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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…

The Unchanging Essence of War Photography

The image’s power rests ‘in the hands of intrepid, artistically gifted photojournalists who travel to trouble and assemble what they find without written commentary.’

Adding Young Voices to the Mix of Newsroom Advisors

‘Start with a blank sheet of paper, I instructed them. On it, put down ways we can reinvent our newsroom.’

The View From Baku

Azerbaijan’s presidential candidates debate on public television.Fortunately, the 5-hour flight from Heathrow was nearly empty, and I had three seats to get horizontal. I peered out the window and pictured…

Video News: The Videojournalist Comes of Age

‘It is now possible for a person working on his or her own to make high-quality, intelligent and, most importantly, very inexpensive television.’

Live Web Cast—From a Newspaper’s Newsroom

‘We did not want to produce an imitation of local TV news. We wanted to create something far less polished—more like a video blog, short and raw and conversational.’

How Spot.Us Works

RELATED ARTICLE“Creating a New Platform to Support Reporting”– David CohnSpot.Us accepts microdonations that are put toward a journalist’s proposal for an investigation. Progress toward reaching the goal is charted on…

Engaging the Public in Asking Why We Do What

‘No longer do I enter the newsroom believing that readers have tuned us out. Perhaps it is we who have tuned them out by creating too great a distance between…