Category Archives: 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
NYTimes paywall
By Chris Daly As usual, it is worth reading what Dan Gillmor has to say — this time about the results to date of the New York Times‘ experiment with its paywall. Here’s his recent post from the Guardian. I … Continue reading
Filed under Journalism, New York Times, publishing
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
Jill Abramson on narratives, multimedia
By Chris Daly Since the announcement of her appointment as the next top editor of The New York Times, Jill Abramson has received a lot of attention. At the same time, the newly designated leader of the most important institution … Continue reading
Filed under Arianna Huffington, Journalism, New York Times, Uncategorized
Who reports?
By Chris Daly Here is a really worthwhile follow-up to the recent posting about Nate Silver and his study of original reporting. It develops several points that I think are solid and worth further research. It’s from Nick Baumann of … Continue reading
Filed under Journalism, New York Times
Who reports?
By Chris Daly The always-interesting Nate Silver, in a recent post, put his finger on a really key issue in journalism: who does the reporting that everyone else fights over, analyzes, re-purposes, aggregates, or just steals? Silver did some back-of-the-envelope … Continue reading
Filed under Journalism, New York Times
More news about the news
By Chris Daly More news today about journalism. ~First, an update from the NYTimes about the harrowing captivity of four of its own journalists (including Tyler Hicks, a BU alum who will be the commencement speaker this spring at BU’s … Continue reading
Filed under broadcasting, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Journalism, New York Times
NY Times pay wall
By Chris Daly So often, the field of media criticism/analysis partakes of the spirit of sports journalism. If you watch ESPN a lot, you realize that most of the people on the screen have a very specific skill set: … Continue reading
Filed under media, New York Times, publishing
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
The “psycho killer” problem
By Chris Daly Today’s NYTimes has a piece that tries to address an issue that I believe was raised by the Tucson shootings: What are people supposed to do when they think a young man is losing his grip on … Continue reading
Filed under mental illness, New York Times, schizophrenia, Tucson, Tucson shooting
