A few years ago I started making documentary films, which has been a new experience for this longtime newspaper reporter, with one exception really. It also is not a lucrative pursuit. I’ve done more than just traditional print over the years (decades). As a war correspondent in Iraq, I filed stories, photos and video from the field. I did online chats from the battlefield … [Read more...] about New documentary about town of Morocco in Indiana tries to tell ‘honest’ story
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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