“You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgments about what is going on,” Harry S. Truman is said to have said. Case in point: the Drudge Report, one of the oldest news aggregator websites which uncovered news the corporate media … Read more
The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) is America’s most broad-based journalism organization, dedicated to encouraging the free practice of journalism and stimulating high standards of ethical behavior. Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi, SPJ promotes the free flow of information vital to a well-informed citizenry through the daily work of its roughly 6,000 members; … Read more
Do you want to learn more about journalism but don’t know where to start? In this article, I’ve put together a list of three best journalism books for beginners you should read, even if you’re not a journalist (or not planning to become one). It’s intentionally short and contains only essential titles that will make … Read more
“A writer must always tell the truth, unless he is a journalist,” Gore Vidal is said to have said. This rather pessimistic sentiment prompted me to read The Elements of Journalism by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosentiel, whose purpose in writing the book was “to identify common principles shared by people who called themselves journalists.” … Read more