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Chasing bylines and goodbyes: A last look at the Newseum
By David Kassnoff My first visit to the Newseum – the 250,000-square-foot museum dedicated to journalism and free speech – was my last. On a wet Monday in December 2019, my trip to Washington, D.C., had a singular purpose: to… Read More ›
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A Bona grad who works for TIDAL will conduct an online Q&A today
Nick Coyne, artist relations coordinator and playlist curator for the global streaming service TIDAL, will conduct a live online Q&A for artists and members of the music industry today. Coyne, a 2015 graduate of the Jandoli School of Communication at… Read More ›
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The debate winner may not have been onstage
By Richard Lee With the Iowa caucuses less than three weeks away, Democratic presidential candidates took part in a two-hour debate sponsored by CNN and the Des Moines Register on Jan. 14. But the candidate who may have fared best… Read More ›
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‘All in the Family’ Turns 50
By Richard Lee Fifty years ago today, All in the Family premiered on CBS. Through comedy, the show addressed racism, sexism, war and other issues in a way that no previous sitcom had done. Norman Lear, who created the show,… Read More ›
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How can we restore public confidence in journalism?
Criticism of the news media from the White House and other powerful forces has taken a toll on journalism’s reputation. A Gallup poll conducted in September found that only 41 percent of the respondents trusted newspapers, television and radio to… Read More ›
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Local news business models: What we learned in 2019
By Michael Shapiro One of the big news stories of 2019 has been news itself, specifically local news. Consolidation, budget cuts, takeovers, mergers, and the resulting shrinking headcounts in newsrooms defined the year for many legacy print outlets. Indeed, some… Read More ›
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Stern was both smart and lucky
By Evan Weiner The former Commissioner of the National Basketball Association David Stern has passed away at the age of 77. Stern was the league’s boss from 1984 through Feb. 1, 2014. In many ways, he was the league. There… Read More ›
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‘Wade in the Water’ has a legacy beyond basketball
By Richard Lee “Wade in the Water,” the song that greeted the St. Bonaventure University men’s basketball teams during the 1960s and 1970s, returned to campus on Dec. 7 when the Bona community celebrated the 50th anniversary of its Final… Read More ›
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After an ‘astonishing’ election, the UK still faces challenges
By Lorenzo Cladi In the UK, a December general election is unusual. As the British people went to the polls on 12 December, it was the sixth time since 1800 that a general election took place in December and the… Read More ›
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Words at their worst
By Paul Wieland Assaulted by walls of sound, eddies of fury and windrows of wonder, America’s sports fans hear words at their worst, and at their own peril. In the thousands of sports broadcasts and telecasts exposed to the eyes… Read More ›
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