By Chris Mackowski If anyone still doubts we live in a post-truth society, take a look at these two articles published on October 18. Clinton email probe finds no deliberate mishandling of classified information A U.S. State Department investigation of… Read More ›
By Michael Shapiro Coming up on Friday, I have the opportunity to participate in a panel about bootstrapping a local news site at the Local Independent Online News Publishers Conference in Nashville. I’m looking forward to sharing some of the… Read More ›
By Michael Shapiro What started as a way to connect with friends, family and sometimes strangers has turned into a massive ecosystem for distributing all sorts of information. As social media has matured, the ways in which that information is… Read More ›
By Michael P. Riccards We have spent a small fortune on examining whether the Russian government in 2016 has tried to influence the presidential election. Of course they did, and the U.S. government has tried to influence abroad since World… Read More ›
By Denny Wilkins As a citizen of the United States of America, you can criticize your government as intelligently, as profanely, or as stupidly as you wish. You can call the president of the nation an unintelligent, uninspiring, and incompetent… Read More ›
By David Kassnoff The evolution of newspapers may involve a return to the partnered relationships of years gone by. In Rochester, NY, public broadcaster WXXI recently added City Newspaper, a 48-year-old alternative weekly, to its subsidiary, Rochester Area Media Partners…. Read More ›
By Lee Coppola Hmmm, I wonder what’s in my past that might provide fodder for the journalism police. Better yet, the journalists’ police. After all, that’s what they are, the band of right-wing sleuths who reportedly have been digging up… Read More ›
By Natalie Forster I always knew I wanted to write. I remember 8-year-old me sitting on my kitchen floor, drawing children’s books about my two cats as superheroes. “The Adventures of Socks and Patches” were commonplace in my family… Read More ›
By Michael Shapiro GateHouse and Gannett are merging, and barring any regulatory hurdles (which is unlikely), will become the largest chain of local newspapers in the United States. The deal has been greeted with a degree of measured trepidation and… Read More ›
By Richard Lee During the years I served as a deputy communication director in the New Jersey governor’s office, we dealt with more than a fair share of negative stories. Some were complete surprises that came out of the blue… Read More ›
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