How Should the Role of Reporters Change? How Should the Role of Reporters Change?
David Schimke stresses the role of the trained citizen journalist in shaping coverage--and how mainstream reporters should learn to stray beyond the press conference model of news.
Dec 4, 2009 / Video / The Nation Video
Crowdsourcing Can Save Media Crowdsourcing Can Save Media
Mark Luckie argues that interaction will be key for future business models in media--involving what the user thinks not only in choosing your story, but in packaging the story.
Dec 4, 2009 / Video / The Nation Video
Saving Journalism (It’s Not Academic) Saving Journalism (It’s Not Academic)
Are universities the last hope for a home for quality journalism?
Dec 2, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Revolution Will Be Google-Mapped The Revolution Will Be Google-Mapped
A new Google map of national student activism harnesses the power of the web in hopes of connecting youth from coast to coast.
Dec 1, 2009 / StudentNation / The Nation
How to Save Journalism How to Save Journalism
To save news media, stop blaming the Internet and start thinking about how subsidies could revive a public good.
Nov 24, 2009 / Editorial / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
Light in the Middle of the Tunnel Light in the Middle of the Tunnel
The upcoming trial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed is the best news for the print press since Monica Lewinsky.
Nov 24, 2009 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Journalism in 10: Ana Marie Cox on the Future of Media Journalism in 10: Ana Marie Cox on the Future of Media
Ana Marie Cox reflects on her experiences during the 2008 presidential election and suggests that we might see an influx of reporters that are hired by specific candidates to do op...
Nov 20, 2009 / Video / The Nation Video
Fox Accidentatally Promotes ‘Going Rouge’ Fox Accidentatally Promotes ‘Going Rouge’
Fox News apologizes for accidentally drawing even more attention to The Nation's book criticizing Sarah Palin.
Nov 19, 2009 / Video / Talking Points Memo
‘The New Republic’: Bad for the Jews ‘The New Republic’: Bad for the Jews
TNR's more significant sin is to weaken the bond between Israel and liberal American Jews--which is to say, most of them.
Nov 19, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman
Sex, Lies and Sarah Palin Sex, Lies and Sarah Palin
The Nation's Richard Kim joins a conversation on Sarah Palin's recent media blitz and the impact it could have on our country's politics.