Newspapers - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/newspapers/?source=rss&aim=newspapers en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST My boyfriend is my boss By Cary Tennis Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/23/boyfriend_is_boss/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/23/boyfriend_is_boss/index.html?source=rss I'm getting sick of being "the editor's girlfriend" Who needs newspapers when you have Twitter? By Frank Hornig Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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 Why newspapers are like department stores By Gene Lyons Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/16/newspaper/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/16/newspaper/index.html?source=rss They're both outmoded business models, and they're both in trouble. All the news that's fit to be birdcage liner By David Sirota Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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." Tribune bankruptcy: Chronicle of a news media death foretold? By Andrew Leonard Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/12/08/tribune_bankruptcy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/12/08/tribune_bankruptcy/index.html?source=rss Get ready for another round of despair about the future of newspapers. The show will, however, go on. Reinventing sports on the Web By King Kaufman Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/08/06/tsn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/daily/feature/2008/08/06/tsn/index.html?source=rss The Sporting News is trying to revive with an innovative method of bringing print design values online. I need more ideas! Where do they come from? By Cary Tennis Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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 By Andrew Leonard Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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, 23 Nov 2009 17:11:00 PST 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.