There is a perverse appeal among journalists for exceptionally bad news, for the latest big scare story. Ferguson elevated to the status of media storm when the national media’s spotlight both validated the story’s importance and influenced the events. Local media can feel overwhelmed and a bit shocked by the sudden and intensive presence of
BY PAT LOUISE / When former New York Times Executive Editor Abraham “A.M.” Rosenthal died in May 2006, his obituary lauded his numerous accomplishments during his 56 years at the newspaper. He had won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting and led the paper through coverage of the Vietnam War and the Pentagon
by Patty Louise / When the NFL opened its season in early September, Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning grabbed much of the attention when he guided his team to a win over Baltimore by throwing a record-tying seven touchdown passes. The next day, though, it was the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch that captured headlines
Fatal workplace violence incidents have their roots in 1986, when a series of shootings at post offices around the country spawned the phrase “going postal.” In this preview of a full story in the upcoming Gateway Journalism Review, writer Pat Louise highlights one such workplace violence incident that garnered national media attention.
Lord Alistair McAlpine endured eight days of being known throughout the United Kingdom as the man who sexually abused Steve Messham in North Wales several years ago, before the British Broadcasting Corp. investigative show "Newsnight" issued an apology to McAlpine. Former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine’s own name-clearing one week ago came nowhere
