The Cook County News-Herald, a weekly newspaper of Grand Marais, Minn., was on the brink of closure and almost did not make it to its 130th anniversary. The internet has demolished the advertisement-driven business model of newspapers, with small town papers being hit...
Freedom of speech is so important in this country that it’s written in the First Amendment. Whether it’s because the founders thought that they had to protect speech from political or government persecution above all other rights or just because it was the first thing...
I switched from my job to a new newspaper in Bangladesh in July 2019. For the new one, it was a great challenge because the print newspaper readership was slumping. Then, COVID-19 dealt another blow to the newspaper industry in my country, as most newspapers saw sharp...
Not the ratings, not the ads, not the sponsors, not the website metrics, not the social media engagement. None of the content of that long list matters when it comes to journalism, according to the number of professionals we talked to in the past week as part of the...
Not as a rule of thumb, but reflecting a general global trend, many of those who embark on a journalism career often harbor ambitions to make money. It is not a misplaced expectation. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, writers and authors with a bachelor’s...
Since the beginning of human socialization, it was clear that a basic agreement between the members of a community was needed in order for that community to prevail. The Greeks, precursors of modern democracy, had a physical place where important things regarding...