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Everyone's a Criticnew

Conservatives blast Portland Airport art.
The Portland Mercury  |  Amy J. Ruiz  |  07-19-2007  |  Media

Bob Sherrill, 1924-2007new

Remembering a member of New Journalism's old guard.
INDY Week  |  V.C. Rogers  |  07-19-2007  |  Media

Contemplating Josh Wolfnew

Police Commission revives discussion of why the cops federalized an investigation that denied a journalist's rights.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Sarah Phelan  |  07-18-2007  |  Media

Our Daily Breadnew

Newspapers keep cutting staff, but Jake Jab's American Furniture Warehouse is standing by them -- why?
Westword  |  Michael Roberts  |  07-16-2007  |  Media

Gannett Cancels Free Parking in Vermontnew

Cutbacks at Vermont's largest daily include free parking for reporters -- and they lost their water cooler!
Seven Days  |  Peter Freyne  |  07-13-2007  |  Media

Hyperlocal Networking Site Prompts City Response to Violencenew

Burlington police crack down on violence thanks to an increasingly popular online social networking tool.
Seven Days  |  Ken Picard  |  07-13-2007  |  Media

When Telcos Write Legislation, Check Your Walletnew

A bill passed by the General Assembly last year that was intended to jump-start competition in the cable TV industry has had the unforeseen consequence of costing the state and local governments across North Carolina millions of dollars in lost revenue.
INDY Week  |  Fiona Morgan  |  07-12-2007  |  Media

Doug Marlette, 1949-2007new

Marlette had intelligence, talent and energy; he also had an eye for the brass ring and the ability to shrug off critics -- he'll be missed.
INDY Week  |  V.C. Rogers  |  07-12-2007  |  Media

Vox Bloguli: The Blogs Are the New Fourth Estatenew

Print and broadcast journalists haven gotten their asses kicked by the new voice of the people on the dominant political stories of the past two years.
Valley Advocate  |  Alan Bisbort  |  07-12-2007  |  Media

The Folly of the Fairness Doctrinenew

Liberals better think twice before welcoming government controls on speech.
Isthmus  |  Charles Sykes  |  07-09-2007  |  Media

Bacevich's Warnew

Vietnam vet, Boston University professor, and critic of US foreign policy Andrew J. Bacevich must confront the aftermath of losing his son in Iraq.
Boston Phoenix  |  Adam Reilly  |  07-06-2007  |  Media

Feast of Foesnew

My weird kosher dinner with right-wing Christian zealots hungry to topple liberal media.
NOW Magazine  |  Paul Weinberg  |  07-05-2007  |  Media

The Commoners Have Arrivednew

The David Broders and the Richard Cohens of the mass media are dinosaurs, and they are starting to realize it -- the Third Estate is asleep no more.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Brian Morton  |  07-03-2007  |  Media

The Defenestrator: Against Typenew

The Philadelphia anarchist newspaper turns 10.
Philadelphia Weekly  |  G.W. Miller III  |  07-02-2007  |  Media

Reading Too Much Into Study Linking Birth Order & IQnew

The original story about the study in the New York Times never once used the word "smart" in any of its forms -- particularly the comparative phrase "smarter than" -- so why did other papers' stories on the study use that very language?
Chicago Reader  |  Michael Miner  |  07-02-2007  |  Media

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