Marty Kaplan comments on a report by Glenn Greenwald from the National Press Club this week. One panelist, Newsweek's Richard Wolffe responded to criticism by bloggers that journalists are not doing their job: Our role is to ask questions and get information. It's not a chance for the opposition to…
If you'd like to view some compelling photography, take a look at the prize winners of World Press Photo's annual contest. The purpose of the contest is to offer "an overview of how press photographers tackle their work worldwide and how the press gives us the news, bringing together pictures…
Bill Moyers has recently written on the meaning of Democracy on TomPaine.com. First, he presents an illustration of the problem. As is the case with many overarching social issues today, this one starts with a media almost entirely controlled by a few large corporations: Jesus would not be crucified today. The…
Below is a link to a blog called 101 Reasons to Stop Writing. It is a blog about writing and actually does have a list of reasons to stop, which, when one considers the amount of verbiage being generated by the human race, might seem like an impossible challenge. Those…
[Reprinted with permission from Jeff Koterba]