To all who have written the obituary for the value of newspaper endorsements, Chicago offers powerful evidence that it’s time to throw that false eulogy out the window. A record-setting 14 candidates crowded the ballot for mayor of Chicago earlier this year. Some had been running for months with little to show for it. On Feb. 7, less than three weeks before Election Day, … [Read more...] about Opinion: Chicago Sun-Times endorsement of Lori Lightfoot for mayor shows why they still matter
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Opinion: Mike Wallace documentary reminds us of importance, power of TV journalism
For many of us who have spent our careers in print journalism, it’s easy (though grossly unfair) to blame TV news--and particularly its pundits, for the credibility crisis we find ourselves in. TV needs slick visuals. TV needs drama. TV has its watcher-in-chief who also likes to tweet, and those tweets make for good TV (as well as ink.) Television news, we console … [Read more...] about Opinion: Mike Wallace documentary reminds us of importance, power of TV journalism
Pulitzer filmmakers offer behind-the-scenes look at how they brought publisher to life as a ‘wake up call’ for today’s democracy
Joseph Pulitzer was one of America’s great newspaper publishers, but few people today know much about him. When we first decided to make a documentary about the 19th century publisher and American media icon - Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People (which aired on PBS in April, 2019), we were faced with a daunting task. Filmmakers depend on images and there were only a handful of … [Read more...] about Pulitzer filmmakers offer behind-the-scenes look at how they brought publisher to life as a ‘wake up call’ for today’s democracy
Trump’s War on Truth – Year 3 Comey did the right thing disclosing Trump’s obstruction
James Comey acted ethically, morally, legally and rightly when he disclosed to The New York Times in 2017 that President Trump had told him to “let...go” of the criminal investigation of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. After all, by the time the former FBI director released the information, Trump already had taken two of multiple acts of obstruction. Trump had not … [Read more...] about Trump’s War on Truth – Year 3 Comey did the right thing disclosing Trump’s obstruction
Opinion: Dear MSM: Some tips for covering the Midwest during the 2020 elections (Hint: Flyover is an F-word)
We’re deep in the middle of the Iowa State Fair, the unofficial start of the next election cycle, and a time when all of us out here in the Midwest are preparing for our short time in the country’s limited attention span. Candidates descend and with them, reporters who are tasked with getting the heartbeat of the “heartland,” one of the many clichés that have been used over … [Read more...] about Opinion: Dear MSM: Some tips for covering the Midwest during the 2020 elections (Hint: Flyover is an F-word)
