Columbia Journalism Review
More questions than answers from DOJ letter about journalist surveillance
[Commentary] Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced last August that his department was pursuing more than three times as many leak investigations as were open at the end of the Obama years, and that he was reviewing the Department of Justice’s
Quartz sale doesn’t give digital media players much to cheer about (Columbia Journalism Review)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 07/02/2018 - 13:28Platform uses crowdsourcing to fund journalism where press freedom is weak (Columbia Journalism Review)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 07/02/2018 - 10:58Fighting over a seat at the table in political coverage (Columbia Journalism Review)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 06/29/2018 - 12:41
The war against the press comes to the local newsroom
[Commentary] It is heartbreaking, but necessary, to recognize that the openness that defines local news likely carries too high a risk; local newsrooms, at least for now, may have no choice but to fortify themselves.
As publishers pump out repetitive content, quality reporting suffers
According to figures provided by media analytics company Newswhip, The Washington Post published 10,580 individual things in May of this year, including wire stories, graphics, and other miscellania.