Do Social Media, and Do it Now

Although many Web-savvy journalists have embraced social media in a variety of creative ways that enhance reporting and help them fulfill core journalism values, evidence seems to abound lately that far too many are still behind the curve.
After attending sessions on the future of news at the Missouri School of Journalism’s big centennial bash [...]

Ad Departments Can Help Us Save Journalism

When Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel wrote the first edition of Elements of Journalism in 2001, the Staples Center controversy at the Los Angeles Times was still quite fresh, and journalists around the country were perhaps feeling even more protective of the proverbial wall between the editorial and business sides of news organizations.
However, Kovach and [...]