reporters

Freelance Journalists Suffering in Second Wave of News Media Collapse

Stevie Converse — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:10:48 -0400

Full article: California Progress Report
Rebecca Rosen Lum
Since slashing their staffs over the past several years, newsrooms have been filling in the gaps with freelancers. But a survey of Northern California independent journalists by Guild Freelancers suggests that remedy may not be available for much longer. Many veteran journalists – the kind newsrooms can count on to turn over a story quickly – are leaving the field, citing weak freelance rates coupled with skyrocketing living expenses.

Seven Months Later: What's Happened to Seattle P-I Journalists

Stevie Converse — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:05:05 -0500

Full article: SavetheNews.org
Ruth Teichroeb
In March, Hearst closed the 146-year-old <em>Seattle Post-Intelligencer</em> newspaper. Since the staff stopped filing stories and began filing for unemployment, only 15 percent have found fulltime paid work in journalism. What is happening with the rest of the 140 workers?

Capitol Hill Reporters Update

Stevie Converse — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:37:36 -0400

Full article: Project for Excellence in Journalism
The number of reporters representing newspapers has declined sharply from the previous Congress. This year, 819 mainstream U.S. newspaper and wire service reporters were accredited in the Congressional galleries, down from 1,012 in the previous Congress.

Free Press Presents New Policies to Save the News

Jen Howard — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:49:53 -0400

WASHINGTON -- Today, Free Press released Saving the News: Toward a National Journalism Strategy, a new report on how the government should respond to the current crisis in journalism.

Dawn of the Post 'Star Anchor' Era

Stevie Converse — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:26:18 -0400

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
Michael Malone
With the local TV economy wheezing, the mega-million-dollar anchor, tasked solely with reading the Teleprompter, is going the way of the LP record and the thriving daily newspaper. In an era where content, not talent, is king, that giant salary is being put to better use in hiring a batch of hungry multimedia multitaskers

Delivering the World

Stevie Converse — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:47:20 -0500

Full article: Boston Phoenix
Adam Reilly
Nowadays, though, dreaming of being a foreign correspondent is a bit like wanting to be a cowboy — or maybe a Betamax repairman. But in Boston, an ambitious push is underway to create a new model for overseas reporting.

Jack C. Landau, Who Fought for Rights of News Reporters, Is Dead at 74

Stevie Converse — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:50:26 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Douglas Martin
Jack C. Landau, who used his education as a lawyer in a passionate fight for the legal rights of news reporters at a time when he and others believed they were gravely threatened, died Aug. 9 in Arlington, Va. He was 74.

Senators Want Information on Breached Phone Records

Stevie Converse — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:39:27 -0400

Full article: The Hill
Andy Barr
The Senate Judiciary Committee's top Democrat and Republican are pressing FBI Director Robert Mueller to provide a "more complete accounting" of how the Bureau obtained the phone records of reporters in 2004.

Getting Away with Murder

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:48:02 -0400

Full article: Committee to Protect Journalists

New York Times Reporter Jailed in Zimbabwe

Stevie Converse — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:29:01 -0400

Full article: Editor & Publisher
Joe Strupp and Associated Press