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Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Nonprofits Driving Increased Local News Coverage
The Institute for Nonprofit News reports that nonprofits are driving an increase in local news coverage based on its fifth annual survey. Here is the Executive Summary:The 2022 INN Index…
The Right Coast
Source Backs Bari Weiss Account That New York Times Wanted to Run Tim Scott Op-Ed by Schumer | National Review
The New York Times has repeatedly denied the explosive account from former Times journalist Bari Weiss that a senior opinion-page editor instructed a colleague to check with Senator Chuck Schumer…
Explorations with Information and Technology
Fact or Friction
By David Whelan
It is hard to know what the truth is sometimes. It is less hard to know a fact. But that doesn’t mean that everyone has the same commitment to the…
Media Law Prof Blog
Jones and West on The Disappearing Freedom of the Press @sjquinney @sonjarwest @UGASchoolofLaw
RonNell Anderson Jones, University of Utah College of Law, and Sonja West, University of Georgia School of Law, have published The Disappearing Freedom of the Press as University of Utah…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Choosing a Niche Enables Journalist to Rise to the Top as Executive Editor of New York Times
The decision to report on a niche enabled a young Plano, Texas newspaper reporter to rise to the top in news journalism. As reported by the New York Times’ Michael…
The Right Coast
Australian journalist Cheng Lei tried in Beijing court
BEIJING Australian journalist Cheng Lei went on trial behind closed doors in a heavily guarded Beijing court on Thursday on charges of providing state secrets to a foreign country, more…
Simple Justice
Short Take: The Peril of Reporting
If nobody reported on a Proud Boy rally, would that have been better? Like it or not, it’s news, and Jonathan Choe, a reporter for ABC affiliate KOMO in Seattle…
The Right Coast
News for the Elite
Journalism used to be written primarily by the working class for the working class, but as the industry shrinks, it has become ensconced in an elitist bubble that serves the…
Criminal
The Marshall Project’s Susan Chira on local journalism and the U.S. justice system
By Alec Downing
The Marshall Project—named in honor of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall—is a nonprofit news outlet devoted to covering the U.S. criminal justice system. The organization focuses on deep…
Tynan's Anger
Mainstream Media Is A Tool of the Rich Because Because Entering Mainstream Journalism Requires <i>Being</i> Rich
When I graduated college, my dream job was to be the theater critic for the New York Times. My life has taken so many turns since then it seems hilarious to…