William Yelles
William Yelles' eight years at The Hollywood Reporter Online included breaking countless news stories and winning a Neal Award for best Web site. Earlier in his career, he was an editor at The Los Angeles Jewish Journal and wrote for The Santa Barbara Independent. He is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara.
The Real Financial Crisis Hasn’t Hit Yet
The ‘star’ of a new documentary on the national debt says the deficit is still the even bigger threat to our financial house.
McCain Lays Out ‘Nonpartisan’ Energy Options
The presidential hopeful cites alternatives to fossil fuels but also calls for the U.S. to draw on its vast oil and natural gas resources.
Survey: ‘Too Much’ Election Coverage
The media devotes too much attention to the White House race, Americans say in a just-released survey.
A Net Neutrality Business Plan
Hollywood powers are taking sides in the escalating debate over "net neutrality."
Will America or the Media Decide?
As the White House race rolls on, issues such as Iraq and the economy are taking a backseat lately to more important issues.
McCain Daughter’s Media Haters
Is the media, sometimes accused of giving Sen. John McCain a "free ride," taking it out on his daughter?
Making Waves Into Energy
Ireland is turning to the ocean in a bid to generate electricity.
Weathercasters Change With the Climate
TV weathercasts will be taking on a scientific bent for the better, a journalism lecturer forecasts.
Talent One Variable in Oscar Race
A study of Academy Award-eligible films spanning 78 years points to predictable recipients of the coveted Oscar nod.
‘Journalism Without Journalists’
A Shorenstein Center Fellow sheds light on what’s working in the booming area of citizen journalism.
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The wage gap between the sexes in America has been closing much faster than anyone realized, but that’s tempered by learning it’s been much wider than measurements had shown.
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An effort to identify five performing orcas as slaves failed in part, argues one scholar, because there’s no legal precedent establishing them as persons.
The Perceived Delicacy of the Female Conductor
New research finds listeners judge symphonic music differently when they’re told the conductor is a woman.
House Puts Transportation in Partisan Crossfire
Transportation used to be one of the few guaranteed areas of agreement when ideology trumped pragmatism in D.C. But that’s no longer the case.
Pressure to Conform Can Inspire Creativity
New research suggests less-creative people do more innovative thinking when they are told individualism is the norm, and instructed to conform.
Better Super Bowl Makes for Better Ads
A lot of people say they watch the Super Bowl mostly for the ads. But it turns out a good game surrounding those ads makes them seem better.
Overseas Troops Finally Get Fair Shot at Voting
After decades of obstacles hindering the voting process, new laws will allow overseas and military voters to submit their votes in time for the 2012 election.
Neglected Tropical Diseases Neglected No More?
World health leaders announce coordinated push to eradicate or control neglected tropical diseases.
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A survey of award-winning children’s picture books from 1938 to 2008 suggests our increasing estrangement from the natural environment.
Traffic Solution: Make Drivers Less Lonely
Rather than moaning about too many cars on the road, the Ridesharing Institute says the real key to battling traffic congestion and pollution is filling empty passenger seats.
