Opinion

How would Scotty Reston and his generation of Washington reporters have handled the story? His biographer looks for answers.

Two journalists sift through the evidence of scandal coverage.

The separation of business and news is only about 100 years old. In 1800 the most common name for an American newspaper was The Advertiser. Take that literally. Not advertising…

Before you can discuss what might be done [with newspapers] you have to look at the business proposition that you’re dealing with…. The people who own these journalistic institutions, by…

There has been more than a little talk lately about how well the editorial and business sides of journalism work together. Since I am at least in part the cause…

“The chief business of the American people is business.” So it was back in 1925 when President Calvin Coolidge offered that now famous aphorism about America’s fevered, overreaching economy in…

Once upon a time the editor of a daily newspaper edited.There’s little risk of that happening now. The top newsroom manager probably has a title like vice president and executive…

… It is my utter conviction that newspapers are a business and, since their production is a team process, no department can be immune from the fact. They are expensive…

For two days in late September, Bebe sold the crack cocaine rocks known as “Cookies” in the pouring rain—cold and alone. While other kids were in school that morning, Bebe…

Pages from Gene Graham’s Nieman year sketchbook.Confession: I actually went to journalism school. And now I teach in one. But I’ve also spent plenty of time in newsrooms, a dual…