Journalists

Media Shield Bill Advances In Senate

AP | LARRY MARGASAK | Posted 12.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Freedom of the Press, Senate, National Security, Investigative Journalists, Print, Media Shield Law, Freelance, Citizen Journalism, Sources, Media Shield Bill, US Senate, Press, Tv, Judiciary Committee, Journalism, Newspapers, Media News

WASHINGTON — A bill to protect reporters' confidential sources in federal court cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, ending month...

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The 'Leaked Draft' Non-Story And Copenhagen Journo-Hype

David Roberts | Posted 12.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Journalists, Climate Change, Copenhagen 2009, cop15, Grist, The Guardian, Global Warming, Green News
David Roberts

The latest story out of Copenhagen has to do with a leaked draft agreement put together by Denmark, the U.S., and the UK. According to the Guardian's ...

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3 Journalists Freed By Iran

AP | Posted 11.07.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, Irna, Azizollah Rajabzadeh, Iran Election, Farhad Pouladi, Afp, Protests, #Iranelection, Tehran, Iran, Iranelection, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mir Hussein Moussavi, Agence France Presse, Protesters, World News

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian authorities have released three journalists who were among more than 100 people arrested during pro-government and opposi...

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Three Foreign Journalists Reported Detained In Iran

Washington Post | Thomas Erdbrink | Posted 11.06.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Journalists, Iran, Canada, Journalists, World News

Iranian officials arrested a Japanese and two Canadian reporters during anti-government demonstrations this week and charged them with "unauthorized r...

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The San Francisco Bay Bridge And an Ethics Revolution

Leslie Griffith | Posted 10.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Bay Bridge, San Francisco, Journalists, Caltrans, Ethics, Media News
Leslie Griffith

Amazingly, the only thing I learned from the media coverage of the Bay Bridge accident was that Caltrans and reporters get along swimmingly. It's time journalists ask some real questions.

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Slumdogs And Americans: Equal Opportunity Police Brutality in India

Mira Kamdar | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, New Delhi, Police Brutality, Maximum City, India, Police, Slumdog Millionaire, World News
Mira Kamdar

Anyone who has seen Slumdog Millionaire, remembers the scenes of police torture. Last week, American journalist, Joel Elliott, got to experience that violence first-hand.

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So You Want To Be a Journalist?

Sara-Ellen Amster, Ph.D. | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Journalism School, Original Reporting, Journalism, Media News
Sara-Ellen Amster, Ph.D.

If they want to stick with their profession, young journalists must grow accustomed to the fact that most people still can't stand them -- often they tell people what they don't want to hear.

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Hey You, with the Company: Hire Me!

Liz Black | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Journalists, Creativity, Job Losses, U.S. Economy, Print Journalism, Economy, Economic Crisis, Jobs, Psychology, Journalism, Job Market, Jobless Rate, Job Cuts, Liz Black, Liz-Black, Hiring, Fashion, Job Search, Living News
Liz Black

I want to have a reason to wake up in the morning, change my clothes and get out of the house. I want to use my creative brain for something more than quirky tweets and stylish outfit choices.

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Desperate Honduran Leaders Vow To Restore Freedoms

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 11.28.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, Lawmakers, Honduras Coup, Zelaya, Micheletti, Latin America, Tegucigalpa, Radio, Protests, Update, Brazil, Press Rights, San Pedro Soula, Coup, Television, Civil Liberties, Military, Honduras, World News

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The coup-installed president of Honduras backed down Monday from an escalating standoff with protesters and suggested he...

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America's Greenest Colleges: Did Your School Make the Grade?

Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Journalists, College Students, Alma Mater, University of Vermont, Green Jobs, Oberlin, Alumni, Green, College Rankings, Coal, Academics, Colleges, University of Colorado, Rankings, Ratings, Sierra Club, Evergreen State College, Campuses, Energy, U.S. News & World Report, UC Santa Cruz, Administration, Ucla, UC Berkeley, University of Washington, Community Colleges, Students, Athletics, Transportation, Sports, Education, Energy Efficiency, University of California, Middlebury College, College, Waste Management, Sustainability, Food, Schools, Higher Education, College Graduates, College of the Atlantic, Green News
Avital Binshtock

While the good folks at U.S. News and World Report ascribe certain measurements of prestige to their college rankings, we rated schools based on what matters most to us.

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HuffPost Review: Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi

Katya Wachtel | Posted 09.17.2009 | World

Read More: Daniele Mastrogiacomo, Christian Parenti, Afghanistan, Mullah Omar, Kabul, Fixer Documentary, Shia, Taliban, James Nachtwey, Pashtun, Afghanistan War, Kalashnikov, Kandahar, Mullah Dadullah, NATO Afghanistan, Nato, Taliban Beheading, Fixer, Ian Olds, Ajmal Naqshbandi, Rolodex, Northern Pakistan, Occupation Dreamland, Journalists, Foreign Correspondents, Journalists Afghanistan, World News
Katya Wachtel

This is the story of one of the thousands of silhouettes who roam war-zones every day so that we, thousands of miles away, can grasp what is happening on the front-line of wars that affect life on this continent too.

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Enter the Golden Age of PR: Exit Reality

Schuyler Brown | Posted 09.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Marketing, Marketing Trends, Pr, Journalists, Public Relations, Endorsements, Journalistic Freedom, Journalistic Bias, Advertising, Online Advertising, Advertising Age, Media Spin, New Media, Branding, Journalistic Ethics, Campaign Spin, Media News
Schuyler Brown

Brands are ditching advertising, which is really pretty transparent in its intentions, in favor of spin and PR, which really is not. This shift is partly because advertising is failing and partly because PR is right for the times.

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Rahman Bunairee: Pakistani Journalist Detained By US After Militants Bomb Home

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

Read More: Pakistan, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Journalists, Rahman Bunairee, Voice of America, Voa, Pakistan Militants, Washington-Dulles Airport, World News

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials are holding for undisclosed reasons a Pakistani journalist who works for an American media outlet. Rahman Bunairee,...

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AP Journalists Emilio Morenatti, Andi Jatmiko Wounded In Afghanistan Bombing

AP | Posted 09.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Associated Press, Emilio Morenatti, Afghanistan, Ap, Andi Jatmiko, War Journalists, Media News

KABUL — Two Associated Press journalists wounded in a bomb blast while on assignment with the U.S. military in southern Afghanistan were evacuat...

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Anna Politkovskaya Trial Reopens In Russia

Al Jazeera English | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, Russia, Russia Press Freedom, Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, Dzhabrail Makhmudov, Foreign Affairs, Politkovskaya Trial, Dzhabrail and Ibragim Makhmudov, Politkovskaya Murder, Ibragim Makhmudov, Politkovskaya, Anna Politkovskaya Trial, Anna Politkovskaya, Advocacy, World News

A Russian military court in Moscow has opened a new trial into the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an investigative journalist and staunch critic of ...

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Tweet Release: Timeline of @LiberateLaura

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Journalism, Journalists, Euna Lee, Laura Ling, Biz Stone, Twitter, New York Times, Current TV, Evan Williams, Richard Horgan, North Korea, Liberatelaura, North Korea Bill Clinton, Politics News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

As exuberance following the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee from North Korea rules the trending topics on Twitter, I asked Richard Horgan for a statement on his e-activism through @LiberateLaura.

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Cambodia Crackdown Reveals Legal System Flaws

Washington Post | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, Freedom of the Press, Press Freedom, Foreign Affairs, Cambodia Crackdown, Journalist, Cambodia, Asia, Cambodia Legal System, Cambodia Press Freedom, Advocacy, World News

A heightened crackdown on journalists and opposition activists in recent weeks by Cambodia's leaders has provoked new concern that the government is e...

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Heorhiy Gongadze: Murdered Ukrainian Journalist Skull Pieces Likely Found

AP | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: Ukraine, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Journalists, Heorhiy Gongadze, Heorhiy Gongadze Skull, Heorhiy Gongadze Murdered, Murdered Journalists, Human Rights, Press Freedom, Ukrainian Journalist Killed, World News

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian investigators on Tuesday found what they believe are the remains of the skull of a journalist who was kidnapped and de...

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The Ten Best Movies About Journalism by Farr

John Farr | Posted 08.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Mitchum, Pbs, Journalists, Kirk Douglas, Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Jane Fonda, Billy Wilder, American Masters, Best Movies by Farr, Journalism, Sigourney Weaver, Alfred Hitchcock, Bob Woodward, Tom Brokaw, Jack-Lemmon, Peter Jennings, Reel 13, 60 Minutes, Mel Gibson, Warren Beatty, Carl Bernstein, Walter Cronkite, Sam Waterston, Dan Rather, Peter Saarsgard, PBS Documentaries, Jason Robards, Robert Redford, Michael Douglas, Entertainment News
John Farr

In the wake of the revered Walter Cronkite's passing, I've attempted to isolate the ten best movies about journalism.

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Journalists Killed Around The World At All Time High

News24 | Posted 08.23.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Journalism, Journalists, Journalists Killed in Iraq, Journalists Killed, Russia Journalists Killed, Journalists Killed in Russia, World News

Geneva - Fifty-nine journalists have been killed around the world so far this year, in an alarming rise from 2008 that has become a "bloodbath" of the...

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Post-Cronkite Journos: The Battle of Advocates, Narcissists & Sleuths

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 08.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Power Grid, Dan Abrams, Walter Cronkite, President Obama, Wilshire and Washington, Narcissism, Ted Johnson, Media, Rachel Sklar, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein, Mom Jeans, Mediaite, Media News
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Mediaite.com's Power Grid uses an algorithm to determine the top voices in 12 different media categories. Does the feature inspire a narcissistic-type of journalism, with people trying to game the system?

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Gov. Bill Richardson Rejects Laura Ling/Euna Lee Public Records Request

Dave Maass | Posted 08.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Kim Jong Il, Journalists, Imprisonment, Laura Ling, North Korea, Rachel Maddow, Euna Lee, Bill Richardson, Media News
Dave Maass

I wanted to ascertain to what extent taxpayer resources were used to facilitate media appearances on non-New Mexican issues.

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How The Huffington Post Can Pay Its Bloggers

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 08.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogs, Journalists, Internet, Content, Online Advertising, Advertising, Bloggers, The Huffington Post, Web, New Media, Business, Alec Baldwin, Arianna Huffington, Journalism, Blogging, Media News
Michelle Haimoff

As brilliant of a strategy as hiring legions of unpaid writers is, there is a catch. Eventually, the only writers that will write for free are writers that can afford to write for free.

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"Color My World"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 08.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Journalists, Hair Dye, Wife, Style, Salon, Mustache, Humor, Hair, Daughters, Living News
Jerry Zezima

I am often asked why I don't dye my hair. "I do," I always respond. "I dye it gray so I'll seem more mature." To which people invariably say, "It's not working."

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"Just Add Me": Saudi Information Minister Embraces Social Networking

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, Twitter, Queen Rania, Social Networking, Iran Election, Saudi Arabia, Saudi King Abdullah, Iran, Facebook, Journalism, World News, World News
Faisal J. Abbas

A typical Saudi information minister would usually seek to block or censor these types of networks where information could flow freely, rather than joining them.

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