Steven Brill, Publisher of Brill’s Content, told conference participants what he would do to keep candidates accountable and the public interested in coverage of issues. Bill Kovach asked me to think about what, if I had a staff at … Read more
Cartoon by David Horsey. Reprinted with permission, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Sheila Tate, President, Powell Tate, and former press secretary: “I’ve had the field producer for a major network come to me in September … Read more
As the century began, political reporters flocked to the front porch of the Canton, Ohio home of President William McKinley to dispatch his words to readers. Now, 100 years later, the speed of technology and transport, along with changing perceptions … Read more
Photo by Greg Behar/U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Center for Photography. By a margin of 59 percent to 34 percent, participants in Pew Center survey said they think editors care more … Read more
RELATED ARTICLE “Keeping a Reporter’s Eye on the Contributions” – Peter OverbyThe information revolution has brought an array of Web sites that collect, combine and otherwise buff up the … Read more
David Broder, columnist, The Washington Post: “The harder part is how we can help voters figure out who the hell these candidates really are and how they might operate. I think we’ve slowly gotten better at probing those questions. And … Read more