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Five-Year-Old L.A. Times Investigation Becomes the Talk of the Town
A recent book by a reporter from the newspaper has ignited debate about how an explosive article he helped write in 2017 was handled by editors.
Baltimore Banner, a News Start-Up, Aims to Challenge The Sun
The internet has pretty much killed local news wars. The Baltimore Banner, a nonprofit start-up, is trying to change that by taking on The Baltimore Sun.
Infighting Overshadows Big Plans at The Washington Post
The aim of Sally Buzbee, The Post’s editor, is to broaden the newspaper’s reach. A year into the job, she’s dealing with internal tumult over some longstanding grievances.
What Depp Trial Means for Media Companies’ Airing #MeToo Accusations
Both the women making accusations, and the press when it publishes them, assume the considerable risk that comes with antagonizing the rich, powerful and litigious.
Pulitzer Winners Include The New York Times and The Washington Post
The New York Times won multiple awards, and The Washington Post won the prestigious public service category for its reporting on the attack on the Capitol.
Joe Kahn Is Named Executive Editor of The New York Times
Mr. Kahn, 57, will take over a newsroom undergoing enormous change.
Joe Kahn: A Quiet Intensity, Matched With Big Ambitions
Joe Kahn, the next executive editor of The New York Times, has had a steady rise in journalism. It began with a decision to turn his focus to China.
A Duchess Brought Low by ‘A Very British Scandal’
In a new show on Prime Video, Claire Foy plays a British aristocrat whose sex life became the subject of salacious tabloid stories in the 1960s.
Justin Smith, Former Bloomberg C.E.O., Offers New Details on Media Start-up
The former Bloomberg Media C.E.O. offered new details on the venture he is starting with the journalist Ben Smith.
Truth Is the First Casualty of War. These Reporters Tried to Save It.
Deborah Cohen’s “Last Call at the Hotel Imperial” tells the story of four foreign correspondents who sounded the alarm from Europe before World War II.
How Billionaires Are Shaping France’s Presidential Campaign
In a nation with strict political finance laws, control over the news media has provided an avenue for the very rich to influence elections, this one more than ever.
Finnegan, Dog Known for His Exemplary Nose, Dies at 14
In life, animals are rarely treated with the respect due these fellow travelers on earth; when they die, we have one last chance to do so.
New York Times May Publish Documents About Project Veritas, Court Says
A state appeals court said that a judge’s order preventing publication of the documents would not be enforced until a formal appeal could be heard.
Radical Ideas Need Quiet Spaces
Visibility is one thing. Actually mustering the power to fundamentally rearrange society — that is something else.
Jeff Zucker’s Resignation Reveals How the Media Has Changed
John Vinocur’s career was a rebuke to what his profession risks becoming.
Local Newspapers Find Hints of Success With Online Subscriptions
The numbers still pale in comparison with print’s heyday, but the increase is giving some publishers an unusual feeling: hope.
John Vinocur, Foreign Correspondent and Editor, Dies at 81
After decades as a reporter for The A.P. and The Times, he became executive editor of The International Herald Tribune and a columnist on world affairs.
Robin Herman, Who Pried Open Doors in the N.H.L., Dies at 70
When hockey teams barred female reporters from men’s locker rooms, she pushed back, breaking through a barrier and campaigning successfully for equal access for women.
NYT Hits Goal of 10 Million Subscriptions, Closes on The Athletic
The deal for the sports site, which was finalized on Tuesday, helped the company reach that goal a couple of years early.
The New York Times Buys Wordle
The word game, released in October, has millions of daily users.
Robert Costa, a Noted Political Reporter, Is Joining CBS News
The longtime Washington Post political reporter will take an on-air role covering campaigns and elections.
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Editor Files Discrimination Suit Against The New York Post
In the lawsuit, Michelle Gotthelf said the tabloid’s longtime top editor, Col Allan, had retaliated against her after she turned down a sexual proposition.
Michael Parks, Reporter Who Rose to Lead The Los Angeles Times, Dies at 78
A Pulitzer winner, he covered the Vietnam War, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of apartheid in South Africa before running The Times’s newsroom.
Carl Bernstein’s Eulogy for the Newspaper Business
Bernstein’s memoir “Chasing History” is a personal and affectionate look at the past, when journalism was thriving.
Carl Bernstein, Looking Back at His Start, Conjures the Newsrooms of the Early 1960s
“Chasing History” tells the story of his journalistic apprenticeship at The Evening Star in Washington, D.C., when he was in his teens and early 20s.
Is There Such a Thing as a Slow News Week?
The answer is yes. And Times editors are always preparing for it.
Judge Says New York Times Can Retain Project Veritas Memos, for Now
A New York appeals court said the paper did not need to immediately give up or destroy documents related to the conservative group. The paper is still prevented from publishing certain documents.
A Dangerous Ruling About The Times, Project Veritas and Press Freedom
A troubling ruling that raises First Amendment concerns.
Judge Upholds His Block on New York Times Coverage of Project Veritas
The New York State judge also ordered The Times to turn over any physical copies and destroy any electronic versions of documents a lawyer prepared for the group.
Carlos Tejada, Deputy Asia Editor for The New York Times, Dies at 49
He was an editor in Asia for 13 years, including with The Wall Street Journal. One colleague said he had embodied the phrase, “Edit ferociously and with joy.”
Judge Clarifies Order on New York Times Coverage of Project Veritas
The decision allows some latitude for reporting until a final ruling is reached. The Times said the order remained “an unconstitutional prior restraint that should be dissolved.”
A Nobel Peace Prize Is Not Enough to Save Independent Media
It will take more than speeches — or indeed Nobel prizes — to save independent journalism.
Social Media Companies Are Trying to Co-opt the First Amendment
They want the same protections newspapers enjoy. But they are not newspapers.
Local News Outlets May Reap $1.7 Billion in Build Back Better Aid
A small paper like The Storm Lake Times in Iowa would receive a big tax credit. So would Gannett, the nation’s largest news publisher.
Judge Tries to Block New York Times’s Coverage of Project Veritas
The state court order, which The Times said it would immediately oppose, raised concerns from First Amendment advocates.
Can The Washington Post De-Snark the News?
Sally Buzbee, The Washington Post’s executive editor, discusses the future of news and the media.
U.S. and China Agree to Ease Restrictions on Journalists
The deal tones down a diplomatic confrontation that led Beijing to expel some American reporters during the last year of the Trump administration.
Ed Lucas, Blind Baseball Chronicler, Is Dead at 82
Sightless since 12, he became a baseball columnist and a radio reporter. He had a unique ability to know where a ball was hit by the sound of the crack of the bat.
Zuo Fang, a Founder of China’s Southern Weekly, is Dead
When he helped start Southern Weekly, he charted a course for a freer era for the country’s press, which later became increasingly constrained by Beijing.
It’s Time for the Media to Choose: Neutrality or Democracy?
Jay Rosen on how the press fundamentally misunderstands American politics.
New York Times Adds 455,000 Subscribers in Third Quarter
After moving behind a paywall, Wirecutter added to the company’s revenue stream.
Why Humans, Not Machines, Make the Tough Calls on Comments
Technology helps The Times field thousands of comments a day. But only human judgment can apply Times standards to reject a submission. One editor gave a tour of the decisions that make up her job.
As Hong Kong’s Civil Society Buckles, One Group Tries to Hold On
Unions and other organizations have dissolved after facing pressure under a new security law. The Hong Kong Journalists Association is hoping it can avoid that fate.
Sheriff Is Charged With Falsely Accusing Black Newspaper Carrier of Threats
Ed Troyer, the sheriff of Pierce County in Washington State, was charged with making a false claim after saying the man had threatened to kill him, prosecutors said.
Governor Accuses Reporter of Hacking After Flaws in State Website Are Revealed
Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri has asked for a criminal investigation of a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter who told the state that a website revealed teachers’ Social Security numbers.
Two Journalists Started an Argument in Boston in 1979. It’s Not Over Yet.
A writer for an alt-weekly called out a Boston Globe editor for his “fealty” to the idea of objectivity in a column that reads as if it were written yesterday.
A Reporter Striking Universal Chords
The reporter Dan Barry on finding stories, his central purpose and how he ends the work day.
He’s Australia’s Most Decorated Soldier. Did He Also Kill Helpless Afghans?
Ben Roberts-Smith is suing three newspapers that accused him of unlawful killings in Afghanistan. But much more than the reputation of one soldier is at stake.