Journalism - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/journalism/?source=rss&aim=journalism en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT The tragedy of the Internet By Garrison Keillor Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/08/12/new_media/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/keillor/2009/08/12/new_media/index.html?source=rss Millions of people have discovered the joys of seeing yourself in print. Unfortunately, no one's making a dime "What journalists are supposed to do" By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/30/brooks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/30/brooks/index.html?source=rss David Brooks passes on the claims of his invisible friends and insists this is the crux of journalistic virtue. The online ad market: "We're not dead yet" By Andrew Leonard Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/16/google_and_the_future_of_journalism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/16/google_and_the_future_of_journalism/index.html?source=rss Google's strong third-quarter earnings offer a lesson to struggling media execs. It's the Web, or bust Who needs newspapers when you have Twitter? By Frank Hornig Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/28/wired/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/28/wired/index.html?source=rss Chris Anderson, Wired's editor in chief, discusses the Internet's challenge to the traditional press Boobs, bulimia and breakups By Amanda Fortini Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/03/confessional_writing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/03/confessional_writing/index.html?source=rss Does female confessional journalism really harm women? Politico announces again: GOP is resurgent! By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/07/29/politico/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/07/29/politico/index.html?source=rss There is no limit on their willingness to write down what GOP operatives tell them and construct stories around it. Iran: "The guest is God's friend" By Sandy Tolan Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/02/iran_detained_journalist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/02/iran_detained_journalist/index.html?source=rss The detention of journalist Iason Athanasiadis is a legal abomination -- and a breach of Iranian hospitality I studied print journalism: Now what? By Cary Tennis Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/06/29/journalism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/06/29/journalism/index.html?source=rss I did internships, made connections, got clips, etc., but my parents are still paying my cellphone bill Senate hearing pits newspapers against the Web By Katharine Mieszkowski, Caitlin Shamberg Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/media/2009/05/06/cspan_futureofjourn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/media/2009/05/06/cspan_futureofjourn/index.html?source=rss "The Wire" creator David Simon and Huffington Post's Arianna Huffington debate the future of journalism. "State of Play" By Stephanie Zacharek Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/04/17/state_play/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/04/17/state_play/index.html?source=rss A smart thriller about the death of newspapers? Russell Crowe plays a reporter clinging to his job, and his principles, in this refreshingly grown-up film. Spare change for news By Katharine Mieszkowski Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/13/nonprofit_journalism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/13/nonprofit_journalism/index.html?source=rss Is going nonprofit the best way for journalism to get by? Take the word of leading editors who already have their hand out. All the news that's fit to be birdcage liner By David Sirota Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/03/28/sirota/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/03/28/sirota/index.html?source=rss Newspapers have been battered by technological and economic forces, sure, but journalism has also delivered a one-two punch to its own jaw. Why teach journalism if newspapers are dying? By Cary Tennis Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/03/17/journalism_school/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/03/17/journalism_school/index.html?source=rss I feel guilty training kids in a trade for which the market is disappearing. Tracy Ringolsby on the death of his newspaper By King Kaufman Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/03/13/ringolsby/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/03/13/ringolsby/index.html?source=rss The Hall of Fame baseball writer quickly fires up a blog in the wake of the Rocky Mountain News' demise. "I never felt the Internet was a threat." The death of the news By Gary Kamiya Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/02/17/newspapers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/02/17/newspapers/index.html?source=rss If reporting vanishes, the world will get darker and uglier. Subsidizing newspapers may be the only answer. Ignorance is not a sportswriting skill By King Kaufman Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/12/ignorance/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/kaufman/feature/2009/01/12/ignorance/index.html?source=rss Journalists are supposed to fight it, not brag about it. Too many baseball writers don't seem to feel that way. What's missing from this election? Molly Ivins By Anne Lamott Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/10/03/molly_ivins/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/10/03/molly_ivins/index.html?source=rss The late buckaroo populist and freedom fighter would have had a ball with the insanity of this current news cycle. If we must discuss plagiarism, let's talk exorcism too By Joe Conason Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/08/25/biden/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/08/25/biden/index.html?source=rss Republicans and the press love revisiting Joe Biden's past, but everybody -- including the possible GOP vice-presidential candidates -- has one. Journalist seeking paycheck? Try India By Arun Venugopal Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/07/journalists_go_to_india/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/07/journalists_go_to_india/index.html?source=rss As U.S. newsrooms shrivel, India's are booming. And they're hiring, not firing reporters and editors. True grittiness of Iraq By Anna Badkhen Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/07/10/generation_kill/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/07/10/generation_kill/index.html?source=rss From battlefield chaos to soldier-strength profanity, HBO's "Generation Kill" faithfully captures Marine Corps life during the invasion. Bissinger contrite, but still bashing blogs By King Kaufman Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/20/bissinger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/06/20/bissinger/index.html?source=rss The world's foremost defender of quality writing makes a fool of himself again. I need more ideas! Where do they come from? By Cary Tennis Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/06/02/freelance_ideas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/06/02/freelance_ideas/index.html?source=rss I've been doing well selling my writing but I seem to be running out of inspiration. How can I get a writing job? By Cary Tennis Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/04/10/writing_job/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/04/10/writing_job/index.html?source=rss I'm a good writer. Everybody says so. So how come other people get hired? David Simon on cutting "The Wire" By Heather Havrilesky Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/03/10/simon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/feature/2008/03/10/simon/index.html?source=rss The series creator on the show's majestic 5-year run, Sunday's finale and those pesky, "psychically wounded" critics How bashing Hillary backfired By Joe Conason Wed, 12 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/01/10/new_hampshire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/01/10/new_hampshire/index.html?source=rss The overwhelmingly negative press corps may have rallied voters to Clinton's side and turned her narrow victory into a resurrection.