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reporting stories: 10 news summaries

(Newser) - It's almost a political rite of passage at this point: Bob Woodward is writing a book about the Obama administration, reports Gabriel Sherman in the New Republic. No word on the focus, but Sherman notes that Woodward has a knack for making administrations nervous. “Every White House... More »

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White House • Bob Woodward • Election 2008 • reporting • Obama administration • President Obama • investigative journalism

OPINION

 With News, 
 'We Get What 
 We Pay For' 

Sick media must not die

May 10, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - We know the mainstream media is sick, but it doesn’t have to die, writes Frank Rich in the New York Times. When television appeared, people worried it would eat movies, Broadway, and radio; all these forms still exist, having “learned to adapt and to collaborate with the monster.... More »

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Internet • newspaper • journalism • free • Frank Rich • new media • business models • reporting • investigative journalism

Analysis

Few Minorities Report
on the White House 

Diversity in Washington journalism remains uneven

Jan 12, 09 12:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Although America is nearing the inauguration of its first black president, the press corps that will be covering him remains largely white, the Washington Post reports. Cable news has delivered a few minority reporters, like CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux and Wendell Goler from Fox News. But the broadcast networks remain... More »

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race • Fox News • CNN • diversity • ethnic diversity • reporting • network news • President Obama

Reporting From Gaza, This Is
Joe the Plumber

Campaign celeb tries war journalism for conservative website

Jan 7, 09 4:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Perhaps in an effort to ditch his infamous moniker, Joe the Plumber is swapping plunger for pen. The Ohio businessman, the presidential election’s "average American," will spend 10 days near Gaza covering Israel’s perspective on the conflict for pjtv.com, Internet arm of conservative Pajamas Media.... More »

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Israel • Gaza • news • Arab Israeli conflict • reporting • Joe Wurzelbacher • Joe the Plumber • Pajamas Media

 NYT Slaps Reporter 
 for Facebook Source 

Reporter reprimanded for messaging minors

Nov 16, 08 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Backlash against the New York Times reporter who contacted minors on Facebook to locate sources has led Times public editor Clark Hoyt to declare, “I would not have sent the messages.” Jodi Kantor, author of last month’s unflattering front-page profile of Cindy McCain, reached out to classmates... More »

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John McCain • New York Times • Clark Hoyt • Cindy McCain • campaign • Election 2008 • reporting • conservatives • liberal media

ANALYSIS

 Fox Unleashes
 Attack Dogs
 on Other Media 

Station's PR team jumps at criticism 'like a political campaign'

Jul 7, 08 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Fox News public relations machine makes no bones about skewering those it perceives as foes, writes David Carr in the New York Times. “At Fox News, media relations is a kind of rolling opposition research operation intended to keep reporters in line by feeding and sometimes maiming them,... More »

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cable TV • journalism • Fox News • public relations • David Carr • News Corp • reporting

ANALYSIS

 Minutes Dwindle for
 Networks' War Coverage 

Bureaus cut amid financial concerns; political primary blots out other stories

Jun 23, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Middle East correspondents are struggling to get stories on the nightly news as TV networks scale back war coverage, the New York Times reports. With violence in Iraq declining and the US public tiring of an open-ended conflict, network execs have focused on hot topics like the contentious presidential primaries.... More »

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NBC • CBS • ABC • business • Iraq war • media coverage • reporting • Afghanistan war • network news

OPINION

Reporters
Can't Let
Trauma
Stop Them

Tough stories are
worth it in the end

May 17, 08 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - One North Carolina reporter is still haunted by the horror of rapes and murders she witnessed every day. But her empathy also made her a better reporter, and that’s worth it, Melissa Manware writes in Quill. When readers, particularly former victims, responded to stories, it made “the... More »

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newspaper • crime • murder • rape • reporter • reporting • trauma • opinion

Angry Journalists Get
a Website for Ranting

Angryjournalist.com easily surpasses imitator, happyjournalist.com

Apr 2, 08 7:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ticked-off journalists now have a forum to anonymously vent anger about the demands of their fast-changing profession: angryjournalist.com. A young former reporter created the site because he was disappointed by the direction of the industry and its high turnover, reports the AFP. "It's kind of depressing to see... More »

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newspaper • journalism • journalist • reporting • angryjournalist.com

Is the Internet
Bad News for Journalism?

Coverage getting narrower, not broader, new report says

Mar 17, 08 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Internet is changing journalism—but not in the ways many predicted. Contrary to expectations that coverage would broaden, a new report says the news agenda is actually narrowing. The Iraq war and presidential campaign represented more than a quarter of news stories last year, while countries besides Iraq, Iran,... More »

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Internet • online media • blogging • journalism • Internet advertising • Iraq war • print journalism • reporting

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