Journalism

"Nothing But the Truth" About the Federal Shield Law

Rod Lurie | Posted 12.01.2008 | Media

Read More: Journalists Shield Law, Rod Lurie Nothing but the Truth, Nothing but the Truth, Federal Shield Law, Media Shield Law, Rod Lurie, Shield Law, Sources, Journalism, Media News
Rod Lurie

One critic wrote that my film Nothing but the Truth, a thriller about how far a journalist will go to protect a source, goes "off the liberal rails." However, the fight to get a shield law is itself a non-partisan battle.

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Roger Ebert Sounds the Bell for the Death of Print Film Criticism (and Entertainment Journalism) - and the World Weeps with Him

Scott Mendelson | Posted 11.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Mumbai Attacks, Msnbc, Entertainment, Roger Ebert, Bloggers, Journalism, Movies, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

It is a shame that the tradition of the newspaper film critic, the very thing that aspired me to first love movies, has so quickly been destroyed in a little under two years.

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A Scenario for the Future of News

Jeff Jarvis | Posted 11.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, News, Journalism, Layoffs, Internet, Websites, Reporters, New Media, Media, Media News
Jeff Jarvis

Could journalism die? Yes, but I have faith and optimism that it will survive, evolve, and grow. I believe there will be a growing market demand for journalism; I know there is a growing need.

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The IFC Media Project

Meghan O'Hara | Posted 11.25.2008 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Ifc, Television, Critique, Bill Kristol, Gideon Yago, Pete Hamill, IFC Media Project, New York Times, Panel Discussions, Journalism, Entertainment, Media, Media News
Meghan O'Hara

The goal of The IFC Media Project is to delve into the media, to look at the forces and interests that shape our news, at how it is gathered and how it is packaged.

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Obama, Bill Clinton and the Media "Center"

Norman Solomon | Posted 11.20.2008 | Media

Read More: Lloyd Bentsen, Bill Clinton, Economics, Stab in the Back, Pundits, Lani Guinier, News Media, Lurch to the Left, Barbara Ehrenreich, Mickey Kantor, Nafta, Doug Henwood, Journalism, Barack Obama, Warren Christopher, Populist, Gays in the Military, Ron Brown, The Center, Media News
Norman Solomon

The fog of memory and the spin of media are teaming up to explain that Obama must hew to "the center" if he knows what's good for his presidency.

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Murdoch the Hypocrite

Charles Warner | Posted 11.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Print Journalism, Journalism, New York Post, Newspaper Industry, Media News
Charles Warner

Murdoch is apparently blaming "complacent" and "contemptuous" newspaper reporters and editors for the decline of newspaper circulation and advertising revenue.

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Zeros and Ones in a Box

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 11.14.2008 | Media

Read More: Nbc, Television News, Fox, Investigative Journalism, Cbs, Journalism, CBS Evening News, Media News
Joe Peyronnin

The television station business is terrible and, given today's uncertain economy, the future is ominous.

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Creating The IFC Media Project

Meghan O'Hara | Posted 11.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Independent Film Channel, Ethical Journalism, IFC Media Project, Documentary, Michael Moore, Sicko, Journalism, Business Press, Ifc, Academy Awards, Media News
Meghan O'Hara

Once in a while an opportunity comes along when you are actually in a place to appreciate it. I was recently asked to create a show that would reveal the true influences on news in this country.

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Looking for Lessons in Those Long Lines Waiting to Buy Newspapers

Jane Dwyre Garton | Posted 11.10.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Newspaper Circulation, Newspaper Shortage, Journalism, Barack Obama, Newspaper Industry, Election Newspapers, Election Results, Election 2008, Chicago News
Jane Dwyre Garton

What will the newspaper business learn from the post-election rush to purchase daily papers? Will the lessons provide a little C.P.R. for an industry gasping to survive?

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Congo: "The World Cannot Look Away"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 11.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Drc, War, Monuc, United States Elections, Ifj, Journalism, Congo, Nkunda, Goma, Freedom of Press, Media News
Georgianne Nienaber

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) released a statement today warning, "journalists in Democratic Republic of Congo are facing extreme danger."

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Vote for Him -- Because He's Black

Greg Palast | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Greg Palast, John McCain, The Nation, Obama, 2008 Election, Journalism, Barack Obama, Rfk, Politics News
Greg Palast

I'm going to say something that I know the Obama campaign will just hate; but that many others are feeling but won't say out loud. We must vote for Barack Obama because he's Black.

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Remembering Studs

Howard Wolinsky | Posted 11.01.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Ama, Chicago, Studs Terkel, Literature, Journalism, Death, Chicago News
Howard Wolinsky

Studs was an advocate for progressive change and I wish he had lived long enough to hear what he had to say on the outcome of Tuesday's Presidential election.

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On the Waning Days of Madmen in the Media

Mike Sheehan | Posted 10.31.2008 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Oreilly, Doocy, Bush, Tweety, Liberals, Matthews, Obama, Olbermann, Media, Journalism, Television, Politics, Elections, Conservatives, Satire, Beck, Fox, Bill O'Reilly, News, Hannity, Media News
Mike Sheehan

There's been a backlash against Olbermann steadily brewing and it's hard to argue that he hasn't brought it on himself. I'm seeing the complaints piling up in the lefty blogosphere.

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Bullying-Buffed-Up-Times

Leslie Griffith | Posted 10.22.2008 | Media

Read More: Steroid Nation, Self Inflation, Self Interest and Bully Tactics, Journalism, Media News
Leslie Griffith

The object of my inquiry was the biggest, meanest, mood-altered, high maintenance-billionaire- bully around. What motivates a man like that?

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Secret Service Denies Blocking Reporters at Palin Rallies

ProPublica | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gov. Sarah Palin, Journalism, Secret Service, Reporters at Rallies, Journalistic Freedom, Palin Rallies, Hate at Rallies, Politics News
ProPublica

"It's not a function of the Secret Service to prevent or limit reporters from interviewing the people at events," said Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan. "We've never been asked by any campaign to do that."

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Slipping Backwards: The Loss of Two Journalists of Color at the Chicago Sun-Times Reflects the Growing Whitewashing of the News

Daniel Sinker | Posted 10.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Layoffs, Newspapers, Race, Recession, Journalism, Chicago, Media News
Daniel Sinker

All the gumshoe reporters, "sticking up for the little guy" newspaper cliches apply: That was the Sun-Times.

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The Beat (It) Goes On: A Conservative Stampede

Jerry Weissman | Posted 10.15.2008 | Media

Read More: White House, The Colbert Report, Heather Mac Donald, National Review, John McCain, Peggy Noonan, The Atlantic Magazine, Kathleen Parker, Charles Dickens, Presidential Campaign, Wall Street Journal, Brack Obama, Sarah Palin, Weekly Standard, Byron York, Journalism, National Review Online, Conservatives, George Will, David Freddoso, David Brooks, New York Post, William F. Buckley, Washington Post, Christopher Buckley, William Kristol, A Tale of Two Cities, Media News
Jerry Weissman

The McCain-Palin ticket has had a severe impact on the writers of the right and sent them running for the hills. Witness the crescendo of the stampede.

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Schwarzenegger Signs California Journalism Teacher Protection Act

Esther Wojcicki | Posted 10.12.2008 | Media

Read More: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Senate Bill 1370, Meet the Press, First Amendment, Press Freedom, Teachers, Journalism, Media News
Esther Wojcicki

More states need to pass laws like California's protecting student rights to free speech and making the workplace safer for teachers.

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20/20 Has Slanted Vision

Andy Bernstein | Posted 10.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Television, Abc, Entertainment, Voter Registration, Voters, Headcount, 20/20, Media, 2008 Election, Journalism, John Stossel, Voter Drive, Media News
Andy Bernstein

When producers from ABC's 20/20 called, it was naïve of us to believe that they would do anything but use the worst interviews of the dozens at their disposal.

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How News Outlets Should Maximize Youth Post-Election Civic Engagement

Maegan Carberry | Posted 10.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Campain 2008, Millennial Generation, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Journalism, Msm, Media News
Maegan Carberry

In most social networks - online and offline - there is typically a handful of influencers who lead their peers in suggesting valuable news bits and facilitating activism.

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Gwen Ifill -- Not Tough Enough

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pbs, Edward Murrow, Msnbc, John McCain, Hillary Clinton Media Bias, Katie Couric Palin Interview, The Breakthrough: Politics in the Age of Obama, Joe Biden, Chris Matthews, Journalism, Barack Obama, Ifill Moderator, Vice Presidential Debate, Gwen Ifill Debate, Gwen Ifill, Sarah Palin, 2008 Vice Presidential Debate, Media Bias, Politics News
Yvonne R. Davis

Perhaps Ifill's soft questioning and at times repetitive questions at the beginning and end of the debate was her way to prove to conservatives she was not playing favorites.

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Better than Lipstick on a Pig

Timothy Karr | Posted 09.24.2008 | Media

Read More: 2008 Elections, Free Press, Debates, Citizen Journalism, Journalism, Big Media, Foreign Policy Presidential Debate, National Security Presidential Debate, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Democratic Abc Debate, ABC Debate, Media News
Timothy Karr

We have built a tool that will allow thousands of debate watchers to "score" the performance of the media moderators during the final four presidential and vice presidential debates.

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Spending Our Way Into the Apocalypse

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 09.22.2008 | Media

Read More: 2.0, Magazine, Esquire, October, Strategy, Print, Green News, Web, E-Ink, Cover, New Media, Media, Journalism, David Granger, Media News
Andrew Sargus Klein

The whole scenario found in this month's Esquire verges on gallows humor.

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An Open Letter to Charlie Gibson

Jason Pollock | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jason Pollock, Abc, Charlie Gibson, Sarah Palin, Open Letter, Journalism, Interview, Politics News
Jason Pollock

I have to be honest with you Charlie, I was a little bit more than disappointed. I would say that I was downright disgusted with what you did. You held Mrs. Palin's hand and let her walk all over you.

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Foreign Media Use Professional Journos To Blog

Jillian York | Posted 09.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Journalists, Sarah Palin Reaction, Political Journalism, Journalism, Sarah Palin, Foreign Policy, Mainstream Media, Blog Election, Foreign Blogs, Home News
Jillian York

Blogging projects created by established publications that use trained foreign journalists lend a certain credibility to blogging the elections.

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