Topic
Journalism
608 published works
The Right Coast
Lawrence O’Donnell: ‘I Was Wrong… I Made An Error in Judgment’ – Sara A. Carter
Last night I made an error in judgment by reporting an item about the president s finances that didn t go through our rigorous verification and standards process. I shouldn…
Simple Justice
The Aristocracy of Cute Pumps
Maureen Dowd’s effort to prove herself a card-carrying member of the proletariat would have been unnecessary a decade ago, and rings peculiar today. Then this week, lefty Twitter erected a…
Media Law Prof Blog
The Chicago Defender Ends Its Print Edition Run, Goes Digital Only, Today
From the New York Times: The Chicago Defender ceases print publication today. It will continue its digital edition. Notes the Times, "Decade by decade, the newspaper told the story of…
Every Day Rhetoric
Rhetoric Academia, If you can’t say something nice…
By chrisgrim
I was going to write my 3rd post in my series on remuneration, but I feel a more pressing topic is in order. A toxic group-self rhetoric has really been…
The Right Coast
Legendary RI reporter Jim Taricani dies at 69 | WPRI.com
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) Jim Taricani, a legendary Rhode Island investigative reporter who served a federal sentence for refusing to reveal a confidential source, died on Friday. He was 69.via www.wpri.com
Nonprofit Law Blog
Nonprofit News Organizations: The Tax Rules
10 years ago, I presented at an ethnic and community news media conference on “The Nonprofit Option.” Since then, as expected, we have witnessed a substantial decline in commercial news…
Charities & Not-For-Profits Law in Australia
F&P Magazine – In the eyes of the law
By Bill d'Apice
In the latest issue of the F&P (Fundraising & Philanthropy) magazine, Joanne Grant, Partner at Makinson d’Apice takes a look at the legislative and compliance requirements that will impact the…
Simple Justice
Pollyanna Posting
I was spurred to write a post this morning by two op-eds in the New York Times, one by Roxane Gay and the other by Michelle Goldberg. After doing so,…
The Right Coast
Report reveals new details about DOJ s seizing of AP phone records – Columbia Journalism Review
With its latest leak indictment last week, the Department of Justice under Donald Trump is now on pace to break the previous record for prosecutions of journalists sources, just two…
The Right Coast
Theory of Revised Julian Assange Indictment Could Apply to Ordinary Reporters Reason.com
Under the government's theory in some of the charges, any reporter who knowingly prints certain kinds of government secrets could equally be prosecuted.via reason.com