Add Pennsylvania to the list of states that have enacted or are in the process of passing legislation outlawing attempts by independent reporters to document abuses in the production of food for American tables. This subject is of particular interest to citizen and professional journalists in the Midwest, a region heavily involved in livestock and poultry … [Read more...] about Ag-gag laws aims to muzzle journalistic efforts
War coverage: Media toe presidents’ lines
The joke’s on us might be the plaint of those who voted for Barack Obama believing they were electing the anti-Bush, a long-awaited liberal peace monger who would restore the nation’s standing in the world as a paragon of rational diplomacy — who woubuy cheap viagrald eschew the might-makes-right unilateralism of the Bush administration. This is no joke, though; it’s deadly … [Read more...] about War coverage: Media toe presidents’ lines
The State of Journalism
Newspaper and media experts have spent the last couple of decades like navel-gazing philosophers - analyzing, explaining, charting and graphing the decline of old-fashioned journalism. They have documented the primary culprits for what ails traditional journalism such as newspapers and broadcast news: changing audience reading and viewing habits, as well as consumers plugging … [Read more...] about The State of Journalism