Business of News

I’m seeing optimism in American newsrooms that hasn’t been around since 2008. Do you sense it too? It’s a feeling

More than 15 years ago, in a newspaper-wide brainstorming session, I said to Steve Smith, the circulation director at the

In the memories of any journalist are phrases and advice from mentors that helped shape careers. Trouble is, if you’ve

As you head into 2015, will this be another year in which you try to slow the race to the

“Kill the Messenger” is very good movie fiction about an investigative story accused of being fictionalized. But this is not

Diane McFarlin walked to the front of a room filled with angry people. Furrowed brows. Arms crossed. Feet planted firmly.

Straight out of college I went to work for a newspaper. When I retired, I realized I had been working

You’ve seen this, right? You walk into a restaurant and look at a table where you see the tops of

“There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle,

I got my first job as an editor because of the most stereotypical play from the “good ‘ol boys” playbook.