Articles

Immigrants Ignite a Media Maelstrom in Greece

By Linking Foreigners With Crime, Broadcast Media Tried to Grow Their Ratings. But at What Cost?

Essay

The separation of business and news is only about 100 years old. In 1800 the most common name for an American newspaper was The Advertiser. Take that literally. Not advertising…

The Transformation of Network News

How Profitability Has Moved Networks Out of Hard News

European Reporters’ Views of America’s Welfare Reform

Media Coverage Shifts From Looking Abroad to Looking Next Door

Excerpt From Remarks

Before you can discuss what might be done [with newspapers] you have to look at the business proposition that you’re dealing with…. The people who own these journalistic institutions, by…

Chilean Media Work in the Long Shadow of Pinochet

Media Ownership and Government Dictate the Ways This Former Dictator Is Covered

Newspapers Arrive at Economic Crossroads

Which Way They Go Could Depend on What Journalists Know and How They React

Excerpt From Remarks

There has been more than a little talk lately about how well the editorial and business sides of journalism work together. Since I am at least in part the cause…

Essay

“The chief business of the American people is business.” So it was back in 1925 when President Calvin Coolidge offered that now famous aphorism about America’s fevered, overreaching economy in…

Essay

Once upon a time the editor of a daily newspaper edited.There’s little risk of that happening now. The top newsroom manager probably has a title like vice president and executive…