Newspapers - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/newspapers/?source=rss&aim=newspapers en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT I need more ideas! Where do they come from? By Cary Tennis Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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. Who killed the literary critic? By Louis Bayard and Laura Miller Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/05/22/critics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/05/22/critics/index.html?source=rss In the age of blogging, great critics appear to be on life support. Salon's book reviewers discuss snobbery, how to make criticism fun and the need for cultural gatekeepers. Journalism and its discontents By Sidney Blumenthal Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/10/25/walter_lippmann/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/10/25/walter_lippmann/index.html?source=rss Ninety years after Walter Lippmann first railed against the complicity of the media in wartime propaganda, we're back at ground zero. I'm working for a cokehead at a free arts magazine By Cary Tennis Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/09/27/free_arts_paper/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/09/27/free_arts_paper/index.html?source=rss She promised a raise and didn't deliver, and acts like I should be grateful! Don't sell my company to Rupert Murdoch By Steven Yount Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/22/wall_street_journal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/22/wall_street_journal/index.html?source=rss It's not just bad journalism, it's bad business to let Murdoch take control of Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal. Molly lives By Joe Conason Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/02/02/molly_ivins/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2007/02/02/molly_ivins/index.html?source=rss Like Mark Twain, Molly Ivins treated us to the sound of America in her prose and style. She was the rare, gifted journalist whose work transcended the news that inspired it. The New York Times pets the furry heads of bloggers everywhere Andrew Leonard Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/16/david_carr/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/01/16/david_carr/index.html?source=rss Who knew? Page views count. Doom of journalism: Part 37. A portrait of the blogger as a young plagiarist By Joe Conason Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/03/24/domenech_blog/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/03/24/domenech_blog/index.html?source=rss As a college student Ben Domenech lifted arts criticism; as a GOP henchman, he was accused of fabricating a Tim Russert quote. What was the Washington Post thinking? King Kaufman's Sports Daily Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2005/04/12/tuesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2005/04/12/tuesday/index.html?source=rss It's easy to dislike Mitch Albom and easy to jump on him for his ethical sin. But who among us has never cut a corner? The power of a publisher By Lisa Chamberlain Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/10/27/cleveland_plain_dealer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/10/27/cleveland_plain_dealer/index.html?source=rss Some consider the Cleveland Plain Dealer's decision to endorse no one for president a victory -- the paper almost gave the nod to Bush. War? What war? By Eric Boehlert Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/12/iraq_press/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/12/iraq_press/index.html?source=rss Until the recent flare-up in Najaf, Iraq had faded from the front pages -- despite continued carnage and chaos. Team Bush couldn't be happier. Reality check By Eric Boehlert Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/06/images/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/06/images/index.html?source=rss The media are finally showing the war in its full horror. What took them so long? Orange agents By Eric Boehlert Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/02/15/fear/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/02/15/fear/index.html?source=rss During a week of war fever, the news media gave rein to hysteria -- and, critics say, let color-coded terror alerts serve the White House agenda. Troubled Times By Eric Boehlert Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/12/18/nytimes/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/12/18/nytimes/index.html?source=rss Missteps by Howell Raines, the New York Times' imperious top editor, have left the nation's best newspaper vulnerable to attacks by the right. Gerson Borrero, freestyle ranter By Rachel Scheier Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/10/31/borrero/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/10/31/borrero/index.html?source=rss Politicians, get in line -- the fire-breathing editor of New York's oldest Spanish language newspaper will happily tear you a new one. The amazing disappearing book review section By Kevin Berger Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/07/19/book_reviews/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2001/07/19/book_reviews/index.html?source=rss Enthralled by marketing surveys, the newspaper industry's managerial caste has decreed that readers want more space devoted to the Backstreet Boys than to books. "Double Fold" by Nicholson Baker By Stephanie Zacharek Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2001/04/27/baker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2001/04/27/baker/index.html?source=rss A crusading novelist indicts America's libraries for destroying precious archives of newspapers and books -- and puts his own savings on the line to rescue them. The San Francisco Examiner, 1887-2000 By Scott Rosenberg Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/feature/2000/03/21/examiner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/feature/2000/03/21/examiner/index.html?source=rss Underfunded and outmanned, the scrappy afternoon paper could sometimes prevail over the competition -- but couldn't survive its own mismanagement. Should journalists and IPOs mix? By Scott Rosenberg Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/07/27/ipo_journalists/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/1999/07/27/ipo_journalists/index.html?source=rss A San Jose Mercury News columnist's suspension reveals less about ethics than about the newsroom's changing balance of power. Media Circus: The scoop on newsroom salaries By Lori Leibovich Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/10/28/money/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/10/28/money/index.html?source=rss Newspaper people stay off the record about what they make -- but they're sure they should be making more. Media Circus: goodbye, sc3 By Catherine Seipp Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/10/17/times/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/10/17/times/index.html?source=rss The departure of wishy-washy editor Shelby Coffey III completes a top-down housecleaning at the Los Angeles Times. Beating the paper of record By Mark Lasswell Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/07/24/media/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/07/24/media/index.html?source=rss The nimble Wall Street Journal consistently scoops the New York Times -- and it has the figures to prove it. Media Circus - Russian tanks invade Tokyo! See page C-32 By Martha Ann Overland Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/07/01/media/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/07/01/media/index.html?source=rss American media are running less and less foreign news. Media Circus - Information, please! By David Futrelle Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/06/27/media/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/circus/1997/06/27/media/index.html?source=rss Our addiction to information is ruining our ability to think.