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Twitter, Credibility and The Watertown Manhunt

Twitter coverage of the manhunt in Watertown marks a wake-up call to journalists everywhere. Even more remarkable are the implications for ordinary citizens who, without a press pass, intentionally plant…
April 19, 2013

Murrey Marder: “Utterly Tenacious About the Truth”

Reflecting on the Momentous Career of a Washington Post Reporter Who Helped Bring Joe McCarthy Down
April 4, 2013

Critical Condition

“If you are counting full-time critic jobs at newspapers, you may as well count tombstones.” That was the response of Johanna Keller, director of the Goldring Arts Journalism Program at…
March 12, 2013

The Big Chill

The Obama administration is operating amid unprecedented secrecy—while attacking journalists trying to tell the public what they need to know.
October 15, 2012

Un-American Activities

‘The record of the FBI’s obsession [with student radicals] and meddling is overwhelming.’
October 15, 2012

Lessons From Fukushima

‘More than a year after the accident, we still do not have any serious investigative reporting on [Japanese nuclear power plant owner] Tepco…’
October 12, 2012

At least 1,400 arrests for antiwar dissent, but who’s counting? Not the press.

The national news media almost totally ignore homefront protests of the Afghanistan war, killer drones, torture, and more, regardless of their newsworthiness. By its lack of coverage, isn’t the press…
August 27, 2012

And You Thought Your Newsroom Was Innovative

Across the globe, journalists are finding new ways to deliver diverse content to an increasingly mobile audience.
July 10, 2012

Be Careful Who You Quote

Some nonprofits that claim to supply expert opinions are set up by spin doctors to further corporate agendas.
July 10, 2012

A New Age for Truth

‘Never has it been so easy to expose an error, check a fact, crowdsource and bring technology to bear in service of verification.’
July 6, 2012