AltWeeklies Wire
Technology Disassemblednew
New York Times columnist David Pogue defends himself, blames his bosses and steps deeper into the ethical morass of accepting gifts.
Tags: media
The Free Pressnew
When do gifts to journalists turn into a conflict of interest?
Is Anybody Watching?new
In its struggle for cable eyeballs, Al Gore's Current TV is off to a rocky start.
Tags: media
Radio Free Nepalnew
Equal Access provides radios and radio programming that just may save lives a world away.
The Chronicles of Ridiculenew
Only the San Francisco Chronicle makes so many mistakes that it is forced to waste paper partaking in meta-meta-journalism.
Moonbat Is On the Airnew
Michigan conservative radio host helps shed light on the rules of right-wing punditry.
Keep It Really Realnew
Former San Francisco mayor and payola kingpin Willie Brown co-hosts a new talk-radio show with lefty comedian Will Durst, Keeping It Real with Will and Willie, with endless oppportunities for comedic stupidity.
Craig$slist.comnew
The much-loved website is taking millions from Bay Area newspapers and causing layoffs that adversely affect coverage. And its founder Craig Newmark's well-intentioned support of citizen journalism has a slim chance of fixing the problem.
A Bridge Too Farnew
The San Francisco Chronicle's series of stories on Golden Gate suicides goes "radioactive."
Fear, Loathing and a Voluntary Termination Incentive Programnew
The past three weeks have offered the clearest indication yet of what life will be like within a shrinking San Francisco Chronicle: angry, confused, and ever more uneasy.
Strike at SF Chronicle Seems Unlikelynew
With labor contracts up in July, the paper's labor unions face a near-impossible task: maintaining some of the best contracts in the industry in the teeth of one of the worst newspaper slumps anywhere.
New SF Chonicle Publisher Takes On Staffing Issuesnew
Frank Vega has been cast as a villain, but he may be just what the Hearst empire needs to defeat the dark forces of the new economy.
The 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Public Relationsnew
A Pulitzer Prize went to a series of newspaper editorials that resulted from the efforts of a publicist for Environmental Defense, Jennifer Witherspoon -- but without giving her any credit.
Online Political Commentator Led Double Lifenew
The political elite of San Francisco turned out to extol Eric Allen Bass, creator of a local political commentary Web site called Joefire.com. None of them really knew Bass, who had embezzled nearly $60,000 from Bank of America, at all.
Tags: HIV/AIDS, Arlington National Cemetery, City Attorney Dennis Herrera, District Attorney Kamala Harris, Harvard University, Herbert Bass Sr., Herbert Harry Bass Jr., Linda Bass, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Supervisors Chris Daly and Sean Elsbern, the House Democratic leader, U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Vice Mayor for Homelessness Angela Alioto
Respected Small-Town Paper Struggles to Survivenew
The Point Reyes Light is among the nation's most respected small-town papers, having won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for public service for its work in exposing the Synanon cult. But the inheritance money Editor/Publisher Dave Mitchell used to keep the weekly alive is running out.
