So, CBS CEO Les Moonves thinks Dan Rather’s comments about Katie Couric are sexist, huh? CBS Corp. Chief Executive Leslie Moonves shot back at former CBS news anchor Dan Rather today, saying […]
Blogging a sports event: What’s ‘live’ and what isn’t?
An NCAA official ejected a sports reporter Sunday from the press box at a college baseball tournament game for providing “live” blog updates on his paper’s Web site. The NCAA booted Louisville […]
The hotel heiress America loves and hates and our criminal justice system
by Amaury Nora I am really shocked at the resources which are clearly being devoted to cover the whole Paris Hilton affair. Even though there are people calling for government accountability among […]
Coverage of Paris Hilton’s return to jail: Is it fair?
I’d like to thank the august Old Gray Lady for being hip and catching me up with all things newsy and entertaining. At 4:23 p.m. EST, The New York Times informed me […]
Pssst! Wanna buy a piece of my newspaper’s front page?
If you pick up today’s Women’s Wear Daily, you’ll find an ad one and a half inches deep across the bottom of the front page. The ad’s for a Cartier Love bracelet, […]
WAN 2007, Day 2: The Cartoonist, the Darkest Continent, and The Zuma – a man who would be king
“Why are you suing a cartoonist and what do you hope to achieve?” asked George Brock, president of the World Editor’s Forum, of Jacob Zuma, ex-Deputy President of South Africa and currently […]
Journalists: Cover my town. I'll pay you $191 a year.
For the past several years, I’ve spent $47.75 every three months for a subscription to the local newspaper that claims it covers my community of about 2,300 people. Other than my town’s […]
Blogger, Journalist, Citizen
By Martin Bosworth This week I am front-paged on ConsumerAffairs.Com with a story that explores the blurred line between what we traditionally consider professional journalism, and the new democratized media of alternative […]
Court backs school journalist: Good news for student journos?
Should a high school senior who writes an incendiary column for his school paper be considered a full citizen worthy of First Amendment protection against school officials censuring his work? Despite previous […]
Outsourcing Criticism
By Martin Bosworth Yesterday my esteemed colleague Denny wrote an eloquent essay discussing how the removal of criticism from the newspapers contributes to our cultural and social erosion. The keystone for his […]
