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An increasingly important job of political journalists is to ‘unmask the tricksters.’

‘My words gave readers thousands of moments to remember of little lives well-lived.’

‘No foreign news organization has the access, sources or resources to enable them to operate in the same league as domestic journalists.’

In his memoir, a sportswriter observes his life and times as he delves into issues deserving of journalists’ attention.

Samuel G. Freedman ‘urges young journalists to be independent thinkers in newsrooms filled with consensus and conformity.’

Contending that Daniel Okrent’s book “Public Editor #1” might be “the only collection of ombudsman columns ever assembled that is a genuine page turner,” former Boston Globe ombudsman, Mark Jurkowitz,…

A former ombudsman and media critic describes what Daniel Okrent wrote as public editor and what he has to say about the job he did.

A journalist and author finds an enfeebled Washington press corps, more concerned with retaining personal access than serving the public interest.

Journalists offer well-told stories to teenagers — tailoring the content to suit their reading appetites and enticing them to perhaps find their way to news reporting.