by jpitney | Apr 17, 2025 | Higher Education, Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Uncategorized
Mark Caro at Poynter: The old formula went like this: Journalism undergrads would learn in classes and maybe work on the school paper and then get professional experience via internships or summer jobs at news outlets. But with the local news industry reeling,...
by jpitney | Apr 12, 2025 | Journalism, Journalists
Carol Admire at Florida Weekly: Don’t shoot the messenger. For 32 minutes, Tom Marquardt’s colleagues at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, experienced that grim reality in its most harrowing form. Newspapers are accustomed to facing shots of criticism...
by jpitney | Apr 7, 2025 | Journalism, Journalists, Violence
Previous posts have discussed threats and actual violence against journalists. Megan Lebowitz at NBC: Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., suggested on X this weekend that journalists would write “less false stories” if violence were still used to handle...
by jpitney | Apr 1, 2025 | Foreign Policy, Journalism, Journalists, Voice of America
With the Voice of America falling silent, Rep. Young Kim said she worries the U.S. is ceding the airwaves to foreign dictators. “And we’re not there to counter that disinformation,” she said.https://t.co/FfUHguDH0n — Kris Cheng (@krislc) March 31,...
by jpitney | Mar 17, 2025 | Journalism, Journalists, Russia, Ukraine
Last year, Jay Nordlinger wrote at NRO: Many years ago, as the Soviet Union was expiring and Eastern Europe was shaking free, Lech Wałęsa was asked what the “radios” — Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty — had meant to Poland. He answered, “Would there be an earth...
by jpitney | Mar 16, 2025 | Journalism, Journalists, Reagan, Uncategorized
President Reagan, February 24, 1982: Though born in war, the Voice of America continued in peace and has made enormous contributions. Today as we witness new forms of inhumanity threatening peace and freedom in the world, the Voice of America can perform an even more...
