When foreign correspondents arrive in capital cities, they tend to gravitate to other foreign correspondents, people from their home nations and friends they went to school with. The native view that they reflect is usually the view of the elites they are familiar with.
Myron Rushetzky is very much alive, but the legendary figure he cut in New York City journalism is now a thing of the past because Myron has hung up his telephone for good.
As newspapers and television channels slash budgets and close overseas bureaus, the task of foreign reportage has shifted increasingly into the hands of professional freelance journalists. This is the reality of the evolution of our news environment, and it's not going back.
The Justice Department's recent actions towards the media is so disturbing because it represents a step backward to a much uglier time, with fewer legal protections for the press. There is a very fine line between targeting leaking and targeting the media who print the leaks.
Completing a marathon is a great accomplishment for which any runner deserves to be proud. In the 24 hours following the Boston Marathon bombings, som...
A document obtained today by this reporter reveals that right-wing Texas billionaire brothers Charles and Bill Koch, rumored for months to be planning a takeover of the venerable Los Angeles Times, are secretly detailing changes they intend to make after they assume control.
I'm glad I learned early that even a roman à clef is not the place to covertly write about your enemies or that girl you just couldn't stand because she always smelled like peanut butter sandwiches.
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.
(Note: To illustrate this article, the links are to examples of the types of imagery no longer shown in mass media. If that offends you, please do not...
SANTIAGO, Chile -- Three Chilean reporters investigating human rights violations during the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet have had break-ins a...
"Have you tried the phone book?" my mom suggests. I hadn't. In fact, I'm embarrassed to admit that the idea hadn't even occurred to me. I'd gotten so comfortable with the assumption that all the information I could possibly want or need was available online that I was on the verge of giving up.
Many have despaired over the perceived decline of journalism. But I see many reasons for hope. In our new digital environment, what endures is the need for excellence, knowledge and integrity from a free press who helps people become good citizens.
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.
The cult of opinion has overtaken what's left of the empty shell of respectability that my profession once enjoyed, and even that is rife with inaccuracy, omission or outright lies.
Why the Republicans and why 1996? Because that was the year the Convention took place in my hometown of San Diego, and I was so excited to be a convention runner for Knight-Ridder news service.
Enjoy yourself, hacks. You're living off the last dollars of your business. And for what? Tradition? Where has that gotten us? Please prove me wrong. In a week, show me the amazing reporting we couldn't have gotten if you weren't there.
This article courtesy of Miami New Times. By Chuck Strouse Hours after Hurricane Andrew leveled Miami 20 years ago this Friday, the farmland of ...
When Vitalii Sediuk (Віталій Седюк) gave Kylie Minogue a bottle of fresh goat's milk, the поп-икон -- or pop icon, if you prefer...
The video above has cats, bears, ostriches, lizards, chickens, flies and elephants… And they’re all attacking local news reporters! Still not sold...
TEL AVIV, Israel — U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney plans to raise campaign money in private while in Israel, so what he tells wealthy Am...
They make cruel but funny jokes about the latest dead celebrity. And they are not sentimental because they've heard and seen too much. Unlike in The Newsroom, the job they do is not accompanied by a gauzy sound track of emotional music. They want the truth.
Award-winning journalist Anderson Cooper shared his thoughts on staying neutral as a reporter and explained his thoughts on the political responsibili...
Award-winning journalist Anderson Cooper joined me on Mondays With Marlo to answer questions from viewers and discuss a variety of topics like his exp...
Do we have to resort to using initials in our bylines so our gender is hidden in order to get published, lauded, hired or promoted?
A reporter calls you and says he or she wants to interview you for a news story. Great. Now, what do you do?
