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Digital Natives: Following Their Lead on a Path to a New Journalism

By understanding how young people ‘process various types of news and formats’ using new media, journalists enhance their ability to adapt their work to emerging technologies.

To Prepare for the Future, Skip the Present

‘… today’s obsession with saving newspapers has meant that, for the most part, media companies have failed to plan adequately for tomorrow’s digital future.’

Where the Monitor Is Going, Others Will Follow

A decade ago, resistance at The Christian Science Monitor to its online site almost killed it. Now, the newspaper is depending on the Web for its survival.

Clear Direction in Tough Economic Times

Economic volatility brings ‘new meaning to the program’s transformative nature.’

If Murder Is Metaphor

Novels, at times, speak to truth in ways we, as journalists, can find hard to do.

The Middle East Conflict: American Coverage

‘… Dunsky’s book is at its best when she reveals little-known aspects of the relationship that exists between American journalists and their government.’

Web v. Journalism: Court Cases Challenge Long-Held Principles

‘… courts and legislatures, reluctant to apply different rules to the “old” and “new” media, are rethinking the basic constitutional principles that have protected a free press for generations.’

A Retired Newspaper Journalist Takes What He Knows to the Web

‘What “sold” RappVoice to the local audience was solid and timely reporting, analysis, and in-depth explanation of complex subjects ….’
Election Night in Chicago–Capturing the Moment

Election Night in Chicago–Capturing the Moment

“I couldn’t stop crying.” From one conversation to another, those were the words photojournalist Eli Reed heard most often from friends after the election of Barack Obama as President of…

Winter 2008: Introduction

In this time of accelerating change, how journalists do their work and what elements of journalism will survive this digital transformation loom as questions and concerns. By heading in new…