Downie Study: Government Should Subsidize Local Journalism
American society must now take some collective responsibility for supporting news reporting -- as society has, at much greater expense, for public edu...
American society must now take some collective responsibility for supporting news reporting -- as society has, at much greater expense, for public edu...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.29.2009 | Media
Michael Tomasky cannot put me off wanting to read this book, because even if the destination is lame, the journey is mind-bending! Sources get murdered! Deus ex machinae emerge! There is an "orgy," apparently, in "Arlington."
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.21.2009 | Media
Given the incidences of lack of attention to dissenting opinion and aggression in the run up to war, it's troubling that Liz Spayd will be tasked with "oversee[ing] the gathering, editing and production of news."
Phil Bronstein | Posted 02.06.2009 | Media
The notion that we old media institutions are still the big boys, so much more important and heftier than these pesky digital newcomers sounds familiar: we thought the same thing about CraigsList.
Financial Times | Joshua Chaffin | Posted 07.15.2008 | Media
The next editor of the Washington Post will be mandated to accelerate the combination of its print and online divisions, according to people familiar ...
Washington Post | Howard Kurtz | Posted 07.01.2008 | Media
Leonard Downie Jr. said today he is stepping down as The Washington Post's executive editor, ending a 17-year tenure in which the paper became a major...
New York Times | Richard Perez Pena | Posted 05.27.2008 | Media
There's soul-searching and campaigning going on, a lot of old hands are leaving, and people in Washington wonder who is going to be in charge next yea...
Washington Post | Leonard Downie Jr. And Michael Schudson | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media