Category: News and Opinion

Editor of Southern Illinois paper makes national list for top young journalists

Managing a newsroom seems to come as easily to Mary J. Koester as carrying 100-pound weights up mountains, running half-marathons or scaling 110 stories of stairs. Koester, the 35-year-old managing editor and editor of North County News in Red Bud in Southern Illinois, was just named to Editor & Publisher’s 25 Under 35 list for…

Was Russiagate the worst press failure since weapons of mass destruction?

The end of Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election has led to claims from the left and the right that mainstream media got the Russia story wrong. President Trump’s claim of “complete and total vindication” was predictable – and predictably false.  He tweeted: “The Mainstream Media is under fire…