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20 Oct

The Malcolm Gladwell Point

The New York Observer scribe Tom Scocca tracks the rise and possible tipping point of popular author Malcolm Gladwell in NYO‘s regular “Off the Record” section. Gladwell is a long-time […]

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2 Oct

Where does Duke story belong? And why?

This Hartford Courant op-ed piece examines story placement issues through the example of Duke University lacrosse players accused of rape. The story was placed in the sports section in some […]

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2 Oct

Prizes are trophies for rich papers

Miami Herald columnist Edward Wasserman stands behind local reporters at small newspapers in this column about the Pulitzer Prizes. “It’s ironic that a profession that is supposed to care about […]

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2 Oct

The dreadful Byron Calame

Jack Shafer’s scathing review of New York Times public editor Byron Calame’s columns ends with the conclusion that “even a bad public editor can do a little good.” The slate.com […]

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13 Dec

Narrative journalism comes of age

Narrative journalism in newspapers is the sensitive subject taken on by Mark Kramer in this essay from Nieman Reports. Declining readership and the search for more “remedies to widespread current […]

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13 Dec

Bad financial news can be good news for journalism

Jack Shafer argues in a Slate.com column that recent bad financial news at newspapers does not have to mean bad news for journalism. Shafer calls for newspapers to drop their […]

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13 Dec

New study says newsroom investment pays off

Reuters journalist, Robert MacMillan reports that a recent U.S. study shows that newspapers executives who have invested more money in editorial have made more money in the long term. MacMillan […]

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13 Dec

Sensationalizing health coverage

A five-year research study at Simon Fraser University, published this spring in an academic journal, concludes that Canadian newspapers miss the “real stories” about health issues and “dwell on covering […]

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