Stories about the medical aspects of the coronavirus – symptoms, precautions and treatment – accounted for less than a fifth of media’s coverage of the pandemic during a six-week period from late March through early May, according to an informal… Read More ›
By Richard Lee In a career that has spanned more than six decades, Bob Dylan has written songs of every size and shape. Dylan, who turns 79 today, even wrote one that follows the traditional structure of a news story…. Read More ›
By Evan Weiner One of the reasons the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team has a large regional following was the team’s broadcasts on KMOX, which was and is a clear channel station which means at night the signal did not… Read More ›
By Michael Shapiro It’s no secret. Local news has been on shaky ground for some time now — having disappeared entirely in some communities. The shift in how people consume information has led to a change in the economics of… Read More ›
By Sean Mickey One of the first things you learn in journalism is to give your reader both sides of the story. But it’s also important to not let a narrative trump the facts. When a media outlet shows something… Read More ›
By Ty Johnson COVID-19 has forced businesses across the world to face new challenges. In the United States, businesses deemed essential are able to stay open, but certainly not under normal conditions. Businesses deemed non-essential cannot operate at all. One… Read More ›
By Richard Lee At Monday’s White House press briefing, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, reacted angrily to a question from CBS reporter Paula Reid. Fauci had just clarified remarks he made a… Read More ›
By Denny Wilkins Once upon time, in the days before the consolidation of news company ownership into the sell-the-assets-off-fast hands of hedge funds, the United States had more than 55,000 journalists toiling in daily print newsrooms. Today only half of… Read More ›
By Pauline W. Hoffmann These last several weeks have put a burden on many sectors of society from hourly workers who will struggle to provide for families to health care workers who battle on the front lines of the pandemic…. Read More ›
By David Kassnoff This week brought news of mandatory furloughs of a week or more at many daily newspapers. This translates to fewer editors, reporters, news photographers, and content coaches. It’s easy to blame the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic… Read More ›
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