As publishers pivot to paid, newsrooms focus more on sales

DIGIDAY – 09/01/2019 Max Willens With publishers increasingly prioritizing subscriptions as a revenue stream, newsrooms are slowly evolving to nudge reporters into thinking more about sales.At The Dallas Morning News, managers changed the default display setting...

Journalism still has power. But not the way you’d hope.

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW – 08/01/2019 Sam Thielman PETE HEGSETH, THE FOX NEWS PERSONALITY, Iraq War veteran, and one-time guard at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, often receives compliments for his commentary on Fox & Friends, the popular morning show...

The White House wages war on transparency: Iran edition

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW – 08/01/2019 Jon Allsop IN THE DAYS SINCE THE US MILITARY killed Qassem Suleimani, Iran’s fêted top security official, Iran’s leaders have repeatedly threatened retaliation. Yesterday, they volleyed ballistic missiles at two bases that...