Journalists & Journalism

2009

• The Most Important Financial Journalist of Her Generation

  Dean Starkman : U.S. Economy

  Long before most in the business press rose to the challenge, Gretchen Morgenson was reporting that the financial sector had gone rogue.

• The Smearing of I.F. Stone, Continued

  Eric Alterman : Cold War

  As alleged spy conspiracies go, the case against Izzy is thinner than Paris Hilton.

• All the Letters Fit to Print

  David Margolick : New York Times

  A longstanding rivalry between old friends shows what it takes to get into the New York Times.

• Do 'Better' With Less

  Eric Alterman

  Shortcuts, blindness and downright dishonesty in the rapidly imploding mainstream media.

• The Secret History of Izzy

  D.D. Guttenplan : Cold War

  I.F. Stone was not only a great reporter; he was a radical, an irritant to power.

• David Simon, Arianna Huffington and the Future of Journalism

  John Nichols

  Fools look for a fight between newspapers and the net. The challenge is to defend print and digital journalism, in an age of big-media myopia.

• David Broder: Eyes Wide Shut

  Eric Alterman : Torture

  When it comes to prosecuting Bush-era crimes, the media's inside establishment would prefer to just keep on walking.

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  Red Harvest

  D.D. Guttenplan : Cold War

  A new book on cold war espionage falsely accuses I.F. Stone of being a paid Soviet agent.

• Has the 'Journal' Lost Its Soul?

  Scott Sherman : Wall Street Journal

  Rupert Murdoch has not wrecked the Wall Street Journal, as many had predicted. But a key question remains: is the new regime committed to unbiased reporting, or will it politicize the news?

• The Newspaper Biz: 'More Poison, Please'?

  Eric Alterman : New York Times

  We have no more hope today of saving the newspaper business than we do the telegraph business. But we can save the news.

• No Such Thing as Free News

  Michael Moran : Media

  Free news delivered via search engine is part of the same freeloading zeitgeist that has shattered the larger economy. Newspapers need to draw the line.

• Lose the 'Business'; Save the News?

  Eric Alterman : Publishing Industry

  As newspapers become increasingly irrelevant, is making them tax-exempt their last, best hope?

• Is Jon Stewart Our Ed Murrow? Maybe...

  Eric Alterman

  It's a sad comment on the state of the media that we have come to rely on funnymen to tell us the truth about our country.

• Death of Newspapers: Long Live Journalism?

  GRIT TV

  The Nation's John Nichols and other established journalists discuss the future of publishing and print journalism.

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  The People's Press Conference

  Ari Melber : Media Activism

  A new initiative empowers citizens to submit and rank questions for the president to answer.

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  Miseries of Il Manifesto

  Norman Birnbaum : Italy

  Italy's small, independent, radical daily is an indispensable voice on the left.

• The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers

  John Nichols & Robert W. McChesney : Publishing Industry

  The collapse of journalism threatens democracy itself--that's why we need a government rescue.