by jpitney | Dec 27, 2024 | Journalism, Newspapers, Public Opinion
AP-NORC: Many are feeling the need to limit their news consumption, especially political news. Sixty-five percent of adults have felt the need to limit their media consumption about the government and politics due to information overload, fatigue, or similar reasons...
by jpitney | Dec 23, 2024 | Dreier, Journalism, Journalists
April Quevedo and Shaun Chornobroff at Capital News Service: At least 3,100 journalists have been killed around the world since 1837 according to a Capital News Service analysis of databases of fallen journalists maintained by the Committee to Protect Journalists...
by jpitney | Dec 21, 2024 | Congress, Journalism, Journalists, Regulation, State Government
Nik Usher at Nieman Lab: Most people find talk of clotures, filibusters, committee votes, bill reconciliation, the legislative calendar, and beyond absolutely boring. If civic-affairs news is the broccoli of American journalism, then coverage of legislative procedure...
by jpitney | Dec 15, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Newspapers, Uncategorized
Marc Caro at Poynter writes about “ghost newspapers” — publications that nominally continue to exist but have lost most or all local news reporting. While the nation’s ever-widening news deserts have drawn much attention, the ghost papers represent...
by jpitney | Dec 10, 2024 | Dreier, Journalism
DREIER ROUNDTABLE OP-ED CONTEST DEADLINE THIS FRIDAY. CMC’s Dreier Roundtable is pleased to announce the Fall 2024 op-ed writing contest. Entries should be in the form of an op-ed article of the kinds that appear in newspapers and news sites. The op-ed may concern...
by jpitney | Dec 3, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists
CMC’s Dreier Roundtable is pleased to announce the Fall 2024 op-ed writing contest. Entries should be in the form of an op-ed article of the kinds that appear in newspapers and news sites. The op-ed may concern any issue in public affairs, broadly defined, domestic...