R.I.P. Newspapers--but Not the News
Belmont, Mass.
Eric Alterman is correct when he discusses the "end of newspapers" by
saying, "What is needed--pronto--is a plan to save the collection and
dissemination of the news itself" ["The Liberal Media," May 11]. As a
citizen, I heartily agree. As a leader of the Boston Globe Freelancers
Association campaign against a retroactive rights-grabbing contract in
2000, I have another perspective. We also need to understand the perfect
storm that combines corporate and public expectations that all content
is--and should be--free with the deprofessionalization of everything.
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About Eric Alterman
Eric Alterman is a Distinguished Professor of English, Brooklyn College,
City University of New York, and Professor of Journalism at the CUNY
Graduate School of Journalism. He is also "The Liberal Media" columnist
for The Nation and a fellow of The Nation Institute, a senior fellow at
the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC, where he writes and
edits the "Think Again" column, a senior fellow (since 1985) at the
World Policy Institute . Alterman is also a regular columnist for Moment
magazine and a regular contributor to The Daily Beast. He is the author
of seven books, including the national bestsellers, What Liberal Media?
The Truth About Bias and the News (2003, 2004), and The Book on Bush:
How George W. (Mis)leads America (2004). The others include: When
Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and its Consequences,
(2004, 2005). His Sound & Fury: The Making of the Punditocracy (1992,
2000), won the 1992 George Orwell Award and his It Ain't No Sin to be
Glad You're Alive: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen (1999, 2001), won
the 1999 Stephen Crane Literary Award, and Who Speaks for America? Why
Democracy Matters in Foreign Policy, (1998). His most recent book is Why
We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Most Important
Ideals (2008, 2009).
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About Karen Rothmyer
Karen Rothmyer, a Nation Institute fellow, teaches journalism at the University of Nairobi.
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About Michelle Orange
Michelle Orange is the author of
The Sicily Papers and the editor of
From the Notebook: The Unwritten Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, a collection found in Issue 22 of
McSweeney's. Her writing has appeared in the
New York Times, the
Village Voice and other publications.
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About D.D. Guttenplan
D.D. Guttenplan, who writes from
The Nation's London bureau, is the author of
American Radical: The Life and Times of I.F. Stone (Farrar, Straus and Giroux).
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