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Steve Rosenbaum’s new book on the precariousness of truth in the AI Age I use AI nearly every day. I use it to research, to synthesize, to brainstorm. And if you’re reading this, chances are you do, too. So when I sat down on a Zoom call Friday with old friend Steve Rosenbaum to talk […]
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In this era of public mistrust of the media, online publications should disclose their standards and values This column appeared in the October 1998 issue of The American Journalism Review.
The life & death of the Asian-American Web site Channel A This column appeared in the September 1998 issue of The American Journalism Review. The tension between editorial and commercial
Some small papers have had success on the Web by including their readers in the process. This column appeared in the July 1998 issue of The American Journalism Review. Many
A honeymoon cruise through Santorini, Crete and Naxos, with an itinerary culled from the Internet This article — one of the earliest pieces on using the Internet for travel recommendations
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
