Print Journalism

Journeys With George (Saunders), or Why Magazines Should Hire More Fiction Writers

Joshuah Bearman | Posted 11.11.2009 | Books


Joshuah Bearman

Like David Foster Wallace, Saunders appears in his own journalism as the bumbling journalist, but Saunders is more believable, which is to say that he is a bumbler, which is part of the charm.

Please Stop Whining About The "Death Of Journalism"

Henry Blodget | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media


Henry Blodget

The Internet is doing to the news business the same thing it has done to dozens of other industries: disrupting it. As always, this disruption is painful, but it's not necessarily bad.

Life After Print: URB Magazine 2.0

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 10.05.2009 | Media


Raymond Leon Roker

While many have quickly lamented URB's print hiatus or reminisced about our long legacy, there is also an unfortunate feeding frenzy on even the hint of print's presumed, imminent demise.

Hey You, with the Company: Hire Me!

Liz Black | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living


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.

Does Obama's "Bailout" Mean a Future for Print But Not Profits?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media


Phil Bronstein

Just when profit seems to be staging an improbable comeback, along comes President Obama supporting tax breaks for newspapers that are structured as non-profits.

My Own Private Recession

Josh Rosenblatt | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living


Josh Rosenblatt

To Our Stockholders: 2009 has proven to be a harder year than we, the Board of Directors of Josh Rosenblatt Enterprises, anticipated. The financial m...

As Our Kids Were Dying In Wars, Michael Jackson Died In Encino

Norman Horowitz | Posted 08.26.2009 | Media


Norman Horowitz

Many ask why I incessantly write about our wars and our television coverage, and I have no reasonable answer other than what is going on makes me nuts.

Is BusinessWeek Worth $1?

Alan M. Webber | Posted 08.15.2009 | Media


Alan M. Webber

BW needs to create a franchise. Because it's not print that's dead, or even print about business that's dead. It's old and tired franchises that are dead, franchises that have run out of gas, purpose and energy.

Jackson's Death Once Again Shows Newspapers Are Irrelevant

Marcia Meier | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media


Marcia Meier

Every day, most newspaper headlines literally shout: We are irrelevant!

Journalism Graduate "Despondent," Writes To Salon For Career Advice

Salon | Cary Tennis | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media


I spent the last four and a half years studying print journalism in college and watching vacantly as the newspaper/magazine industry crumbled before m...

A Real Missed Connection: Craigslist Saves Print and Stands to Profit Even More?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media


Phil Bronstein

Rabid law enforcement agents are chasing lucrative classified sex ads from Craigslist back to old-fashioned newsprint businesses nervy enough to keep publishing them.

Thanks The New Republic!

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 07.11.2009 | Media


Amitai Etzioni

I am grateful to The New Republic for providing the space for long essays on complex subjects.

'Playing it Safe' Is Killing the American Newspaper

Dan Froomkin | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media


Dan Froomkin

We're hiding much of our newsrooms' value behind a terribly anachronistic format: voiceless, incremental news stories that neither get much traffic nor make our sites compelling destinations.

On the Nomination of Sonia Sotomayor

Sen. Patrick Leahy | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics


Sen. Patrick Leahy

Having a Supreme Court that better reflects the diversity of America helps ensure that we keep faith with the words over the entrance of the Supreme Court: "Equal justice under law."

Sonia's Wiki Wonder

Marty Kaplan | Posted 06.26.2009 | Media


Marty Kaplan

Seconds after the networks say that it's Sotomayor, her Wikipedia entry is updated. The newspapers in my driveway can't do that; that's why on-paper distribution is dying.

Newspapers Need a Business Plan

Andy Sernovitz | Posted 06.12.2009 | Media


Andy Sernovitz

You'd laugh at anyone who came to you with a business plan that said: We're going to write up the news in a 100-page document, print it up overnight, and drive it to every single house in the city.

The Monsters Invade Print Media

Zondra Hughes | Posted 06.11.2009 | Media


Zondra Hughes

The print media have been very thorough in reporting our own dwindling newsrooms, but the story that isn't told as often concerns The Monster that awaits those left behind.

How We Got Here and How We Get Out of Here

Kenneth Lerer | Posted 05.25.2009 | Media


Kenneth Lerer

Journalism isn't in jeopardy; it's just in another transition to a new and better place. And as long as the public puts a premium on quality information and analysis -- and the public always will -- journalism will thrive.

Technology, Not War, Is the Solution to Publishing

Penny Herscher | Posted 05.16.2009 | Media


Penny Herscher

The global publishing giants have declared war on the new technology generation of content distributors -- but they have lost sight of what consumers value and how they want to get to the value.

The Future of Journalism Is Not in the Past

Mark Cooper | Posted 05.15.2009 | Media


Mark Cooper

The cacophony of the blogosphere is dizzying and overwhelmingly opinion, but it is a vast improvement over a public sphere dominated by corporate media.

Newspapers Want Cash for Content. Tough Luck

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.09.2009 | Media


Michael Wolff

Newspapers are going to war with the Internet--or trying to. So far it's more accurately a phony war.

To Newspaper Moguls: You Blew It

Jeff Jarvis | Posted 05.08.2009 | Media


Jeff Jarvis

The Newspaper Association of America is meeting this week and they're preaching angrily and self-righteously about their plight. Here's the speech I think they should hear instead.

Giving Away Free Netbooks to Save America's Newsrooms

Will Bunch | Posted 05.04.2009 | Media


Will Bunch

What if newsrooms put their remaining muscle behind a program to provide information to the public and close the digital divide at the same time? That's "social benefit" we can believe in.

Journalism - a Luxury Pursuit

Heidi Kingstone | Posted 05.03.2009 | Media


Heidi Kingstone

Right now journalism is stuck in an interregnum -- no longer able to cling to the past but not quite sure how to navigate the future.

Journalism 'Had About Enough' of All This '@#$%&'

Rip Empson | Posted 04.22.2009 | Comedy


Rip Empson

Of late, the traditional media in which Journalism presents itself has been suffering from what some would call a lack of 'identifiable revenue streams' and may soon be forced into early retirement.