December/January 2011 |
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Endgame for Olbermann
Web exclusive
An inevitable conclusion to a turbulent, influential run. Posted: Sat, Jan. 22 2011
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By
Rem Rieder
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The Sound of Freedom
Web exclusive
Video Feature: Freedom Radio airs everything from news and weather to Meat Loaf’s greatest hits for American troops in Iraq. Posted: Wed, Jan. 12 2011
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By
Jackie Spinner
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Blaming the Rhetoric
Web exclusive
The media, the politicians and the bloodbath in Tucson. Posted: Tue, Jan. 11 2011
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By
Rem Rieder
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Supreme Arrogance
Web exclusive
It’s time for the U.S. Supreme Court to allow TV coverage of its proceedings. Posted: Wed, Dec. 22 2010
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By
Rem Rieder
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Undocumented or Illegal?
Web exclusive
A campaign to change the way some immigrants are described in news stories faces an uphill battle. Posted: Fri, Dec. 17 2010
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By
Karen Carmichael and Rabiah Alicia Burks
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Bloomberg Strikes Again
Web exclusive
The proliferating news operation adds an opinion component. Posted: Wed, Dec. 15 2010
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By
Rem Rieder
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The Comment Police
Web exclusive
NPR says it’s pleased with the results of its decision to outsource the battle against offensive online comments. Posted: Wed, Dec. 15 2010
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By
Madhu Rajaraman
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The Implications of WikiLeaks
WEB EXCLUSIVE
Its founder’s cause will endure regardless of his fate. Posted: Tue, Dec. 14 2010
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By
Mark Feldstein
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Retreating from the World
In the face of heightened globalization and with the U.S. engaged in two wars, many mainstream news
organizations have turned their backs on foreign news. Newspapers and television networks alike provide much less of it. Many outlets have shuttered overseas bureaus. But a handful of promising startups offer some hope for the future.
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By
Jodi Enda
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Backpack Journalism Overseas
Broadcast organizations increasingly rely on smaller one- or two-person operations in most of their foreign bureaus, a strategy that makes sense when money is tight and technology reduces the need for large crews.
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By
Priya Kumar
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When Restraint Pays Off
Web exclusive
Many news outlets ran with the story of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ death, but not the AP. Posted: Wed, Jan. 12 2011
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By
Rem Rieder
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Foreign Correspondents: Who Covers What
The number of foreign correspondents employed by U.S. newspapers has decreased markedly since the last AJR census, taken in 2003.
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By
Priya Kumar
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From the Fringe to the Mainstream
How “scandals” of dubious validity or relevance end up attracting so much media attention. Posted: Wed, Dec. 1 2010
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By
Paul Farhi
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The Fact-Checking Explosion
In a bitter political landscape marked by rampant allegations of questionable credibility, more and more news outlets are launching truth-squad operations. Posted: Thu, Dec. 2 2010
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By
Cary Spivak
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Navigating the Future
A newspaper guy turned successful new-media entrepreneur says it's unlikely that one overarching new business model will emerge for journalism in the digital age. Instead, look for a collection of improvised arrangements based on the lucky alignment of buyers’ and sellers’ needs. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. Posted: Tue, Nov. 1 2010
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By
Larry Kramer
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A Profoundly Bad Idea
Sen. Joe Lieberman and his call for a federal investigation of the Times over WikiLeaks. Posted: Wed, Dec. 8 2010
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By
Rem Rieder
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A Matter of Interpretation
Why an analytic approach is crucial for mainstream news outlets. Posted: Tue, Nov. 30 2010
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By
Rem Rieder
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Give Patch a Chance
Controversy swirls around AOL’s ambitious hyperlocal venture. Posted: Mon, Dec. 6 2010
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By
Barb Palser
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Way off the Rails
CNN’s prime-time lineup reflects a network in disarray. Posted: Thu, Dec. 9 2010
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By
Deborah Potter
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Costly Mistakes
What, if anything, could newspapers have done to slow down their decline? Posted: Thu, Dec. 9 2010
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By
John Morton
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Dispatches from the Last Frontier
An aggressive Web site covers Alaska and searches for profitability. Posted: Thu, Dec. 2 2010
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By
David Saleh Rauf
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Students Scrutinizing Politicians
A J-school’s plunge into the fact-checking business. Posted: Thu, Dec. 9 2010
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By
Molly Klinefelter
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A Bold Rescue Plan
C-SCAPE: Conquer the Forces Changing Business Today
By Larry Kramer
Harper Business
256 pages; $27.99 � Posted: �Thu, Dec. 9 2010
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Book review by
Carl Sessions Stepp
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A Powerful, Flawed Reporting Giant Poisoning the Press
Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the Rise of Washington’s Scandal Culture
By Mark Feldstein
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
461 pages; $30 Posted: Thu,Dec.9 2010
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Book review by
Mark Lisheron
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Beltway Buzz(bee)
Sally Buzbee brings her global savvy to Washington as the AP’s bureau chief. Posted: Tue, Nov. 30 2010
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By
Madhu Rajaraman
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Correction
Posted: Thu, Dec. 9 2010
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By
Unknown
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Clarification
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By
Unknown
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Falling Short
Posted: Thu, Dec. 9 2010
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By
Unknown
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The Juan Williams Flap
Posted: Thu, Dec. 9 2010
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Unknown
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