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Reporting Politicking: Horse-Race Coverage of Politics

The phrase horse race journalism is often used to describe how the media covers the elections. But it can also be used to describe how it covers issues. And then perhaps ‘horse race’ is a misnomer. A more appropriate label would be ‘football game’ style of coverage, given that it

Conversation With Bill Thompson: Fragmented Information

This is the fourth and concluding part of the interview with BBC technology columnist, Mr. Bill Thompson. part 1, part 2, part 3 This kind of completes two of the major questions that I had. I would now move on to digital literacy and fragmented informational landscape. Google has made

Conversation With Bill Thompson: Copyright Law

This is part III of a four-part interview with Mr. Bill Thompson, noted technology columnist with the BBC. part 1, part 2 "Copyright is not a Lockean natural right but is a limited right granted to authors in order to further the public interest. This principle is explicitly expressed

Conversation With Bill Thompson: The Political Economy of the Internet

This is part 2 of the interview with Bill Thompson, technology columnist with the BBC. part 1 When I look at the Internet, there is this wonderful sense of volunteerism. It is incredible to see the kind of things that have come out of recent technology like the open source

Conversation With Bill Thompson: The Future

While technology has become an important part of our social, economic and political life, most analysis about technology remains woefully inadequate, limited to singing paeans about Apple and Google, and occasional rote articles about security and privacy issues. It is to this news market full of haberdasher opining that Mr.

Conversation With Glenn Frankel: Foreign Reporting and Technology

Part 5 of a 5 part series based on my interview with Pulitzer-award-winning journalist Glen Frankel: 1. Early Influences, 2. Professional Influences, 3. Principles of Good Journalism, 4. Reporting on Emotive Issues, 5. Foreign Reporting and Technology. Let’s talk a little more about the challenges of foreign reporting. I

Conversation With Glenn Frankel: Reporting on Emotional Issues

Part 4 of a 5 part series based on my interview with Pulitzer-award winning journalist, Glen Frankel: 1. Early Influences, 2. Professional Influences, 3. Principles of Good Journalism, 4. Reporting on Emotive Issues, 5. Foreign Reporting and Technology. Since we have just broached the Middle East, what are the special

Conversation With Glenn Frankel: Principles of Good Journalism

Part 3 of a 5 part series based on my interview with Pulitzer-award winning journalist, Glenn Frankel: 1. Early Influences, 2. Professional Influences, 3. Principles of Good Journalism, 4. Reporting on Emotive Issues, 5. Foreign Reporting and Technology. People can be fairly clever in coming up with justifications for why

Conversation With Glenn Frankel: Early Professional Experiences

Part 2 of a 5 part series based on my interview with Pulitzer-award winning journalist, Glen Frankel: 1. Early Influences, 2. Professional Influences, 3. Principles of Good Journalism, 4. Reporting on Emotive Issues, 5. Foreign Reporting and Technology. How was it working for a small newspaper? How did you learn

Conversation With Glenn Frankel: Early Influences

Part 1 of a 5 part series based on my interview with Pulitzer-award winning journalist, Glen Frankel: 1. Early Influences, 2. Professional Influences, 3. Principles of Good Journalism, 4. Reporting on Emotive Issues, 5. Foreign Reporting and Technology. Where were you born? What were some of the early influences that