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November 2007 - Posts

Thursday, November 22, 2007 4:41 AM

At last, free to be biased

The relief that former ABC News anchor Carole Simpson must feel, now that she is a civilian and can be biased (http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/11/19/professor_takes_heat_for_nod_to_clinton/?page=full). Since she's no longer practicing journalism
posted by AndySchotz | 0 Comments
Monday, November 19, 2007 5:20 AM

Fast driver, furious reaction

The Albany (N.Y.) Times Union recently profiled a man who wants to legally break a speed record in his pickup truck (http://timesunion.com/speedster). As part of the story, the reporter rode with the man on an area highway and watched as he supposedly
posted by AndySchotz | 0 Comments
Saturday, November 10, 2007 5:50 PM

Inviting anonymous comments

Even The New York Times is entering the Internet fray: letting people post anonymous comments after stories (http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003667823). For some reason, newspapers that would never print
posted by AndySchotz | 0 Comments
Saturday, November 03, 2007 11:33 PM

Burning a source

There was an interesting story in the New York Times the other day about a New York journalist who burned his source, a former gangland mistress whom he had interviewed a decade earlier for a potential book.The result of the reporter's disclosure
posted by PeterSussman | 2 Comments
Friday, November 02, 2007 1:57 AM

A Snapshot of Editorial Thinking

Indianapolis Star Editor Dennis Ryerson lays it out for readers who want to know why a photo of a vulnerable Amish boy made the front page:"My point this morning isn't to try to convince anybody that we handled the photograph properly, even though I
posted by AdrianUribarri | 0 Comments