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I am not sure why, but I find myself disagreeing rather often with Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. (See here and here.) The latest disagreement is over his statement in Geneva Overholser’s manifesto on behalf of journalism. In a discussion about credentialing journalists, there is this:

Nicholas Lemann, dean of the […]

In the first sentence of Geneva Overholser’s On Behalf of Journalism: A Manifesto For Change she writes:

Journalism as we know it is over.

This week at the Huffington Post she fairly begs for citizen help, but read my italicized sentence to understand why she and the mainstream media folks are adrift:

Please meet me there, oh fellow […]

Bill Buzenberg, my boss when I was running the Civic Journalism Initiative at Minnesota Public Radio, was just named Executive Director of the Center for Public Integrity, the nonpartisan, non-advocacy organization, which specializes in investigative journalism projects. It was started by Charles Lewis, who spoke at our Restoring the Trust conference about the role of […]

Geneva Overholser, now of the Missouri School of Journalism’s Washington bureau and formerly editor of the Des Moines Register, wants institutional journalism change and provides some possibilities. First the call for change:

we will most assuredly have to get it through our heads (and hearts) just how exciting and full of possibility for journalism’s future are […]

Today I am joining a discussion at Kennesaw State University about setting up a possible peace studies minor. In anticipation of the meeting, I did a little web surfing and found 17 tips at the Media Channel for practicing peace journalism. They are fantastic tips that every journalist should think about in every story.
Here are […]