Technology

E-Mail Deluge

… A number of Web sites now make it very easy for activists to create e-mail campaigns quickly and Web petitions for little or no money. And many of these…

Is Including E-Mail Addresses in Reporters’ Bylines a Good Idea?

At The Miami Herald, the jury of journalists is still deliberating.

Wanted: a 21st Century Journalist

Drop the arrogance. Be interactive. Have technological savvy.

1981: A Conversation With Fred Friendly

“…Murrow had the sense of curiosity that all journalists have to have, a need to understand something before he talked about it, and a marvelous ear for copy.”—Friendly (left), with…

1985: Media Power and the Dangers of Mass Information

The national media are no longer just observers and messengers, but are now lead actors in government.

1966: LBJ Should Hold Formal Press Conferences

“It is my judgment that Mr. Johnson wants to hold control in his own hands.”—Strout. Photo by Jack Kightlinger, courtesy of the Lyndon B. Johnson Library Collection. [This article originally…

1959: The Square Eye vs. the Written Word

“Television by its nature has to move on…it cannot explain or expound.”—Muggeridge. Civil rights march on Washington, D.C., 1963. Photo courtesy of the Still Picture Branch, National Archives at College…

1951: How Can Newspapers Meet Competition of Radio and Television?

[This article originally appeared in the October 1951 issue of Nieman Reports.]The challenge of television to the newspaper is one which newspapermen cannot take lightly, and one which you must…

1949: The Newspaperman Meets Television

[This article originally appeared in the January 1949 issue of Nieman Reports.]“I never expected to see an old hand in the newspaper business cavorting in front of a bunch of…

1952: Al Capp Views the Networks

[This article originally appeared in the April 1952 issue of Nieman Reports.]The two main ways to communicate ideas in America are by press and radio. I’ve communicated with America both…