colbert Report, Athens Georgia, Journalism, Colbert, Too Hot to Fish, Stephen Colbert Old Fashioned Hero, Too Hot to Fish New York Times, Colbert Too Hot to Fish, Stephen Reports on an Old Fashioned Hero, Comedy News

In a sarcastic report on old-fashioned journalism, Stephen Colbert made an un-telegraphed joke at the expense of "The New York Times." What seemed lik...

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Laid Off Journalist Reports His Own Job Search

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Layoffs, Video, Twitter, Print Journalism, Unemployment, Long-Term Unemployment, Gannett Layoffs, Gannett, Journalism, Business News

In June, Robert Annis lost his long-time job as a reporter at the Indianapolis Star when media conglomerate and Star owner Gannett cut 700 employees t...

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"Shocking Secrets Revealed: Illegal Means Used to Carve Up Live Humans for Human Consumption"

Rev. Barbara Kaufmann | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Future of Journalism, Journalists, Print Journalism, News of the World Hacking Scandal, News of the World Phone Hacking, Tabloids, British Tabloids, Media, Press, Tabloid, Journalism, Mainstream Media, Social Media, Phone Hacking, Hacking Scandal, Ethics in Journalism, Ethics, Rupert Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch Phone Hacking, Media Criticism, Murdoch, Phone Hacking Scandal, Hacking, Murdoch Phone Hacking, Tabloid Journalism, Media News

Do you really welcome and enjoy the emotional, metaphorical or actual wounding and bleeding of a fellow human as tabloids claim you do?

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Revenue Sharing: The Brave New World Of Pay By Click

Richard Shrubb | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: New Online Media, Future of Journalism, New Online Ad Space, Professional Blogging, Revenue Sharing Media Online, Print Journalism, Revenue Sharing Media, Revenue Sharing, Blogging, Media News

Print advertising is heading for the rich pickings of the Internet. Magazines and newspapers are floundering and as a result we journalists are being hammered financially, with word count, publication and page reductions.

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A Journalist to Watch: Shane Harris Talks Scandal, Surveillance and the State of Reporting

The New York Public Library | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: New York Public Library, Print Journalism, Journalism, Nypl, The Watchers Review, Ronald Reagan, National Security Advisors, John Poindexter, Book Reviews, Author Interviews, Shane Harris, New York News

It's not every day that a former national security advisor recognizes you, taps you on the shoulder and apologizes for not returning your calls. But that's exactly what happened to journalist Shane Harris.

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Say Goodbye to 1999

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Times, Print Journalism, Wall Street Journal, New York Observer, M&A, 3G Capital, Twitter, Financial TImes, Mergermarket, Scoops, Deal Reporter, Internet Rumors, Business News

The waning dominance of the mainstream press has created a paradoxical situation: Scoops may be more important than ever and, at the same time, ever harder to define.

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What Ever Happened to Real Journalism?

Sue VanDerzee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cable News, Print Journalism, Midterm Elections, Journalism, Media Sensationalism, Sensationalism, Media News

A mere two weeks after a midterm election, most mainstream journalists are not exploring the issues that must be tackled by the new Congress or tied up by the old Congress, but are handicapping the next election cycle.

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A Love Letter to Print

Michael Mattis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blogs, Mainstream Media, Reporting, Print Media, Newspapers, Print Journalism, Online Media, New Media, iPad Apps, News, Daily Newspapers, Video, Media News

Even though I'm an online guy, newspapers have always held a fascination for me. Even with shorter news cycles and their lack of clickable links, newspapers have some advantages that the digital space sometimes lacks.

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Asking the Most Difficult Questions About Interactive Media

David Verklin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interactive Advertising, New Media, Digital Media, Cable Tv, Print Journalism, Media News

If new technology allows viewers to pick and choose the news segments they want to watch, what will be the impact on foreign news, for example, which is much less popular than domestic news?

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Dr Jack Shaheen: "More leadership needed on Park 51 conversation."

Christian Avard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Print Journalism, Muslim Americans, Park 51, Keith Olbermann, Journalism, September 11, Islamophobia, Arabs, Cordoba House, Muslims, Racism, September 11th, Koran, Ignorance, Ground Zero Mosque, Fear, Michael Bloomberg, Xenophobia, Pamela Geller, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Howard Dean, Democrats, New York City, New York, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Keith Olbermann Special Comment, Al Qaida, Sarah Palin, Harry Reid, Anti-Muslim Bias, Ground Zero, Politics News

The national conversation on the Park 51 Islamic Community Center has taken a turn for the worst. Opponents claim it's too close to the Ground Zero a...

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College Journalists Are Good at Consuming Multimedia but Bad at Making It. Why?

Michael Koretzky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Multimedia, College Journalism, Print Journalism, Media News

Earlier this year, I judged a prestigious national contest that chose the best college newspaper website in the country. It was a tough decision. Nearly all the entries were so damn boring it was hard to tell the difference.

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The New Kids on the Internet

Courtney Boyd Myers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Community Generated Content, Social Media, 4chan, Ge, Print Journalism, New Media, Tech Crunch, Chatroulette, Technology News

As founders of two of the most hedonistic and bohemian "addictive digital platforms," 22-year-old Christopher Poole and 17-year-old Andrey Ternovskiy are this generation's Internet legends.

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How The Citizens United Ruling Can Save Print Journalism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Print Journalism, Citizens United, Media Criticism, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Eat the Press, Media News

What if all the corporations, which are now enabled to dump obscene amounts of corporate cash on issue advertising, could be somehow induced to spend that money exclusively on newspaper ads?

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A Newspaper Editor Against Pay Walls

Alan Rusbridger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Old Media, Newspaper, New Media, Digital Media, Print Journalism, Online Journalism, Pay Walls, Media News

In a recent lecture, Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger said that universal pay walls were bound to remove journalists from the information revolution.

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Why Are We Surprised E&P and Kirkus Review Closed?

Pauline Millard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Print Media, Layoffs, Print Journalism, Unemployment, Nielsen, Editor and Publisher, Media, Journalism, Media News

There is an entire sector of jobs that are dissolving every day. It would be wise for those involved to accept it, move on, or else plan to spend a lot time unemployed.

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Life After Print: URB Magazine 2.0

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Magazi, Print Journalism, Music Business, Print, Web, Death of Print, Websites, Death of Newspapers, Media, Music, Hip-Hop, Paper, Print Media, Web 2.0, Social Media, Pop Music, Hip Hop, New Media, Media News, Music Industry, Web Video, Media News

While many have quickly lamented URB's print hiatus or reminisced about our long legacy, there is also an unfortunate feeding frenzy on even the hint of print's presumed, imminent demise.

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Journeys With George (Saunders), or Why Magazines Should Hire More Fiction Writers

Joshuah Bearman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Saunders, Media Criticism, Print Journalism, Media, Writing, Books, Gq, David Foster Wallace, New Journalism, Books News

Like David Foster Wallace, Saunders appears in his own journalism as the bumbling journalist, but Saunders is more believable, which is to say that he is a bumbler, which is part of the charm.

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