Category Archives: history
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
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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
Honoring Halberstam
By Chris Daly I am very pleased to see that David Halberstam is to be memorialized by the naming of a chunk of Harvard Square in his honor. His first newspaper, The Crimson, broke the news a while back. Now … Continue reading
Filed under David Halberstam, Harvard, Harvard Crimson, history, Journalism, journalism history
Journalism Myths
Great discussion today on NPR’s show “On Point” about myths that have grown up in the history of journalism. The guest was the estimable Prof. W. Joseph Campbell, talking about his book, “Getting it Wrong: Ten of the Greatest Misreported … Continue reading
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