Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. October 28, 2009. Fox News routinely, and blatantly, breaks the code to which ethical journalists are supposed to aspire.
Staff, Media Matters for America AlterNet: PEEK. October 18, 2009. Whether the White House engages with Fox is a tactical political question. Whether we journalists continue to do so is an ethical one.
Marie Cocco, Washington Post Writers Group. July 21, 2009. The greatest sorrow in marking Cronkite's death is recognizing that the media has replaced his wisdom with pontification.
Rory O'Connor, RoryOConnor.org. July 14, 2009. In the fight for media survival, none of us is immune from temptation, and few revenue sources are beyond consideration, if not actual adoption.
Jim Naureckas, FAIR. July 13, 2009. Every alternative model for sustaining journalism has its pitfalls -- but could the state of our media be any worse?
Barbara Ehrenreich, AlterNet. June 4, 2009. Drop your sense of entitlement, Ehrenreich tells a graduating class of media makers, journalists are now "part of the working class."
Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. April 21, 2009. HBO's critically-acclaimed "The Wire" creator David Simon talks about inner-city crime and politics, storytelling and the future of journalism.
Katia Bachko, Columbia Journalism Review. February 21, 2009. Veteran Middle East reporter Paul McGeough shares insights about covering conflict in Gaza.
Jennifer Armstrong, Sirens Magazine. January 29, 2009. Even when it comes to writing, women are more likely to get noticed for their sex lives than their skills.
Rory O'Connor, RoryOConnor.org. January 20, 2009. The rise of Facebook and Twitter herald changes for journalism, and pose serious challenges to about journalistic credibility and trust.
Faisal Abbas, Asharq Al-Awsat. December 25, 2008. The New Yorker's star reporter discusses Abu Ghraib, the "war on terror," and why U.S. reporters don't pay enough attention to the Arab press.
Nick Penniman, American News Project AlterNet: Media and Technology. December 18, 2008. Pulitzer Prize Winner James Risen discusses the rise in executive power during Bush's tenure and the media's failure after 9/11.
PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: Media and Technology. December 5, 2008. Who needs good science coverage, after all, since nothing important happens in that area.
Justin Peters, Columbia Journalism Review. August 28, 2008. Drinking, complaining and getting massages are just a few of reporters' preferred convention activities.
Don Hazen, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. August 15, 2008. Journalism should be about afflicting the comfortable, and comforting the afflicted. Dowd just afflicts everyone.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: War on Iraq. August 15, 2008. Rep. Walter Jones and six co-sponsors believe the American people have the right to see deceased service people returning home.
