Journalist’s Trade

The founder of craigslist speaks about online lessons he shares with new media journalists.

Knight Foundation asks whether the community role newspapers play can be replicated by new media and offers to support those who show it can.

This model #1 linotype machine, built between January and June 1893, was first used in the Baltimore, Maryland area. It was sold to The Rappahanock Record circa 1925. Newseum collection/gift,…

‘If we require real names in print, shouldn’t we do the same thing online?’

‘Unlike love, which may be an emotion only, courage must manifest itself in action.’

Courage, as these journalists remind us, exposes itself in different guises. It can be found in the wisdom of understanding when danger finally has outweighed the risk. Or it can…

‘In war zones, I would learn about another feeling, one I have yet to define but seems the opposite of fear ….’

A journalist lists Top 10 bad decisions editors make when facing cuts in staff.

"Reinvent or die. It's that simple," is advice offered to newspapers by Tim Porter, an editor and writer with newspapers and now a news media consultant. "And the death will…

‘Despite their importance and the tough transition when they switch from reporter or copyeditor, frontline editors often are sent to the end of the line for training.’