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Jonathan Seitz

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Jonathan Seitz was a Researcher/Reporter for Nieman Reports.

Argo Network: NPR’s New Group of Beat-Driven Blogs

Argo Network: NPR’s New Group of Beat-Driven Blogs

CommonHealth, produced by WBUR in Boston and part of the Argo Network, focuses on health care reform and other topics related to personal health and medicine.RELATED ARTICLE“Statehouse Beat Woes Portend…

Red Smith: He Made Words Dance

Of the many memorable phrases sportswriter Red Smith bestowed on the English language, the most enduring may be his description to a group of New York Herald Tribune advertising salesmen…

The Guardian Brings Scientists as Bloggers Into the Mix

RELATED ARTICLES“The Science Beat: Riding a Wave, Going Somewhere”– Charles Petit“Guardian Blogger Spoofs Science Journalism– Jonathan SeitzEarly this fall The Guardian took an innovative approach to expanding its coverage of…

Guardian Blogger Spoofs Science Journalism

RELATED ARTICLES“The Science Beat: Riding a Wave, Going Somewhere”– Charles Petit“The Guardian Brings Scientists as Journalists Into the Mix”– Jonathan SeitzPrompted by dismay at the dearth…

Blogging: Taking a Look After a Decade of Growth

Scott Rosenberg’s book, “Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It’s Becoming, and Why It Matters,” looks at the history of blogging and offers his opinions on what, after 10 years…

Foreign News Reporting: Its Past Can Guide Its Future

America’s tradition of foreign affairs reporting is on full display in John Maxwell Hamilton’s “Journalism’s Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting,” published by Louisiana State University Press.“Since the…

It’s an Online World for Young People and Political News

Why are young people turning away from the mainstream media? And where are they going to get their political news and information?

It’s an Online World for Young People and Political News

‘My generation doesn't trust what the lone anchor tells us, nor the pundit, nor the panel of experts.’