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News beyond newspapers

By Chris Daly I heard a terrific piece today on WBUR, the local NPR affiliate. It was about “Toys for Elephants” — a project by students from the Massachusetts College of Art who took up the challenge of designing play … Continue reading

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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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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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Newspaper jobs

By Chris Daly  This just in: The number of jobs for reporters in U.S. newspapers has probably bottomed out. That’s one takeaway from the latest survey of the country’s newsrooms released by the American Society of Newspaper Editors. The ASNE, … Continue reading

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“Covering America” reviewed

By Chris Daly Delighted to see this review just out from Publisher’s Weekly. Covering America: A Narrative History of a Nation’s Journalism. Christopher B. Daly. Univ. of Massachusetts, $49.95 (544 p) ISBN 978-1-55849-911-9 In this scholarly yet readable volume, Daly … Continue reading

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The bear facts

By Chris Daly  For the past week or so, I have been puzzling over my reactions to a new multimedia project from the Canadian National Film Board. It’s called “Bear 71,” by Jeremy Mendes and Leanne Allison. It is described … Continue reading

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William Randolph Hearst’s company at 125

By Chris Daly  The Hearst Corp has decided to give itself a big birthday — 125. That is predicated on the fairly arbitrary starting point of March 4, 1887, the date on which young William Randolph Hearst took over the … Continue reading

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More terrible news

By Chris Daly Another dark day for the press corps trying to cover Syria. Two more journalists have died there, according to today’s Washington Post and NYTimes. Reporter Marie Colvin and photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in Homs, where the Syrian … Continue reading

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A great experiment

by Chris Daly  For years, I had heard about a newspaper that once existed in New York City that carried no advertising. How could this be? I wondered. Years later, I had the chance to explore the history of that … Continue reading

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Hooray for Esquire

From David Carr comes welcome news to all of us who care about the magazine trade, long-form journalism, etc.: Esquire magazine is thriving. Way to go, David Granger!  

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