The Nieman Foundation and its Watchdog Project this year established an I.F. Stone Medal for journalistic independence. I'm delighted to announce th...
Rob Kall | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media
I give the New York Times extra credit for not publishing the McCain piece. The op-ed might have sold some extra papers, but it would have definitely not been up to the standards of the paper.
Scott Gant | Posted 07.21.2008 | Media
The lines distinguishing professional journalists from other people who disseminate information have been blurred, but a federal shield law for journalists would have to take a stand regarding that very question.
Kevin Marousek | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home
Instead of hearing about the substance of the campaigns, we have to sit through countless political analysts and pundits weighing in on trivial remarks
BBC | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home
Three Chinese reporters attending a police briefing on the success of an anti-gun campaign were accidentally shot, media reports say. An officer pick...
Jennifer L. Pozner | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media
This goes out to all my Bay Area friends -- if you've been reading my occasional blog posts about women, media, politics and pop culture here at Huffi...
Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics
Imagine if Barack Obama's top economic advisor had said that Americans were "whiners." Republicans would have played video footage over and over again, and they'd be right to do so.
Politico | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics
Ron Fournier says he regards Sandy Johnson, his predecessor as head of The Associated Press's Washington bureau, as "a mentor." Johnson, though, rega...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 07.11.2008 | Media
Jon Friedman disagrees with Lara Logan: American news shows are great, he says! He watches 'em and has no desire to blow his brains out, like Lara Log...
Kiku Adatto | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
When anyone with a cell phone is a potential member of the paparazzi, and anyone with a laptop a potential blogger, the contest for the control of images has never been more intense.
John Tomasic | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home
Roy Sekoff, Founding Editor of the HuffingtonPost and a frequent political contributor to MSNBC, answered questions recently for CitizenTube. He talke...
Leonce Gaiter | Posted 07.06.2008 | Home
Obama and the Democrats are beginning again to demonstrate clumsiness in the face of GOP attacks. Obama appears to be admitting to shifting positions on Iraq but he hasn't shifted positions.
Blake Fleetwood | Posted 07.01.2008 | Media
A former sportswriter, Felker often told me that the best stories had to have a strong personality and conflict -- and that these were the only ideas, or stories, he wanted from me.
Monroe Price | Posted 06.19.2008 | Media
There will be all these TV journalists at the Olympics this summer in Beijing, but will they be able to set up their cameras?
Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 06.18.2008 | Media
Tim Russert was one of the few remaining reporters who adhered to the norms of adversarial journalism without resorting to partisan journalism.
The Daily Show | Posted 06.18.2008 | Media
On last night's Daily Show, Lara Logan, CBS's Chief Foreign Correspondent, spoke out against the coverage of the Iraq War by the American press. At a...
Douglas MacKinnon | Posted 06.18.2008 | Media
If Clinton were going to get credit for the good he has done over his political and private career, it would require many more pages than those dedicated by Vanity Fair to besmirch his name.
Sherman Yellen | Posted 06.17.2008 | Media
No man should die at the height of his powers at 58. Truly a sad event. Russert was at the top of his game when he died. And yet... and yet... something didn't smell right to me.
Dan Treul | Posted 06.17.2008 | Home
In another signal, perhaps, that the country is ready for change, newspapers across the Midwest showed either even-handedness or excitement for an issue that only years ago was considered taboo.
Stacie Krajchir | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics
Tim Russert made the political game accessible to the masses and made many of us want to be involved and participate in the process.
Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 06.15.2008 | Media
When we occasionally bumped into each other, Tim always had more than a minute for me. "Tell me, Ambassador, what's new in the world that I need to know?"
Sandra Fu | Posted 06.12.2008 | Media
Why are most of our journalists less like Edward R. Murrow and more like show ponies? What they really need to do is consider the journalists in other parts of the world where more than a salary is at stake -- they pay with their lives.
Laura Flanders | Posted 06.12.2008 | Media
After a year of nominations, the press has wracked up millions of miles, but looking ahead, will the coverage be any more enlightening? It could be, if 'Live From Main Street' has anything to do with it.
Peter Scheer | Posted 06.11.2008 | Media
When the biggest Vietnamese-language newspaper in the country, gave offense to its readers in an obscure but controversial article about a work of art, it triggered an explosion of protests among readers.
NewsTrust | Posted 06.07.2008 | Home
Together, we've broken several new records for NewsTrust -- thank you all! When we checked your stats the morning of June 6, the 'Off The Bus 10+ Reviews Club' had grown dramatically as well.
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Dan Froomkin | Posted 07.24.2008 | Media