by jpitney | Jan 19, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists
Meg James at LAT: Los Angeles Times newsroom guild leaders called for a one-day walkout Friday to protest planned cuts to offset steep financial losses that owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong and his family have absorbed since acquiring the paper nearly six years ago....
by jpitney | Dec 16, 2023 | Israel, Journalism, Journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists: The Israel-Gaza war has taken a severe toll on journalists since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack against Israel on October 7 and Israel declared war on the militant Palestinian group, launching strikes on the blockaded Gaza...
by jpitney | Dec 14, 2023 | Journalism, Journalists
James Bennet at The Economist: In my experience, reporters overwhelmingly support Democratic policies and candidates. They are generally also motivated by a desire for a more just world. Neither of those tendencies are new. But there has been a sea change over the...
by jpitney | Dec 4, 2023 | Journalism, Journalists, Mass Media
Serge Schmemann at NYT writes about local media It was a school, too, for readers. The candidates in local elections or speakers at school board meetings dealt with matters that made a tangible and immediate difference to readers. Official corruption was not some...
by jpitney | Nov 27, 2023 | Dreier, Journalism, Journalists
REMINDER: DREIER ROUNDTABLE OP-ED CONTEST CMC’s Dreier Roundtable is pleased to announce the Fall 2023 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...
by jpitney | Nov 25, 2023 | Conservative', Journalism, Journalists
At POLITICO, Marc Novicoff profiles Aaron Sibarium staff writer at the Washington Free Beacon “It’s rare to see someone who will cover something like, say, race-based treatment of Covid drugs … who also is like not a crank and has an IQ above 120,” Sibarium says,...
