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Most newspapers at some point during the day have an editorial meeting. In it, reporters and editors, their numbers dwindling as of this writing, sit around a table or perhaps [...]

Class of 2008 journalism school students graduated into the worst job market for new journalists in nearly a quarter-century -- and those who managed to find a job usually had [...]

With a Democratic administration at work in Washington and President Obama's conservative opponents looking to make their voices heard in opposition to many of his policies and proposals, one might [...] more...

The recent emergence of Swine Flu received less coverage by three top U.S. newspapers than it did in major dailies in six other countries, according to a new report from [...]

Two-thirds of 'prominent members of the national news media' believe the Internet is hurting journalism more than it is helping, according to a poll conducted by The Atlantic and National [...]

Sometimes, pieces that may not really fit come together in revealing ways, especially nowadays, thanks to immediate distribution and then saturation via the Web. It happened again during the last [...] more...

The National Press Club, along with New York University's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and the Foreign Policy Association, will hold a forum on Thursday called 'The First Amendment, Freedom [...] more...

The push and pull of balancing print and online content will require ingenuity over the next decade, but it's baffling to see that some companies are still exhibiting change-a-phobic behavior [...]

What a difference a year makes. In 2007, the 14 journalism Pulitzer Prizes were won by 13 different news outlets -- none of them The Washington Post. This year, the [...]

In its new feature, Worst Jobs for the 21st Century, Forbes magazine pegs the journalism profession as not exactly a hot ticket to a long career in coming decades. After [...]

The state of newspapers in the exploding Web world appears to be a mix of good, bad, and mostly unknown, according to a panel of experts from both sides who [...]

Succeeding as a reporter in the newspaper industry has always required flexibility -- say, working on the copy desk first, or heading off to a small town to get your [...]

Are journalism-school faculties hotbeds of liberalism, and should colleges take affirmative- action steps to address this? John Tierney, the self- described libertarian/contrarian columnist for The New York Times, certainly thinks [...] more...

Journalistic world still needs its pros The forms are changing, but the content remains the same: Bringing order to chaos, separating the wheat from the chaff Journalism has always been [...]

LOCAL BLOGGERS ARE A PART OF TODAY'S JOURNALISM CULTURE. FORECASTERS SAY BY 2012, SOME 43 PERCENT of U.S. companies will use blogs for marketing purposes. These bloggers may be paid [...]

'How the Media Should Respond to the New U.S.A' was the name of the panel held at a conference of scientists, journalists, futurists, professors, and specialists in a variety of media areas. The aim was to help prepare students and teachers for the information distribution of the future. Predictions and scenarios for the future ranged from media treatment of non-Whites to retention of print format in an electronic age., In a conference dominated by dazzling visions of electronic journalism in the 21st century, one panel stressed the need for future changes in the way the media portray women and [...] more...

Newspapers' glass - half-full or half-empty? Is the newspaper industry holding a glass half-full or half-empty? Are the '90s the decade of the demise of the newspaper or the redefining [...]

Television has the advantage over newspapers in the media move to the Internet. Although newspapers went online first, largely to stem the loss of advertising revenues, TV will capitalize on bandwidth increases, delivering full-motion video clips to users in just seconds. But many news groups believe alliances will draw top audience and revenue figures, allowing alliance partners to create high quality multi-media projects. more...

Louis Boccardi, president and CEO of Associated Press (AP), said that he expects news services and newspapers to remain at the center of the information industry. He pointed out the financial health of AP compared to 1992, when its debt totaled $41 million. It is currently running a debt of $10 million after a decline which almost brought the company to a surplus. AP is planning to move to completely high-speed wire transfers by the end of 1995, with a digital service, called AP AdSEND, for advertisers., ASSOCIATED PRESS PRESIDENT and CEO Louis Boccardi believes that, despite challenges such as slipping readership and newsprint price hikes, the newspaper industry has much to look forward to in the [...] more...