Part two in a series. Let’s begin with a brief look at how Americans view the press. A 2004 Gallup Poll says “Americans rate the trustworthiness of journalists at about the level […]
Why is it we can read but we’re not supposed to talk about it…?
My fellow Scrogue Denny Wilkins (Dr. Denny to you) passed along a great essay by Steve Wasserman, former editor of the Los Angeles Times Book Review on the gradual disappearance of book […]
Ad revenues at newspapers: More bad news
Conditions at American newspapers are going to worsen, and there’s a billion reasons why. Because of incompetent or inept or unimaginative top management scared silly by Wall Street profit expectations, you can […]
Who will provide answers to the most basic of questions?
As an inquisitive person trying to survive life relatively unscathed and to leave the world at least a little better off for my presence, I need answers to two fundamental questions: How […]
Education for the next generation of journalism: a Scholars & Rogues special report
It doesn’t seem controversial to suggest that journalism in America (and beyond) is in trouble, and there are any number of factors contributing to the malaise. A particular concern of mine has […]
Science reporting, objectivity, advocacy, and global heating
What does it really mean to be “objective?” Someone trained in the sciences will have a different answer than someone trained as a journalist. Scientists and engineers most often use the following […]
Scroguely Works: Five Moral Pieces
Five Moral Pieces by Umberto Eco, first published 2001, 128 pages, ISBN 978-0156013253 “The modern world looks at war through eyes different from those with which it looked at the problem early […]
News that matters, and other stuff
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And Brian will be back in our next hour with a look at the life- and-death question that is now being asked in Utah. Is it possible for those trapped miners to […]
Wrath of the math: Why did Karl Rove quit?
By Martin Bosworth That’s the question on everyone’s lips since the porcine political player announced he would be stepping down at the end of August. Of course, the excuse that he wants […]
