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Local News: If It Bleeds, It Shouldn't Lead
Written by: Elbert Ventura, Wednesday 02 July 2008 - 05:00 AM 
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Years of sensational coverage haven't rescued TV news from ratings freefalls, and a new study suggests a quick application of quality might help patch things up.
Understanding the Digitally Savvy
Written by: William Yelles, Tuesday 27 May 2008 - 14:24 PM 0 Comments
With 1 percent of the nation's population controlling a disproportionate amount of its wealth, the same can now be said of an emerging digital elite and its new-media consumption habits.
Over the Horizon
Written by: John Mecklin, Monday 19 May 2008 - 05:00 AM 1 Comments
A new British book, Flat Earth News, provides a well-researched answer to the age-old question: Why are the news media so dumb?
Rising Storm
Written by: Matt Palmquist, Tuesday 04 March 2008 - 13:57 PM 0 Comments
Views, Reviews and Interviews: Documentary journalism takes on a new multimedia format at its extraordinary new home, MediaStorm.org.
Why Miller-McCune and Why Now?
Written by: John Mecklin, Tuesday 04 March 2008 - 12:38 PM 1 Comments
Noted journalist James Fallows helps us explain our new magazine and Web site.
The Bottom Line for Nonprofit News
Written by: Ryan Blitstein, Tuesday 04 March 2008 - 11:36 AM 1 Comments
Across America, nonprofit Web sites are trying to keep public interest journalism alive at the local level. But to provide what print newspapers increasingly do not, these digitized nonprofits must overcome the challenge facing every startup: Eventually, they have to break even.
Lies and Campaign Advertising
Written by: Amy R. Ramos, Tuesday 29 January 2008 - 17:27 PM 0 Comments
Negative campaign ads are good for us. Despite our claims that we detest them, research shows we eat them up.
‘Journalism Without Journalists’
Written by: William Yelles, Wednesday 09 January 2008 - 17:33 PM 0 Comments
A Shorenstein Center Fellow sheds light on what’s working in the booming area of citizen journalism.
This Is Your Brain on Violence
Written by: Tom Jacobs, Thursday 03 January 2008 - 19:51 PM 0 Comments
Research using brain-scanning technology finds that images of violence stimulate specific responses in the human brain that do not occur in reaction to other types of imagery.
"Barack" Befuddles, "W00t" Woos Webster
Written by: Michael Todd, Thursday 27 December 2007 - 21:36 PM 0 Comments
Whether it's flubbing or dubbing, here's a quick look at two recent media year-end lists that might have escaped your notice.
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- 1 Total Recall … Or At Least the…
- 2 A Prophylactic for Free Speech?
- 3 Caution: NAFTA at Work
- 4 The Lessons of Gloucester, or It's…
- 5 Does Education Really Make You…
- 6 See It — and Believe It or Not
- 7 Should the Government Make Us Happy?
- 8 Did Archimedes Solve Our Energy…
- 9 No Easy Solution
- 10 Red Meat: A Healthy Choice?