Archive for the ‘Journalism’ Category
How to count your war dead
I stumbled into a controversy last week when I wrote an article about the new Human Security Report. I wasn’t the only one; lots of outlets picked up the story, first from the AP.* We all went for the predictable — the part of the report that said the commonly cited death toll for [...]
Check your press freedoms at the (US) border
John Dinges, a Columbia University journalism school professor and a veteran of Latin America (saving you the string of awards he’s won), headed back to his old stomping ground recently. Visiting Venezuela and Chile was no problem. It’s the coming home that got him:
After examining his passport, he said, the CBP [customs and [...]
Addendum to #CNNfail (a possible #NYTimesfail?)
Kris Kotarski made a nice point in the comments yesterday: “As far as #CNNfail, it does not necessarily mean #allmediafail.”
But to complicate matters on the new vs. old media front (which is a totally made-up war, of course), check out this report from the New York Times. The report says most foreign journalists’ visas [...]
Enough with the #CNNFail, or, Why Twitter's Failings Prove We Still Need Reporters
I’m no defender of CNN, or of television news in general. (And if you can’t imagine why, I recommend Katie Couric’s recent performance on Jon Stewart). I think you get more context, nuance and information in three minutes of print than in three minutes of television, but that’s my personal opinion. And [...]
Top 10 Sad Things the Palin-Letterman Controversy Says about America
I had a nice little list going, centered on the most outrageous element of all: a form letter for anti-Letterman protestors–egged on, in spirit at the very least, by Sarah Palin and the exeuctive produer of Sarah Palin Radio (“Governor Palin’s own ‘friendly’ media,” according to the site). The sample letter accuses Letterman’s advertisers [...]
I am a freelance journalist and multimedia producer who covers human rights, Africa and foreign affairs. [