On getting over it
Two weeks ago on a cross-country flight I checked three bags, and when I unpacked I found three printed memos from the Transportation Security Administration
Two weeks ago on a cross-country flight I checked three bags, and when I unpacked I found three printed memos from the Transportation Security Administration
There was something reassuring about the wave of public sorrow over the Newtown massacre. After Tucson, after Aurora, after the mass shootings in a dozen
Great news photos often come with a moral taint. Maybe it’s the gaze they enable, the way they distill misery, desperation, injury, sorrow into mere
For all our cultural kinship, Britain and the United States approach expressive freedom in ways that are often sharply different. The Brits have no constitutional
Why do newspapers endorse political candidates? At best, it’s an archaic practice, a little quaint, a little bizarre. Other media don’t do it. TV and
I like the campaign debates. I watched most of the Republican primary matchups, even after they got repetitive, and I find the current flight of
News media that rely on ads have always had a problem covering their own advertisers. It’s rare to find a reporter who doesn’t have a
It’s rare that a story so fully exemplifies the worst tendencies of the news media as the coverage of the protest in Muslim countries over
It’s rare that a story so fully exemplifies the worst tendencies of the news media as the coverage of the protest in Muslim countries over
One of the first things I learned in my first newsroom job was how to use a thick, black pencil to transform an official press
Contact Ed for public speaking, guest columns, panels, guest appearances, podcasts, advisory services, expert witness, and strategy consulting for news and journalism organizations.