Opinion

Bicoastal

In the mid-80’s, I worked at an underground food co-op in Washington, D.C. One night when I was bagging raisins, I noticed that a woman was staring at me. Finally,…

Examining the Vanishing Standards in Reporting

‘Now one source, however flimsy, was okay.’

Dangers Lie Beneath the Promise of the Internet

By using Web technology to tailor the news a user receives, does democracy suffer?

What Does ‘Good Work’ in Journalism Look Like?

‘Simply put, what is the face in the journalistic mirror that the best practitioners want to see in the morning?’

Redefining the ‘Private Lives’ of Public Officials

Women journalists have played a major role in this changing coverage.

Women Journalists See Progress, But Not Nearly Enough

‘The shortage of women editors reverberates through the ranks.’

Bias Among the Media

Journalists share more liberal perspectives, but do those views impact their news coverage?

An Internet News Service Reports News and Views of Women

For Women’s Enews, the challenge is to be able to finance the telling of these stories.

Secrecy and the Press in a Time of War

‘If we guard our toothbrushes and diamonds with equal zeal, we will probably lose fewer toothbrushes and more diamonds.’

Is the Press Up to the Task of Reporting These Stories?

An investigative journalist examines the evidence and shares his concerns.