Reporters

Are Boy Bylines Better Than Girl Bylines?

Michele Weldon | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Journalists, Asne, The New Yorker, . Male, Mother Jones, The OpEd Project, Vida, Media, Asme, Students, Gender, ASME Awards, Medill School of Journalism, Aaron Sorkin, Reporters, Magazines, Media News

Do we have to resort to using initials in our bylines so our gender is hidden in order to get published, lauded, hired or promoted?

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The Media Are Calling. How Will You Answer?

Bob Berkowitz | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Journalists, Bob Berkowitz, Reporters, New York Times, Huffington Post, Media Training, Business News

A reporter calls you and says he or she wants to interview you for a news story. Great. Now, what do you do?

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Why Cursing At Work Is A Good Thing

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Profanity, Business News, Reporters, Carol Bartz, Profane Speech, Timothy Geithner, F-Bomb, Cussing, Swearing, Business News

Common knowledge says spewing out profanity-laden language to let out your frustrations at work isn't the best idea. That may be a misguided assumpti...

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A Promise of Closure

Laura Mola | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Cambodia, Reporters, Tim Page, Vietnam, Journalism, Photojournalism, Vietnam War, Media News

If a picture tells a thousand words we know why photojournalists do what they do: they tell stories with their pictures.

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Six Questions Reporters Should Ask of Anyone Advocating Military Action Against Iran

Reza Marashi | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Journalists, Obama Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran War, Iran War Hype, Reporters, Iran, Foreign Affairs, Journalism, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, War, Iraq, Media News

On Iraq, the mainstream media did not ask the right questions until disaster was a reality. On Iran, those questions need to be asked now so that disaster can be avoided.

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How to Master Your Media Interview

Dorie Clark | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Andy Hiller, Journalists, Reporters, Media Soundbites, Talking Points, Media Interviews, George W. Bush, Media News

How do you ensure that you're prepared when your big moment arrives? Here are five key strategies.

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When Rumors Turn Into Facts In The Mainstream Media

Moe Ali Nayel | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Journalists, Hezbollah Syria, Syria Crackdown, Lebanon, Egypt Social Media, Hezbollah, Journalism, Mainstream Media, Reporting, Social Media, Middle East, Syria Hezbollah, Reporters, Syria Protests, Syria Violence, Syria, World News

News that is obviously fabricated, or written from behind desks in the U.S, Europe, and east Beirut, angers me because I value the integrity of investigative journalism. I hate seeing how the Syrian peoples' uprising has been manipulated to serve as a tool for some political agendas.

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In Year of Uprisings, Reporters Brave Crackdowns from Wall St. to Tahrir Square

Michelle Chen | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Egypt Protests, Reporters Without Borders, Social Media, Corporate Media, Free Speech, Tahrir Square, Protest, Occupy Wall Street, Reporters, Media, #Occupywallstreet, Journalism, Occupy Movement, Blogging, Syria, Media News

You wouldn't think handling a notebook or a camera could be a hazardous line of work. But according to the latest global Press Freedom Index, abuse and oppression of reporters has made journalism an increasingly risky job in many countries.

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Christiane Amanpour, Brian Williams, Charles Osgood and Me!

April Rudin | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Broadcasting, Cnn, Christiane Amanpour, Library of American Broadcasting, Reporters, Ad Council, Cbs, Charles Osgood, News, Charles Kuralt, Brian Williams, Sunday Morning Talk Shows, Media News

I scanned the room quickly to get a sense of who was there. Immediately, I noticed Christiane Amanpour talking quietly with Charles Osgood. I walked over and began listening as Christine told Charles of their first meeting.

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Watch: Reporter Pulls Man From Overturned SUV

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Video, Car Accident, Car Crash, Heroes, Detroit, Reporters, Detroit Free Press, Automobile Accident, Steve Neavling, Steve Neavling SUV Rescue, Impact, Impact News

When Detroit Free Press reporter Steve Neavling started posting to Facebook Tuesday morning - it was all business. By Tuesday evening however, he was ...

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Watch: Casey Anthony's Parents Confronted By Reporters

Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Video, Paparazzi, Cindy Anthony, Crime, Casey Anthony Trial, Reporters, Florida, Caylee Anthony, Casey Anthony, George Anthony, Home News

George and Cindy Anthony, the parents of Casey Anthony were confronted by a reporter and photographers in the parking lot of a home depot. The pai...

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10 Years of Impunity Against Journalists in Pakistan

Jean-François Julliard | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Journalists, Reporters, Syed Saleem Shahzad, Pakistan, Reporters Without Borders, World News

Since then, 41 local reporters have been killed in Pakistan. Since then, Pakistani authorities have not taken steps to bring the truth to light in any of the cases of murdered journalists. There is no justice for those journalists.

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WATCH: Camel Interrupts Newscast

Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Video, News Bloopers, Camels, Bloopers, Camel, Nbc12, Reporters, Urlesque, Tara Morgan, News, Local News, Nbc, Comedy News

You know what makes a local news report about missing dogs more fun? A camel attack. It's in the journalism rulebook. Or at least that's what this ...

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The White House Correspondents' Dinner: A Postscript

Kate Kelly | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Washington DC, Patriotism, Newseum, Death of Osama Bin Laden, White House Correspondents' Dinner, Newseum 9/11 Exhibit, Correspondents Dinner, William Biggart, Reporters, Obama, Politics News

He also said something that will stay with me forever: "I am not political -- I don't align with Republicans or Democrats; I am a patriot. I am here to serve my country."

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How Political Science Can Help Journalism

Brendan Nyhan | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Polls, Reporters, Events, Political Science, Journalism, Pollster, Pollster Analysis, Politics News

I have an article in the new issue of The Forum with John Sides of George Washington University and The Monkey Cage about how reporters can use politi...

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Truthful Witnesses: Thanking God For Good Journalists

Ingrid Mattson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Religion, Libya, Egypt, American Muslims, Ethics, Reporters, Media, Anderson Cooper, Reporters in Libya, Libya Reporters, War Reporters, Journalism, Religion News

Our ability to respond ethically to situations depends on accurate information and truthful reporting. Our principles are useless unless we first understand the reality. "What is happening?" necessarily precedes "what should we do?"

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And Now, More About Me: The Sorry State Of The News Media

Judith Acosta | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlie Sheen, Narcissism, Media, American Culture, Britney Spears, News, Reporters, Borders, Security, Media News

Things have changed in many ways, but few things as dramatically or as insidiously as the manner in which we receive and process information. This is particularly true of the media.

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AP's Misleading Report on Navy Reversal: I Did Not Ask for Anti-Gay Hazing

Joseph Rocha | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gays in the Military, Jennifer Valdivia, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Ap, Michael Toussaint, Abuse, Joseph Rocha, Associated Press, Bahrain, Reporters, Joseph Christopher Rocha, US Navy, Media News

There were indeed flaws in the investigation of the anti-gay abuse I experienced while a sailor in the U.S. Navy in Bahrain. But AP's conclusion is wrong. The notion that I asked to be hazed is egregious and painful.

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Journalists Targeted: U.S. Reporters 'Hunted,' Attacked And Detained Amid Violent Clash In Egypt

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Journalists, Robert Gibbs, Cairo, Human Rights Watch, Anderson Cooper, Egypt, Cnn, Amnesty International, Reporters, Mubarak, International Press Institute, Committee to Protect Journalists, Egypt News, Impact News

Reports continue to emerge that as Egyptian government loyalists and protesters take to the streets creating a war zone, American journalists in Cairo...

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5 Steps to Getting Quoted in the Media

Dorie Clark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Quotes, Reporters, Newspapers, Media, Pundit, Pundits, Reporter, Journalism, James Carville, Mark Zandi, Paul Krugman, Boston Globe, Media News

Why do the same people get quoted by reporters all the time? Laziness, for starters. The good news? Once you break into their speed-dial, the "herd mentality" will take over.

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A Minnesota College Newspaper Editor on Israel-Hamas Conflict, from Tel Aviv

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israel, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Gaza Strip, Gaza, Palestinian, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv University, University, College, Minnesota, Washington, Project Interchange, Reporters, University of Minnesota, World News

There are 6 sets of parents in America right now who might be wishing that their kids weren't college newspaper editors.

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Red Lenses on a Rainbow of Revolutions

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cognitive Policy Works, Color Revolutions, Media, Journalistic Integrity, Journalism, Iran, Democracy Movements, Reporters, Civil Resistance, Repression, Cognitive Psychology, Framing, Frames, Bbc, Media Techniques, George Lakoff, Democracy, Green Revolution, Democracy Struggle, Nonviolent Struggle, Metaphor, Reporting, Journalism Norms, Aung San Suu Kyi, W. Lance Bennett, Nonviolence, Cnn, Media Framing, Burma, Saffron Revolution, Nonviolent Action, Media Bias, Investigative Reporting, Media News

Reposted from OpenDemocracy.net, series on Civil Resistance and the New Global Ferment Given continued strikes in Iran and the freeing of Aung San S...

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2010 Press Freedom Index (PHOTOS): Reporters Without Borders Survey Results

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Europe, Reporters Without Borders, Print Media, Freedom of the Press, 2010 Press Freedom Index, Journalism, Media, Slidepollajax, European Union, Press Freedom, Finland, Broadcast Media, Newspapers, Reporters, World News

Northern Europe remains a beacon for journalists around the world, with its countries firmly ranked in the top five nations providing the highest leve...

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Upcoming Changes for Newsweek

Spencer Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Journalists, Internet, Sidney Harman, Newsweek, Death of Publishing, Reporters, Media, Journalism, Magazines, Comedy News

A return to hard-hitting investigative journalism: Fareed Zakaria on "Which clouds are prettiest?" Inception team goes inside every sleeping American's head, plants message: "Weekly news magazines are more relevant than ever."

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Arkansas Reporters Fired For Making Profane Videos

Huffington Post | Hunter Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Video, Arkansas Reporters, Reporters, Arkansas Business, Reporters Fired, KARK Videos, Kark, Media News

Remember that contract you signed when you got hired, with all the fine print? Turns out it actually said some important stuff. Four employees of Arka...

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