journalismism
Journalism Professor Will Go to War for Free Speech, as Long as It Doesn’t Mock Him
J.K. Trotter · 04/29/16 12:00PMYou may have heard about the latest dustup between Jeff Jarvis, a media futurist and journalism professor, and his satirical online alter-ego, @ProfJeffJarvis, who was created several years ago by a software developer named Rurik Bradbury to mock the jargon-laden prognostications for which Jarvis and his ilk are known. The two Jarvises have butted heads in the past, but the most recent incident—in which the real Jarvis, after airing legal threats on Twitter, successfully forced Esquire to delete a satirical essay carrying @ProfJeffJarvis’s byline—shows that, for all of his bluster about the power of free speech, Jeff Jarvis is a cringing hypocrite when it comes to the offensive but entirely legal speech of others.
Arianna Huffington Goes for the Gold Medal in Conflicts of Interest
Hamilton Nolan · 04/27/16 11:02AMLas Vegas Review-Journal Columnist Resigns After Paper Banned Him From Writing About Owner Sheldon Adelson
J.K. Trotter · 04/26/16 04:05PMNevada journalist and talk show host Jon Ralston is reporting that John L. Smith, a columnist at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, has resigned from the paper after his editor, the newly installed Keith Moyer, banned him from writing about their employer’s new owner, the Nevada billionaire and GOP power broker Sheldon Adelson, as well as fellow billionaire Steve Wynn, who owns a number of hotels in Las Vegas. In a memo Smith printed out and distributed in the Review-Journal’s newsroom, and later published by Capital, the columnist wrote:
Give Meaning to Your Feelings With the Prince Thinkpiece Generator
Adam Pash and Tom Scocca · 04/22/16 02:05PMWelcome To the Post-Writing Web
Jordan Sargent · 04/22/16 01:00PMDoes the New York Times Have an Outing Policy Anymore?
J.K. Trotter · 04/22/16 12:05PMWhen it comes to reporting on the sexual preferences of public figures, the New York Times has a long history of dancing around the subject, often to the point of absurdity. While the paper has no written policy against outing gay public figures who would prefer to keep their sexual identities private, it has taken a very conservative approach to the subject over the years, and has in fact loudly denounced outlets, like Gawker, that have followed a different set of rules. Which is why a recent report in the Times about corporate goings-on at Disney caught my eye: It blithely, and without further context, published a claim that IAC chairman Barry Diller is “a homosexual.”
Peggy Noonan Is Having a Breakdown of Some Sort
Hamilton Nolan · 04/22/16 09:00AMNew York Daily News Editor Fired For Making It Seem Like Shaun King Was a Plagiarist
Jordan Sargent · 04/19/16 07:56PMIt seemed as though today would be the day that disgraced Black Lives Matter activist-turned-provocateur columnist Shaun King would be caught in exactly the kind of lie for which, after a series of highly public controversies, the internet still seemed eager to nail him. Justin Miller, an editor at The Daily Beast, tweeted at 2:34 p.m. that King had plagiarized his Tuesday broadside from a story written by The Daily Beast’s Kate Briquelet.
Rap Genius Is an Oddly Appropriate Venue For This Story About Rap Lyrics Being Used Against Rappers in Court
Jordan Sargent · 04/15/16 02:05PMToday on the internet, there is an interview with Erik Nielson, a professor of literature and hip-hop at the University of Richmond, on the subject of rap lyrics being used against young men of color in criminal trials across the country. Nielson has written about the phenomenon and has served as an expert witness for defense attorneys hoping to convince juries that their clients are not violent criminals based on lyrics they may or may not have rapped.
The New York Times Finally Sniffs Out a Hoax
Jordan Sargent · 04/14/16 11:07AMThis Is NOT What Locker Room Talk Is Like
Hamilton Nolan · 04/14/16 10:26AMTrump Family Newspaper Decides to Endorse Trump
Hamilton Nolan · 04/12/16 04:08PMPeggy Noonan Went to Brooklyn Four Years Ago and She's Still Talking About It
Hamilton Nolan · 04/08/16 12:35PMMashable Axes At Least 20 Editorial Staffers As the Web Hurtles Towards Its Video Future
Jordan Sargent · 04/07/16 01:40PMThe New Republic Made a Good Tweet and Then Deleted It
Alex Pareene · 04/05/16 02:50PMCollege Kids Not So Into the Free Press. Whatever
Hamilton Nolan · 04/05/16 11:00AMAn Incomplete List of Thomas Friedman's Questions
Hamilton Nolan · 03/30/16 09:10AMThe Idea That "The Media" Is to Blame for Donald Trump Is a Lie
Brendan O'Connor · 03/27/16 08:30PMThe National Enquirer Has Been Right Before
Sam Biddle · 03/25/16 03:50PMIt’s easy to dismiss today’s National Enquirer story about the alleged secret, highly active extramarital sex life of Ted Cruz, because, hey, it’s just some crappy tabloid that makes up all of its stories, right? And it’s true: They’ve printed a lot of fantasy and nonsense. But on some stories—including some huge ones—the Enquirer has been very right.