This column first appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on July 13, 2021. For the practice of journalism, these should be the best
Conflict of interest among journalists is an exasperating subject, especially now when shrunken budgets and the transformation of jobs into gigs force many journalists into
Published in the San Francisco Chronicle, February 25, 2021 The mainstream news media may feel vindicated by Donald Trump’s fall, and why shouldn’t they?
Published in Journal of Media Ethics, Vol. 2, Issue 2, April-June 2017. Expanded version appeared in After Snowden, Privacy, Secrecy and Security in the Information
Published on CNN.com, July 19, 2016 I hail from the world of journalism, which has seen its fair share of plagiarism scandals in the past
I was pretty young, but I remember with fascination and horror the stills from the Zapruder film of the John Kennedy assassination. Frame by frame,
People who are concerned about runaway secrecy and who cheer when the media break important stories in defiance of government edict may still find this
A group of activists “working to expose what the food industry doesn’t want us to know” is targeting university scientists who they suspect are paid
It was in 1991, during the lurid Senate confirmation hearings over the nomination of Clarence Thomas, a career Republican functionary with scant judicial qualifications, for
Media shaming is hot. It’s the new spectator sport in which hapless people say or do something that unexpectedly provokes general wrath, and get their
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