Journalism January 2012 Archive

With the Super Bowl approaching our thoughts naturally turn to sports, and at this site at least, sports journalism. Too often beginning sportswriters think they can start at the top by ... Read More

New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane recently poked a hornet's nest when when he wondered aloud whether hard-news reporters should call out public officials when they make false statements. The ... Read More

Much of the controversy over website paywalls has focused on big papers like The New York Times. But if local newspapers are to survive they may increasingly have to charge ... Read More

When we talk, we have a natural ability to condense and summarize our ideas, to simplify them so that our listeners will understand But when we start to write many of ... Read More

Have you ever seen an interview where the interviewee says something absolutely outrageous, and the reporter fails to challenge the statement or ask a follow-up question? I have, and to ... Read More

I've written before about the pros and cons of getting a journalism degree compared to a degree in another field. But do you even need a bachelor's degree to be a ... Read More

For some time now I've thought that the techies of the digital media age were taking themselves a little too seriously. Make that way too seriously. So when a bunch of ... Read More

The digital media pundits have been saying for years that paywalls for news websites will never work. People won't start paying for something they've been getting for free, the pundits ... Read More

How can newspapers remain profitable in the digital media age? The answer may surprise you, given that it's basically the opposite of what the digital media pundits have been telling ... Read More