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New Rules for the Modern Journalist

Few would argue that institutional journalism has lost its way. But journalists are not institutions; they have minds, ideas, passion, prejudice and purpose. They have the tools necessary to bring journalism back from the abyss – but not the will. That’s too bad, because for journalism to regain its conscience and credibility – to saveContinue reading “New Rules for the Modern Journalist”

Making Newspapers Matter: The Journey Back to Brand

(Note: This is the first in an occasional series of posts about newspapers, their loss of “voice” and relevance, and how they can regain both. You can find these posts under the category “Journalism Next.”) I read a newspaper this morning. Stop the presses. My primary computer is being repaired so I don’t have accessContinue reading “Making Newspapers Matter: The Journey Back to Brand”

Newspapers Take the Lead While Cable News Networks Bury It

The big news yesterday (or so I thought) was the surprise victory of the militant Hamas Party in the Palestinian elections. This has wide-ranging implications for the region and the world – and since last I checked the United States was still part of the world, I figured this might be something the American mediaContinue reading “Newspapers Take the Lead While Cable News Networks Bury It”

PR and Journalism Bloggers in the “Echo Chamber”

I like to think that my colleagues and peers are smarter than me, work harder than me, and with the exception of Craig Newmark and any L.A. Weekly reporter, are infinitely better looking than me (I tried to post my photo but TypePad kept replacing it with a picture of an engorged Ferret, which boreContinue reading “PR and Journalism Bloggers in the “Echo Chamber””

PR and Journalism Bloggers in the “Echo Chamber”

Tim Porter and Tom Murphy: The Smartest-Thinking Men in Blog Land

I live my life with few absolutes – making time to read with my daughter, watching every second of American Idol, and picking up The New Yorker when in airports to make myself look smart on business trips, even though I’d much rather read People. In the world of blogs, I have two “absolutes.” TimContinue reading “Tim Porter and Tom Murphy: The Smartest-Thinking Men in Blog Land”

Some Journalists Still Waiting to be ‘Free at Last’

Nosir Zokirov, a reporter for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Uzbek Service in Uzbekistan, is serving a six-month prison term for allegedly insulting a security officer. According to Radio Free Europe, Zokirov was tried without defense counsel or examination of witnesses. Ching Cheong, chief correspondent for China at Singapore daily newspaper The Straits Times, was arrestedContinue reading “Some Journalists Still Waiting to be ‘Free at Last’”

Some Journalists Still Waiting to be ‘Free at Last’

PR to the Rescue: Ten Slogans to Save Newspapers

Rarely a day goes by when someone isn’t bellyaching about newspapers and their collision course with the recycling heap of history. I believe, as PR and marketing people, we need to step in and help our ink-stained brothers and sisters of the Fourth Estate (which if it were an actual estate would be in foreclosureContinue reading “PR to the Rescue: Ten Slogans to Save Newspapers”