Category Archives: history
Ernie Pyle: Everyman exalted
By Chris Daly Today’s NYTimes brings a dispatch from Dana, Indiana — a dateline that all journalism historians will recognize as the hometown of Ernie Pyle, one of the greatest war correspondents in American history. The piece is by Dan … Continue reading
Filed under history, Journalism, journalism history, New York Times
Are Journalists Always Wrong?
That’s a question I raised in the following article, which was published today in a British academic journal called Journalism Practice. I am posting it here so you don’t have to pay $35 to read it. I had to reformat … Continue reading
Filed under history, Journalism, journalism history, New York Times, The New Yorker
Pentagon Papers, at 40
By Chris Daly As a public service, I am once again making public my history of the Pentagon Papers case. On the 40th anniversary of the publication of the first story about the “massive leak” of top-security government documents, it … Continue reading
Filed under Covering America, history, Journalism, journalism history, New York Times, Wikileaks
Whose press freedom?
By Chris Daly Today’s Times includes a “sidebar” piece (column?) by legal correspondent Adam Liptak. I found it frustrating for a couple of reasons. For one thing, it is a bit of a mystery why it is running now (except … Continue reading
Filed under history, Journalism, media, New York Times, Supreme Court
How the Lawyers Stole Winter
By Chris Daly By popular demand, I am re-posting the following essay I wrote, which is about skating on ponds outside Boston when I was a kid. Every winter, I get asked about it, and I am delighted to share … Continue reading
WikiLeaks prosecution?
By Chris Daly The WikiLeaks case continues to confound U.S. authorities. As today’s Times points out in an article by legal correspondent Charlie Savage, the application of existing U.S. law to the novel circumstances created by the Internet is no … Continue reading
Filed under history, Journalism, journalism history, leaks, media, Wikileaks
TMI?
By Chris Daly If you like to read about reading, or if you like to think about thinking, don’t miss this piece from the Sunday Boston Globe. Harvard prof. Ann Blair makes some interesting observations about the history of printing … Continue reading
Filed under blogging, computers, history, Journalism, media, publishing
Wiki-flood
Not to be missed among the deluge of “cables” is this statement by Times executive editor Bill Keller. A Note to Readers: The Decision to Publish Diplomatic Documents The articles published today and in coming days are based on thousands … Continue reading
Filed under history, Journalism, leaks, media, New York Times, Politics, Wikileaks
Remembering Halberstam
By Chris Daly The City of Cambridge (Mass.) plans to dedicate a memorial to the late, irreplacable David Halberstam on Wednesday of this week. It will be in a small public space in a traffic island in Harvard Square. It … Continue reading
Filed under David Halberstam, history, Journalism, journalism history, New York Times
Wikileaks and the Pentagon Papers
By Chris Daly In the turmoil around the recent disclosures on WikiLeaks, it seems like a good time to review the history of the biggest previous leak in U.S. history, the Pentagon Papers. In 1971, a disgruntled (contract) employee in … Continue reading
Filed under history, journalism history, New York Times
