Opinion

The challenge Trump poses for Jewish media

The challenge Trump poses for Jewish media

Donald Trump poses a challenge to all media, because he, well, loathes us and also can’t live without us. In everyday terms, his badgering media for attention and simultaneously calling…
Journalists Need to Better Explain What Journalists Do … Including Me

Journalists Need to Better Explain What Journalists Do … Including Me

Donald Trump’s precedent-breaking refusal to allow a small pool of journalists to cover his travels as president-elect has revealed some common ground in our otherwise fractured republic.Good, Trump supporters tell…
Bring Back Retail Campaigning

Bring Back Retail Campaigning

From 1980 through 2008, when I was editor of the Concord (N.H.) Monitor, most presidential candidacies began long before the campaign went national. From fringe to favorite, candidates came to…
A Tale of Two Filter Bubbles

A Tale of Two Filter Bubbles

As I sat down to write this, I heard a gunshot. Two seconds later, another shot. Two more seconds, another. Then silence.Six months ago, in Los Angeles, the sound of…

To Win Back Public Trust, Try Bipartisan Reporting and “Bias Editors”

It’s not news that a substantial segment of the American population despises the news media.We’ve heard allegations of elitism and bias since our industry’s infancy, though recently donned t-shirts advocating…
Responding to Our Oral Culture

Responding to Our Oral Culture

Sometime late last winter, I began to focus closely on what would happen in the primaries on Super Tuesday, March 1, 2016. I realized I really needed to get on…

Report highlights threats to documentary filmmakers

A new report on the threats documentary filmmakers face when they challenge powerful interests recommends steps filmmakers can take to protect themselves and their work. “Dangerous Documentaries: Reducing Risk when…

Guy Raz on how David Carr helped him get a start in journalism

NPR’s Guy Raz, a 2009 Nieman Fellow, offered a reminiscence of New York Times media reporter David Carr, who died Feb. 12: In 1998, I got my first break in…

‘Je Suis Juif’: What the Paris Terror Attacks Mean for French Jews

The rallies that followed the recent terror attacks in Paris brought together various segments of French society, including journalists and others who firmly believe in freedom of expression as well…

To honor Molly Ivins, journalists turn to playwriting

Almost immediately after the sharp-witted columnist Molly Ivins died in 2007, two fans, Margaret and Allison Engel, twin sisters and journalists, vowed to keep her spirit alive. They wrote a…