Journalist’s Trade

Data about news habits and advertiser spending lead to a reassessment of media’s prospects and possibilities.

At the News & Record in Greensboro, North Carolina, many reporters write blogs—and newspaper stories, too.

Old media report on the new media, but they haven’t figured out how to adapt.

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On February 1, 2005, former Nieman Foundation Curator Bill Kovach, who founded and directs the Committee of Concerned Journalists, gave a speech at the School of Journalism at the Universidad…

‘Changes wrought by the Internet demand that newspapers innovate, and that means experimentation as we move beyond the boundaries of our known world.’

Is technology poised to replace journalists and their judgment by consuming their tasks?

To make a transparent newsroom function requires some changes in the tasks people take on in connecting more effectively with members of the community. What follows are some brief descriptions…

At The Spokesman-Review, editors and reporters explain ‘what we do and why’ and involve ‘citizens, at some level, in news planning and decision-making.’

In the spring, following a two-year investigation, The Spokesman-Review reported that Spokane Mayor Jim West: Allegedly molested two or more young boys while serving as a deputy sheriff and Boy…