In SPJ’s Quill Magazine, the editors featured a list of 20 journalists who are having an impact on the field in a myriad of ways. You can read the full list, along with their thoughts on what’s ahead for the profession —…
Just check out the comments section following the New York Times article on the potential layoffs announcement at ABC News. The news division is “seeking 300 to 400 buyouts and would resort to layoffs if necessary.” Depending on the person,…
OK, I may be taking a little poetic license with the headline, but I thought while every news organization in the country was doing “year in review” stories, Advancing the Story should, too. So, in case you missed any of…
As more and more journalism professionals find themselves working both in front of and behind the camera, many are looking for suggestions on how to do it all well. Marc Schollett of TV7-4 in Traverse City, Michigan could be the…
Much has been written recently about the parallels between what’s happening to today’s media and the crisis in network radio during the late 1940s. Thanks to Stephen Goforth for pointing out an excellent article in the Wall Street Journal that illustrates what history should…
If you want to be a journalist, should you go to journalism school? What’s the value of a masters degree in journalism? My usual answer is: It depends. I don’t mean to be flip or evasive. It really does depend…
We know. It looks a lot like the old site. But Advancing the Story now stands on its own. The move gives us lots of new options for content that we plan to explore, so stay tuned for more changes…
CNN’s Rick Sanchez has almost 90,000 followers on Twitter, making him one of the top TV news Tweeters in the US. His frequent posts are a mix of requests for feedback on the news, commentary and personal observations like this…
Joe Flint of the Los Angeles Times posted a very short, but interesting tidbit yesterday. A study by the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication found that over the last nine years, newspapers and wire services wrote more than…
Why would the University of Missouri’s well-regarded journalism school make an iPhone or iPod Touch a requirement for all incoming students? My first guess was that Mizzou was making a new commitment to multimedia journalism and requiring an iPhone so…
