In a new essay entitled
Build the Wall, David Simon (who was a
Baltimore Sun reporter before he produced
The Wire) argues that if the larger newspaper industry is to survive, The New York Times and Washington Post must start charging readers for access to their websites (preferably done as a single action in concert with each other) —
John Gruber,
Dave Winer, and the folks at Gawker
disagree, and Steven Berlin Johnson argues that while the future for newspapers might be quite bleak,
the future for journalism and high quality analysis is actually quite bright. Meanwhile, the Times
is currently doing market research to see if it's readers would be willing to pay $5 a month for online access, and the Associated Press
announced it's intent to build a new news DRM system that will enable users to “
consume, mash up and share AP content based on rights”.
posted by dyslexictraveler
on Jul 24, 2009 -
128 comments
Newsfilter: Washington Post columnist/blogger Dan Froomkin writes the "
White House Briefing," an online "daily anthology of works by other journalists and bloggers," which is often critical of the administration. This past Sunday, the new
Post ombudsman wrote that the paper's White House correspondents worried that Froomkin's column creates an appearance of bias at the Post.
Froomkin responsed, and hundreds of commentors offered their support. Then Post national politics editor
John Harris weighed in, to somewhat less acclaim from commentors. Harris expanded on his views in
this interview. The whole affair raises issues about allegations of a
subservient, stenographic press, how the media
deals with charges of liberal bias, the
perceived vindictiveness of the Bush administration, and the relationship between
in-house bloggers and the traditional media.
posted by ibmcginty
on Dec 14, 2005 -
20 comments
Administration Paid Commentator (WashPost membership rqd) The Education Department paid commentator Armstrong Williams $241,000 to help promote President Bush's No Child Left Behind law on the air, an arrangement that Williams acknowledged yesterday involved "bad judgment" on his part.
I'm sure y'all check the Washington Post regularly, but isn't this simply bribing a journalist?
posted by punkbitch
on Jan 8, 2005 -
44 comments
Bush in Baghdad, Behind the Scenes. Drudge has posted Washington Post reporter Mike Allen's raw notes from the 2-day secret whirlwind trip to Iraq. It reads like a script from "The West Wing." (The stripped-down finished article
appears in Friday's
Post.) Meanwhile, some in the journalism field are
pissed, says Howard Kurtz. Says one: "Reporters are in the business of telling the truth. They can't decide it's okay to lie sometimes because it serves a larger truth or good cause."
posted by PrinceValium
on Nov 27, 2003 -
59 comments
Notice something missing from today's Washington Post? In a creative protest of management's latest contract offer, Post union members withhold bylines from news stories and columns in the
June 5 edition. Most articles are written "By A Washington Post Staff Writer" and pictures are taken "By A Washington Post Staff Photographer." What other unique forms of labor protest have you seen where the union gets its point across without striking or compromising the quality of the product?
posted by PrinceValium
on Jun 5, 2002 -
18 comments
10 Days in September: Inside the War Cabinet The Washington Post today publishes the first of an eight-part special series, by investigative reporters Dan Balz and Bob Woodward, on the US government's -- and more specifically, the Bush Administration's -- initial response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The series is based on interviews with President Bush, Vice President Cheney and many other key officials inside the administration and out, and is supplemented by notes of National Security Council meetings made available to The Washington Post, along with notes taken by multiple participants.
This is what journalism at its best is all about...
posted by verdezza
on Jan 27, 2002 -
19 comments
Ask the ombudsman. Are newspapers revealing too much information? too little? A news ombudsman receives and investigates complaints from newspaper readers or listeners or viewers of radio and television stations about accuracy, fairness, balance and good taste in news coverage. He or she recommends appropriate remedies or responses to correct or clarify news reports.
Michael Getler: Internal Critic with Big Audience: how the Washington Post's Ombudsman does his job.
An ombudsman is someone who handles complaints and attempts to find mutually satisfactory solutions. Ombudsmen can be found in government, corporations, hospitals, universities and other institutions. The first ombudsman was appointed in 1809 in Sweden to handle citizens' complaints about the government. It is pronounced "om-BUDS-man" and is Scandinavian in origin.
posted by Carol Anne
on Oct 30, 2001 -
2 comments
