Ernest Hemingway’s reporting expenses were as outrageous as everything else about him
Ever the competitive and spiteful man, Ernest Hemingway once stole his wife Martha Gellhon’s job at Collier’s magazine, so that he could cover the frontlines of World War II himself—without… Read more »
We need more diverse voices in journalism, literally
A few months ago we suggested that when we say “poet voice” you knew what we were talking about: a white-washed set of conventions that have come to seem like… Read more »
The New York Daily News slashes its newsroom in half, calling into question the future of local news
This Monday, the Tronc-owned New York Daily News—one of three dailies still operating in the city—laid off half of its newsroom, another major blow to local news in the twenty-first… Read more »
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wins re-election in Turkey, further endangering writers and journalists throughout the country
Four days ago, Muharram Ince conceded Turkey’s presidential election to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. While Erdoğan’s AKP (Justice and Development Party) lost some ground in parliament, Erdoğan himself outperformed many expectations,… Read more »
Texas Monthly staffers leave one by one in the face of total mismanagement
The landmark, award-winning magazine of the great Lone Star State, Texas Monthly, is in the midst of an identity crisis, and we can most definitely blame the new owner: Texan… Read more »
The two sides of David Carr
In the Columbia Journalism Review, Michael Massing suggests that there are two important sides to New York Times media columnist David Carr: “a relentless interviewer” and “incisive analyst” and a… Read more »
Arguing about “marginal cost”
In an article on the Columbia Journalism Review website Ryan Chittum takes on a spate of recent tech posts “arguing that production costs (you know, minor details like advances, editors,… Read more »
SPAT: Clay Shirky v. Dean Starkman
There’s a smart debate afoot: Dean Starkman at Columbia Journalism Review started it by challenging “the limited vision of the news gurus,” a crew which he argues should include journalism… Read more »