By Anne and Richard Lee Conspiracy theories, misinformation from government officials and a public that refuses to accept the truth – even when documented by facts – have become part of daily life in America in 2019. These same elements… Read More ›
Jandoli Institute
What Verizon’s Move to Shut Down FIOS 1 Means for Local News
By Michael Shapiro A few weeks ago, Verizon announced that it would shutter FIOS 1, its local news station in New Jersey and New York. The creation of FIOS 1 was aimed at capturing new subscribers by providing an alternative… Read More ›
Josh Margolin
When I think back to 9/11, it’s the visuals that rush to mind: the burning buildings that we could see from so many miles away; the cloud of smoke staring right at me in the middle of the night. The… Read More ›
Bill Reed
At the time of Sept. 11, 2001, I was a news editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer, in charge of organizing and laying out the “A” or front section of the paper except the front page. It required the news judgment,… Read More ›
Amy Moritz
I was a young sports reporter at The Buffalo News at the time, six years into my newspaper career. That week, I was visiting friends in the greater Washington, D.C. area. I had slept in and my friend greeted me… Read More ›
Donald Gilliland
September 11, 2001, was a Tuesday – production day at the rural weekly I edited at the time. I had been in the office until around 2 a.m. the night before laying out inside pages, so I didn’t arrive at… Read More ›
Lisa Robert Lewis
TERRORISM! As I watched TODAY that morning, a plane came into view on my TV screen, racing toward the World Trade Center. I didn’t have time to articulate that word before that second jet hit the tower. Shock. Sadness. Uncertainty…. Read More ›
Zack Fink
On the morning of Sept. 11, I was scheduled to fly with New Jersey’s Air National Guard on the final flight of their UH-1N Huey helicopter, which was being permanently retired. At the time, I was a Reporter for New… Read More ›
Eric J. Greenberg
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was still sleeping at 8:46 a.m. I had worked late at my newspaper the night before, the New York Jewish Week, the largest in the country, whose offices were located in Times… Read More ›
Louis Jacobson
In Washington, D.C., Sept. 11, 2001, began as a gorgeous day — bright and sunny. My wife, a lawyer, had flown out earlier that morning from D.C. to Detroit for a client meeting. I had the TV on when the… Read More ›
