Category Archives: journalism history
Glass half full?
By Chris Daly The latest American newspaper to take a step back from daily print publication is the venerable Times-Picayune of New Orleans. Today’s New York Times reports that the 175-year-old newspaper is scaling back to printing three days a … Continue reading
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A news blog evolves
By Chris Daly In my recent book, Covering America, I ended my 300+ year narrative of journalism in America on an optimistic note. One reason for that optimism is the success of Josh Marshall and his Talking Points Memo. … Continue reading
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Horst Faas, great news photographer, dies at 79
By Chris Daly One of the most important photographers and photo editors of the last century has died. Horst Faas, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner during his long career at The Associated Press, was 79. Obits are here and here and here. Horst Faas in a … Continue reading
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AP Apologizes for WWII Blunder
By Chris Daly I was very pleased to see that my old employer, The Associated Press, finally did the right thing and apologized to a great correspondent who was wronged in 1945 as he broke the news about the end … Continue reading
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New Bradlee biography
By Chris Daly Disclaimer: I have not read the new biography of Ben Bradlee by Jeff Himmelman, called Yours in Truth. I am merely passing on a review, by Jack Shafer. Shafer, who is hardly a sentimentalist, makes an important … Continue reading
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Another view of Murdoch
By Chris Daly Don’t say this blog is one-sided, even on the subject of Rupert Murdoch. The British writer William Shawcross recently stuck up for Murdoch in this piece in the Guardian. Shawcross, who wrote a 1992 biography of Murdoch, … Continue reading
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CNN: the “E.R.” of TV news?
By Chris Daly Insightful piece today by Brian Stelter in the Times. It raises the question: Is CNN like the emergency room of a hospital that cannot fill its inpatient beds? CNN is very busy during crises, but it becomes … Continue reading
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“Not a Fit Person”
By Chris Daly Well, now it’s official. Something that many people have thought for a long time is now part of the findings of a British parliamentary report: Rupert Murdoch is “not a fit person” to run a globe-straddling, influence-buying, phone-hacking, … Continue reading
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New review of “Covering America”
This recently appeared in the Midwest Book Review: The Journalism Shelf Covering America Christopher B. Daly University of Massachusetts Press PO Box 429 Amherst, MA 01004 9781558499119 $49.95 www.umass.edu/umpress Award-winning author Christopher B. Daly, a veteran journalist as well as … Continue reading
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Review of “The Columnist”
By Chris Daly A new play about to open on Broadway takes us back, not only to a different era but to a different America. The play is “The Columnist,” by playwright David Auburn, who also wrote the marvelous drama … Continue reading
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