Archives for the ‘newspaper’ Category

We Broke the Press (Let’s Never Fix It)

By Phillip • Nov 7th, 2008 • Category: Lead, general, internet, newspaper, tv

We’ve been told that new media is weakening the old guard, but during this election cycle we saw just how new media would finally break the press.



Are Paparazzi the Future of Newsgathering?

By Phillip • Mar 19th, 2008 • Category: Featured, internet, magazine, newspaper

One of my favorite things to write about here is how the media covers Britney Spears. It should be no surprise, then, that today I’ve chosen to write about how the media covers Britney Spears.
David Samuels has a pretty expansive article in this month’s Atlantic where he follows a team of the paparazzi that keep [...]



A Column “Marred By Every Sterotypical Flaw of the Columnist”

By Phillip • Mar 4th, 2008 • Category: News, general, newspaper, print

You know, I figured blogging about journalism news would be pretty chill, as there wouldn’t be much happening most days. But actually, I’ve missed a lot of stories in the past few months.
The reason, I think, is that blogging is always something I can do tomorrow. Yesterday I played tennis instead of writing, for instance. [...]



Farewell to print, Wired Journalists

By Phillip • Jan 25th, 2008 • Category: News, general, internet, newspaper

Hrmm. Looks like I was being conservative when I predicted the New York Times would go web-only in 30 years.
According to the Editor’s Weblog:
A [...]



The downfall of the paper

By Phillip • Jan 23rd, 2008 • Category: News, internet, newspaper, print

I’m sick of people bemoaning the downfall of journalism. We’re in one of the most exciting periods in the history of news since the invention of the printing press. Once the Internet shake-up settles down, journalism will be forever changed and we’ll wonder (even more than already) how we ever lived before.
The latest doom-sayer is [...]