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You’ve probably seen them on Facebook, X, BlueSky, or your favorite social network. The posts usually start with something like this: I will never read a book where the author used AI in any form or fashion!!! I don’t often wade into these debates, but if I did, I’d point out that many—perhaps most—authors already […]
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Salon’s groundbreaking stories on the Starr investigation challenge the Beltway media’s conventional wisdom This article appeared in the June 1998 issue of The American Journalism Review as a sidebar to
Salon may be a harbinger of journalism’s future on the Internet This in-depth profile of Salon magazine appeared in the June 1998 issue of The American Journalism Review. When the
The digital attic has begun collecting and storing scraps of our lives — forever This column appeared in the June 1998 issue of The American Journalism Review. For a more
News organizations would be wise to integrate their online journalists into the main newsroom This column appeared in the May 1998 issue of The American Journalism Review. Walk into the
How should the mainstream media respond to lone-wolf cyber-reporting on the Internet? This column was written Jan. 31 — 10 days after the Monica Lewinsky “scandal” broke. It appeared in
Online newspapers are missing the most elemental ingredient of the Internet: interactivity This column appeared in the March 1998 issue of The American Journalism Review. Online news publications have been
The former CBS and NBC News correspondent decries the news media’s feeding frenzy over Clinton-Lewinsky — and the effect that Matt Drudge has had on news coverage Marvin Kalb is
Blue lagoons, rain forests, coral reefs, friendly locals — Fiji is pretty close to paradise CASTAWAY ISLAND, FIJI — The foot-long flying fish came straight at us, backflipping through the
CNN, the New York Times & APTV have begun experimenting with streaming video This column appeared in the January-February 1998 issue of The American Journalism Review. Quietly, without much fanfare,
To avert ethical problems in cyberspace, cling to traditional journalism values This column appeared in the December 1997 issue of The American Journalism Review. I was interviewed on the topic
Some tips on how to prepare for a fast-changing field This column appeared in the November 1997 issue of The American Journalism Review. This column also appeared as a chapter
The Clinton administration & Internet industry are championing voluntary ratings for Web sites This in-depth look at the controversy over PICS labels appeared in the October 1997 issue of The
Ted Koppel & Bruce Koon warn of the dangers of trading accuracy for immediacy This column appeared in the October 1997 issue of The American Journalism Review. As online news
Unbeknown to the public, filtering programs block out much more than pornography This column appeared in the September 1997 issue of The American Journalism Review. When the Supreme Court struck
RATINGS TODAY, CENSORSHIP TOMORROW The Internet industry is rushing to embrace ratings systems for the Web. The technology will help parents keep their kids away from porn. It can also
More and more travel sites are cropping up on the Web, but they’re coming up short This column appeared in the July-August 1997 issue of The American Journalism Review. As
If they’re to remain relevant in the Digital Age, online news organizations must begin to seriously cover the news as it happens This column appeared in the June 1997 issue
The veteran ‘Nightline’ anchor has some words of warning for online reporters eager to reinvent the wheel of journalism Immediacy has never been a strong suit of Web news among
This sidebar to When push comes to news appeared in the May 1997 issue of The American Journalism Review. Internet news services can custom-tailor your news and deliver it fast.
Push technology, the Internet’s trend du jour, allows online news sites to narrowcast personalized news directly to readers The following article appeared in the May 1997 issue of The American
Discovering nature and community in a small seaside Mexican village This article appeared in the Chicago Tribune in 1998 and the Philadelphia Inquirer, San Jose Mercury News, Denver’s Rocky Mountain
This article appeared in the September/October 1996 issue of The Skeptical Inquirer, the journal of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, an international organization. ‘This
The co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation calls the current wave of media realliances ‘the rearrangement of deck chairs on the Titanic’ John Perry Barlow is a retired cattle rancher,
