On AlterNet: journalism

Enter your email to subscribe to the ( journalism ) newsletter.
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "journalism"

American Exceptionalism and Worker-Bashing, Adam Davidson Style

Yves Smith, Naked Capitalism . January 9, 2012.

NYT/NPR economic guru Adam Davidson misrepresents the facts and appeals to American prejudices to sell worker-bashing.

"Kill The Messenger": New Book Examines How the Media Has Perpetuated Both Good and Evil

Gar Alperovitz, AlterNet. September 27, 2011.

Maria Armoudian's book offers an unflinching look at media's capacity to shape the world, for better or for worse, breaking down how society and the media perpetuate evil.

Can We Make Time For Love? ColorLines Brings Something Positive to Social Justice Journalism

Rae Gomes, AlterNet. August 13, 2011.

A family supporting their "princess boy" and a love song for women of color are just some of the ways that Colorlines, a daily news site, seeks to articulate love.

The Big Lie At The Heart Of Rupert Murdoch's Media Empire

Jay Rosen, Comment Is Free. July 22, 2011.

News Corp isn't a news corporation at all. It's the lobbying arm of Rupert Murdoch's global conglomerate, in the business of wielding influence.

How Murdoch’s Empire Suffocates the Craft of Journalism

Michelle Chen, In These Times. July 21, 2011.

The Murdoch empire is based on a vulgar corporate culture in which honesty and critical thought are dismissed as an impediment to commercial success.

The Murdochs Must Stop Spinning and Resign Over the Phone-Hacking Scandal

Robert Greenwald, Comment Is Free. July 20, 2011.

Fox News has long blurred the line between corporate interests and journalistic integrity. But the phone hacking scandal is a step too far--it's time for Murdoch to go.

Who Says Media Is Dead? 5 Takeaways From Progressive Journalists and Activists at the Allied Media Conference

Mandy Van Deven, AlterNet. July 1, 2011.

Anyone lamenting the end of traditional media would do well to attend the AMC conference and experience the excitement of a metaphorical phoenix rising from the ash.

Lies Become Truths: The Demise of the Newspaper Leaves Americans Dumber, Blinder and Prone to Ideological Manipulation

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. June 27, 2011.

The loss of print journalism is impoverishing our civil discourse and leaving us less and less connected to the city, the nation and the world around us.

Let's Fight the Obama Administration's Crusade to Jail Another Journalist

Rory O'Connor, AlterNet. May 26, 2011.

We need to stand up for NYT reporter James Risen and against the sleazy, Bush-like tactics of the Obamacrats and the burgeoning national security state.

Soldier Porn: Why Do Reporters Act Like Giddy Schoolgirls Around the Military?

Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch.com. May 15, 2011.

To understand these men and women and the tasks they are set to, we need journalists who do real reporting, not just pass on their own wet dreams to a gullible public.

Koch Brother Buys Professors At Public University to Spread Free Market Propaganda -- Is Public Education the Kochs' Next Front?

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. May 10, 2011.

The latest Koch brother affront is an "unheard of" breach of academic freedom--a donation to FSU only on the condition they can oversee the faculty appointees.

'The Next Rush Limbaugh': Conservatives Pumping Right-Wing Young People into Media Jobs

Kay Steiger, AlterNet. February 18, 2011.

This year's Conservative Political Action Conference offered such panels as "Freelance Writing for Freedom" and "Want to be the Next Rush Limbaugh?"

The Witch Hunt Against Assange Is Turning into an Extremely Dangerous Assault on Journalism Itself

Robert Parry, Consortium News. December 17, 2010.

The Obama admin's reported plan to indict Julian Assange strikes at the heart of investigative journalism on national security scandals.

The Plight of Three Journalists Imprisoned in Iran Reveals the Risks That Come With Real Reporting

Kari Lydersen, AlterNet. August 1, 2010.

The work of independent freelancers willing to travel the world at their own risk and on their own dime has never been more critical.

Why Did It Take a Rock Magazine to Report the Military's Total Disaster in Afghanistan?

Peter Richardson, AlterNet. July 2, 2010.

Anyone in the Pentagon press corps could have written the story that took down McChrystal. So why did it appear in Rolling Stone?

Corrupt Practices Accelerating the Decline of American Journalism

David Sirota, AlterNet. April 17, 2010.

We have people posturing as journalists on TV who get paid as business spokespeople, financial reporters who retire to work for Goldman Sachs -- media parasites.

Izzy Award Winner Jeremy Scahill: "We're At a Ground Zero Moment to Save Real Journalism"

Byard Duncan, AlterNet. March 25, 2010.

The winner of the second annual Izzy Award, named after muckraking journalist I.F. Stone, discusses independent media and this critical moment in journalism.

James O'Keefe, the Landrieu 'Sting' and the Truth About Conservative 'Journalism'

Eric Alterman, Center for American Progress. February 6, 2010.

As the he antics of O'Keefe and company demonstrate, the right has failed to train many genuine journalists. So why do mainstream journalists swallow their line?

Must-Watch TV Makes Bad Journalism: Media Failures in Haiti Coverage

Robert Jensen, AlterNet. January 26, 2010.

We're seeing it live an upfront with Haiti: TV news routinely falls into the trap of emphasizing visually compelling and dramatic stories at the expense of crucial information.

The Media Industry's Whirlwind Transformation in the 2000's: Good-News, Bad-News

Rory O'Connor, MediaChannel.org. December 22, 2009.

For the media industry, it was a decade of disruption and decay, of death (newspapers) and birth (new forms of journalism.)

30 Reasons Fox News Is Not Legit

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.

Weisberg: "Respectable Journalists ... Should Stop Appearing" on Fox News

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.

Politico Gets to the Bottom of the F#%&ing Story!

Politico Gets to the Bottom of the F#%&ing Story!

BarbinMD, Daily Kos AlterNet: Politics. October 12, 2009.

Quite the exposé.

Diane Sawyer's Promotion to Evening News Chair: A Watershed Moment for Media?

Michele Filgate, DELETED. September 8, 2009.

Women will now lead two of the three network shows.

If Only Walter Cronkite Had Left His Integrity Behind

If Only Walter Cronkite Had Left His Integrity Behind

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.

[ page served from web 2 ]