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I Love Lois: A Journalist's Thank You Note

Michele Weldon | Posted 06.14.2013 | Entertainment
Michele Weldon

Forget the Man Of Steel. Krypton Shrypton. The Woman of Words is who I have always wanted to emulate. I love Lois Lane. It is likely because of Lois Lane that I do what I do.

An Ethical Question

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.29.2013 | Media
Magda Abu-Fadil

It doesn't stop. Examples of unethical media behavior abound. Or do they? A brief video clip this week on Lebanon's LBCI TV's and New TV's nightly ne...

Ali "No Problem" Almarrany, Yemen's Inspiration Media Miracle

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.02.2013 | Media
Magda Abu-Fadil

Try getting on TV if you're telegenic with an instinct for news. Try again if you lost an eye as a poverty-stricken child from Yemen where even your r...

Registering in Afghanistan

Douglas A. Wissing | Posted 04.02.2013 | World
Douglas A. Wissing

Any embed with American troops takes a spiraling nebula of approvals. Public affairs-savvy U.S. officers in today's Afghanistan are sticking to well-honed talking points. But for some reason, the Afghanistan Foreigner Registration Card is the thing that causes me the most anxiety.

5 Ways to Develop Positive Media Relationships

Dorie Clark | Posted 03.25.2013 | Media
Dorie Clark

As a former journalist, I'm always amazed at the misconceptions some professionals have about the best way to interact with reporters. Sure, they're after a good story -- but (unless you're running for president) they're not bloodsuckers out to humiliate you or extract state secrets.

'Mr. Clean'

Jerry Zezima | Posted 01.26.2013 | Comedy
Jerry Zezima

Over the years, I have cleaned up my act. Now my desk is so neat that it looks like I don't do any real work, which I don't.

Why Being A TV News Reporter Almost Kept Me From My Natural Hair

Abi Ishola | Posted 12.24.2012 | Style
Abi Ishola

I was comfortable with my kink, but tired of all the work it took to maintain it.

The Digital Age and Higher Education

Jackie Jenkins-Scott | Posted 10.29.2012 | College
Jackie Jenkins-Scott

Today's college student has lived his or her entire life in the wired world. Our college students rely on online and social media portals for almost all sources of information appearing to trade depth for breadth.

Should Journalists Decline Interviews if Questions Are Banned?

Jason Salzman | Posted 10.28.2012 | Denver
Jason Salzman

Should journalists decline interviews if questions are banned? Did Channel 4 do the right thing by interviewing Romney anyway? Or should it have said, sorry, we won't do an interview if sensitive questions are banned?

Former Philadelphia Inquirer Editor Dies At 73

AP | Posted 08.13.2012 | Media

PHILADELPHIA -- James M. Naughton, a former reporter for The New York Times and executive editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer, has died after a battle...

Guy Adams on Being Suspended From Twitter and #NBCFail (VIDEO)

Shira Lazar | Posted 10.02.2012 | Media
Shira Lazar

Journalists will continue to speculate upon the back room dealings that went down between Twitter and NBC, but Adams doesn't regret his original action.

AP Intern Dies At 22

AP | ANITA SNOW | Posted 08.31.2012 | Media

MEXICO CITY — Armando Montano, an aspiring journalist who was working this summer as a news intern for The Associated Press in the Mexican capit...

The 10 Best Pieces Of 'Pink Journalism' I Read This Year

The Frisky | Posted 06.19.2012 | Women

When the ASME (American Society of Magazine Editors) awards for magazine journalism were listed online, the blogopshere took a quick whiff and reporte...

Submit Your Video!

Posted 03.16.2012 | Media

At HuffPost, we're kicking off an exciting new project and we'd love you to participate! It's called "The Moment I Knew," and is a user-submitted vide...

Zach Carter

WATCH: House Republicans Order 'Gasland' Documentary Director Josh Fox Detained At Public Hearing

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 02.01.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- In a stunning break with First Amendment policy, House Republicans directed Capitol Hill police to detain a highly regarded documentary ...

No Reason for Shahira Amin to Apologize for Interviewing Shalit

Hani Hazaimeh | Posted 12.20.2011 | World
Hani Hazaimeh

As a journalist, I immediately put myself in her shoes and wondered whether I would take this opportunity if I had been offered? Of course I would!

Student Journalists Guarded Jose Antonio Vargas' Secret

Mountain View, CA Patch | Posted 08.23.2011 | Media

When Jose Antonio Vargas told the Oracle editorial staff his immigration status, silence fell upon the room....

GEN Launched To Foster Mutualization and Cooperation Among World's Editors

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 06.18.2011 | Media
Magda Abu-Fadil

A new worldwide organization is bringing together editors from different platforms, engineers and developers in news media in a bid to foster more sustainable professional journalism.

Unemployment 'Math': Statistical Lies

Iris Mack | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Iris Mack

Parents need to demand that their children learn math. Math literate citizens can will use analytical reasoning to see through the lies of government and the ridiculous insults from the mainstream media.

Journalist Expelled From Russia After Reporting On WikiLeaks

Posted 05.25.2011 | World

In what is believed to be the first removal of a British journalist from Russia since the end of the Cold War, the Guardian's Moscow correspondent Luk...

Racial Component of Conflict in Sudan: "To Them, a Black Person ... is an 'Abid,' which is a Slave;" Human Rights Groups in Sudan Free Slaves

Heather Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Heather Robinson

Fighting in Southern Sudan's disputed Abyei region claimed the lives of more than 30 people over the weekend, but voting that will allow the country's...

Bringing Journalists Together Across Enemy Lines

Ruth Eglash | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Ruth Eglash

It's not by chance that we, a Jordanian journalist and an Israeli journalist, are posting this story together. Rather, thanks to the advances of moder...

Mexico Newspaper Cuts Drug War Coverage After Photojournalist's Slaying

AP | OLIVIA TORRES | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexico's government said Monday that no sector of society should negotiate with criminals, making an indirect criticism ...

Escaped Slave, Human Rights Leader to March on Washington for South Sudan Independence

Heather Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Heather Robinson

Human rights leader Simon Deng, a former Sudanese national swimming champion and escaped slave, has launched his 250-mile freedom walk from the United...

Demand Full Media Disclosure: What's Your Tax Bracket?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Chris Weigant

Anyone in the media talking about raising income tax rates on the top two income brackets should disclose their possible conflict of interest. "Full disclosure, I fall into the top tax bracket myself, so I would personally be affected by changing this rate."