Tag: journalism
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The Journalism of Artificial Panic
Last year featured a large sample of breathless reporting and bad takes regarding the economy, crime, and the mid-term elections. I’m calling this, the journalism of artificial panic. For most of the summer and early fall, mainstream media concern trolled all three topics relentlessly. That’s not to say these weren’t real, and important stories. In…
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To Cover, or Not To Cover – The Media’s 45 Problem
Threats against journalists are at an all time high, thanks to a President who sees them as the enemy. So how can the media cover THIS President in THIS environment? Here are some of my ideas
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The Commercial Appeal and the Newsroom of the Future
The Commercial Appeal laid off 16 staffers yesterday, 12 from the newsroom. Gannett says this is the newsroom of the future. That’s not what it looks like.
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Media Fail – 1, Transparency – 0
Once upon a time I thought the media was a defender of democracy. It was a check on the power government exercised. It was a force for good that sought to keep the people connected and the politicians and bureaucracy honest. Perhaps it was naiveté, or my fond memories of great journalists from the late…
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Anonymous Sources
After all that the previous Administration wrought on journalism with their “Anonymous Sources”, one would think that the use of said “sources” would be met with more than a healthy degree of skepticism. Apparently, this is not the case. There is no question that some in, and/or around the TNDP are dismayed or angry about…