Journalist’s Trade

‘… the greater velocity of information today multiplies the opportunities for confusing and misleading the public.’

Students who didn’t read newspapers started doing so, and before long they knew a lot about journalism and were inventing news outlets of their own.

These excerpts from editorials illustrate how, as Michael Gartner writes, “personality—personal and institutional—made the men voices to be listened to and made the institutions forces to be reckoned with.” “Unworthy…

The problem editors face is figuring out how to get people to read editorials.

Francis Pisani is a journalist and teacher who has gained expertise in new media from his study of its global impact on journalism. He was a member of a panel…

The online world left no physical tracks. This meant that a permanent record was nearly impossible to keep because hard disks were small and CD and DVD writers were not…

Online newspapers ‘are not creative. They are not interactive. They’re too much like newspapers.’

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.