by jpitney | Aug 14, 2023 | First Amendment, Journalism, Journalists
AP reports: A small central Kansas police department is facing a torrent of criticism for raiding a local newspaper’s office and the home of its owner and publisher, seizing computers and cellphones, and, in the publisher’s view, stressing his 98-year-old mother...
by jpitney | Aug 12, 2023 | Jobs, Journalism, Journalists
What Teach for America is for education, Report for America is for journalism.
by jpitney | Jul 25, 2023 | California Politics, Journalism, Journalists, Newspapers
Michael Sainato at The Guardian: The longest-running newspaper in southern California has ceased publication after filing for bankruptcy. The Santa Barbara News-Press has posted its last online edition after ceasing print publication about a month ago. The paper had...
by jpitney | Jul 17, 2023 | Journalism, Journalists, Newspapers
David Bauder at AP: Even during a year of sobering economic news for media companies, the layoffs of three Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonists on a single day hit like a gut punch. The firings of the cartoonists employed by the McClatchy newspaper chain last...
by jpitney | Jul 16, 2023 | Journalism, Journalists, Newspapers
Milena Djourelova† Ruben Durante‡ Gregory J. Martin§ April 2023 The Impact of Online Competition on Local Newspapers: Evidence from the Introduction of Craigslist∗ Abstract How does competition from online platforms affect the organization, performance, and...