Journalist’s Trade Lessons From a Newsroom’s Digital Frontline In Roanoke, Virginia, a midsized newspaper has had ‘the freedom to run some experiments, fail, try again, and along the way discover some meaningful success.’ March 15, 2006 Michael Riley Damaging Ripple Effects of Newsroom Cutbacks ‘In previous downturns, rookie reporters reinvigorated the newsroom; now, there might not be any quality, young journalists to take over.’ March 15, 2006 Joel Kaplan New Metaphors Needed for Changing Roles ‘It is time for some new language to describe the role and value of the assigning editor. Even the job title is dated and limiting.’ March 15, 2006 Jacqui Banaszynski Moments Illustrate the Lives of Frontline Editors Mae Cheng, regional editor at Newsday, president of UNITY: Journalists of Color, and former president of the Asian American Journalists Association, collected capsule reports from a diverse group of frontline… March 15, 2006 Mae Cheng Listening to Editors’ Difficulties Helps Find Solutions ‘Frontline editors usually come from reporting ranks, and it is not unusual for problems to emerge in the transition.’ March 15, 2006 John F. Greenman Spring 2006: The Job of Frontline Editor Introduction The frontline editor’s job is one that, in the words of Jacqui Banaszynski, who holds the Knight Chair in Editing at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, “has expanded… March 15, 2006 Melissa Ludtke The Dearth of Resources for Entering Editors There are available ‘… few books, a large but scattered field of articles, and the handouts and tip sheets collected at relatively few Web sites.’ March 15, 2006 Carl Sessions Stepp Will the Meaning of Journalism Survive? ‘Journalism educators are in a state of disquiet, if not distress, at their students’ lack of the broad background essential for independent journalism.’ March 15, 2006 Melvin Mencher The BBC’s College of Journalism The BBC is establishing a College of Journalism to raise and support editorial standards. All journalistic staff in the BBC will be given a minimum level of training each year,… December 15, 2005 Richard Sambrook When Major News Has a Very Short Shelf Life With The Associated Press offering an ‘optional lead,’ questions arise about the handling of yesterday’s news. September 15, 2005 Russell Frank Previous 1 … 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 … 80 Next