Nick Thompson was on his way to the subway when he got an email from his boss, New Yorker Editor David Remnick. The subject line? “Morning piece.” It was 8:17 a.m. on Sept. 8,…
Newsrooms around the world are experimenting with unmanned drone aircraft to add context to their visual reports. But drones require a…
©2017 National Public Radio, Inc. NPR report titled “What makes a good pitch? NPR editors weigh in” by Alison MacAdam as…
Last fall, I taught a media studies class based on ESPN at the University of Illinois. The class examined ESPN’s considerable…
Podcasting is continuing to grow even as it faces challenges such as lack of diversity and the possibility of an advertising…
The basics of good interviewing apply to an audio story. But there are additional factors for audio narratives, especially if you’re…
Mary Tyler Moore wasn’t born in Minnesota. She never lived there. But the determined young journalist she played for seven years…
The New York Times is not heeding the admonition to “keep its mouth shut” from Steven Bannon, President Trump’s strategic Svengali,…
Donald Trump is a threat to press freedom and the norms of political reporting, said Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan.…
The Dallas Morning News announced late Thursday that it would outsource the design of its print newspaper and cut 25 newsroom…
When readers wake up every morning, what do they check first? Probably their texts. Then, if they’re feeling brave, their email…
Good morning. Is it the “opposition party?” Shortly after Steve Bannon, President Trump’s strategic and cultural Svengali, called the American press…
Readers have had enough of the media not calling things by their names. Take Don Miller, of Littleton, Colorado, for example:…
Facebook Instant Articles. Snapchat Discover. Google AMP. In the last two years, publishers such as Vox Media and The Washington Post…
Standalone alternative story forms (ASF) do just what their name implies: They stand alone as independent stories, with no traditional story…
A few days before President Trump’s inauguration, MuckRock opened up a Slack channel to help journalists better cover him and his…
Tribune Media CEO Peter Liguori is leaving Tribune Media after three years leading the TV news and entertainment company. Liguori, who…
Sean Spicer may need the Army Corps of Engineers to clean up a mini-mess created by his boss. Spicer’s second full-fledged…
Nancy Gibbs, the editor of Time magazine, issued an apology on Tuesday for an error that the Trump administration has repeatedly…
Good morning. Here’s our morning roundup of all the media news you need to know. Want to get this briefing in…
Sean Spicer tried to go from combative to cuddly. And he almost made it. In his first actual press briefing, the…
At the 2009 Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, I recall a strong feeling of shame as I waited…
2016 is back with a vengeance. Last year, throughout the presidential campaign, journalists wondered how and whether to fact-check political figures live on…
Sunday front pages in the U.S., for the most part, led with one of two kinds of images – President Donald…
Good morning. Here’s our morning roundup of all the media news you need to know. Want to get this briefing in…
Screw you. That was the direct message to the media from President Trump and his spokesman Saturday, using both CIA headquarters…
The Lily was the name of the first U.S. newspaper edited by and for women, starting in 1849. But don’t feel…
It won’t be long now. Today, Donald Trump becomes “leader of the free world.” Might even be a tougher job than…
