Something I’m calling “identity journalism” has taken over the Democratic primary debates in 2019. Watching the third in a series of who-knows-how-many “debates” among
Tag: Journalism
Brave Muslim journalists assassinated for reporting on ISIS
The next time you hear Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, or any of the phony journalists and sneering pundits of Fox News claim that Muslims
Spotlight: How real investigative reporting is done–and why isn’t there more of it?
There are no car chases, explosions, zombies or love scenes in the recently released movie, “Spotlight.” But a lot of important things happen. The
CNN quiz show puts reporters at risk of being mocked
There was a day when Walter Cronkite was the master journalist of all of American television news. We knew the serious side of him;
Solutions Journalism Network: Beyond the traditional five W’s
“To innovate and change, we need to know what’s broken and how it needs to be fixed,” says the Solutions Journalism Network website. “The
How the media went wrong on the CBO “Obamacare” report
When the Congressional Budget Office released its report on the Affordable Care Act on Feb. 4, 2014, the headline in the next morning’s St.
A journalistic low: Being the news
Last week, a reporter from St. Louis’ KSDK-TV decided it would be a dandy idea to test the security measures of some local high
A smorgasbord called “Vice News”
Are you paying attention, mainstream media? You’re just not doing your job. You’re avoiding coverage of the news we need. And you’re not even
Two journalists who pass the Lippman test
“Tell the truth.” “Shame the devil.” Leave it to one of America’s most respected and incisive journalists, Walter Lippman, to sum up in a