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Alex S. Jones

@alexjonesmedia

Alex S. Jones, a 1982 Nieman Fellow, is director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University.

Making Us Believers

Making Us Believers

Margot Adler, NF ’82, a longtime correspondent for NPR, died of cancer at her home in New York on July 28. She was 68. Adler joined NPR in 1979 as…
September 11, 2014

An Argument Why Journalists Should Not Abandon Objectivity

‘… objectivity does not require that journalists be blank slates free of bias. In fact, objectivity is necessary precisely because they are biased.’
September 15, 2009

Reflecting on a Different Era in Political Journalism

Scotty Reston ‘and his peers felt comfortable making those choices based on their sense of what was best for the nation.’
September 15, 2003

1996: Feasting on the Seed Corn

Media critic says that newspaper executives cutting into news coverage are risking the future for short-term gains.
December 15, 1999

The Inestimable Value of Family Ownership

As corporate newspaper ownership increases, independent decision-making is lost.
September 15, 1999