Opinion

Editors must ‘send the clear signal—and offer the necessary support—to make the coverage of government secrecy a priority in their newsrooms.’

Secrecy in the Bush AdministrationRep. Henry A. WaxmanU.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform-MinorityStaff Special Investigations Division,September 2004www.democrats.reform.house.govIn this 81-page report staff members of the Committee on Government Reform…

Seymour Hersh ‘still comes through as an outsider hungry for the latest scraps of news.’

‘We’re going to have to completely reinvent it—not only the substance, but the way in which we interact with our audience.’

Two books set forth causes for concern about U.S. news media, and one of the authors speaks to the Internet’s possibilities for rejuvenating journalism’s promise.

Arguments for journalistic quality typically assert the importance of First Amendment responsibilities. In his book, “The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the Information Age,” Philip Meyer, Knight Chair in Journalism…

Sebastião Salgado’s photographs ‘represent everything that is meaningful, controversial and difficult about “concerned photography.”’

‘… filmmakers have become a source of alternative explanations for the war in Iraq and the news coverage of it, as well as critics of the administration’s policies.’

‘Like all the great narrative journalists, [Mark] Bowden must be a relentless asker of questions, a painstaking gatherer of minute detail.’

In crunching the numbers, an author argues that investment is necessary to secure a future for news—in newspapers or on the Internet.