Celebrating the Paper Boy and By Extension - The Local Paper

By Alexandra Fenwick   Oct 9, 2009 at 09:39 AM

Tomorrow is officially Newspaper Carrier Day, according to the Newspaper Association Managers, and the Suburban Newspaper Association is offering a... More

Non-Story of The Day

By Alexandra Fenwick   Oct 8, 2009 at 03:40 PM

In today's non-story of the day, Politico CLICK sports the blaring headline, "Roman Polanski supporters gave $34K to Barack Obama,... More

“Marines,” Plain and Simple

By Alexandra Fenwick   Oct 8, 2009 at 09:43 AM

Today, the big, three-column, above-the-fold statement photo on the front page of every edition of the New York Times makes... More

Building a Shrine to Tim Russert, Literally

By Alexandra Fenwick   Oct 7, 2009 at 05:39 PM

Remember how your mother always warned you to wear clean underwear in case you're in an accident? Apparently, if you're... More

Washington, D.C., Reality TV Edition

By Alexandra Fenwick   Oct 6, 2009 at 05:16 PM

In today's politics and pop culture file, former House Majority Whip Tom DeLay is expected to announce this evening that... More

A Weighty Subject

Alex Jones and the iron core of news

By Alexandra Fenwick   Oct 6, 2009 at 09:09 AM

Alex Jones, director of the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government,... More

Best Political Protest Ever

By Alexandra Fenwick   Oct 5, 2009 at 06:49 PM

Teabag Party-ers, 9/12'ers, angry town hall crowds, Cindy Sheehan, Code Pink, G-20 crazies, Greenpeace, protesters everywhere, may I please introduce:... More

Making a Profit While Bankrupting the Store

By Alexandra Fenwick   Oct 5, 2009 at 06:40 PM

Here's a riddle. How are mattress factories and newspaper companies alike? This piece on the front page of today's New... More

Levi Johnston Does It With Protection

By Alexandra Fenwick   Oct 5, 2009 at 05:26 PM

Sarah Palin's daughter's baby daddy is in a commercial for . . . pistachios? More

Covering the Great Recession

By Alexandra Fenwick   Oct 5, 2009 at 03:01 PM

A new study of financial crisis coverage, released today by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, shows... More

Press Freedom, Russia and Shish Kebab

By Alexandra Fenwick   Oct 5, 2009 at 12:11 PM

The latest dust up over press freedom in Russia started over the name of a shish kebab restaurant. From sometime... More

Conde Nast closing Gourmet, Modern Bride, Elegant Bride and Cookie

By Alexandra Fenwick   Oct 5, 2009 at 10:44 AM

Not Cookie! More

Reporter at Sea-Sick

By Alexandra Fenwick   Oct 2, 2009 at 04:04 PM

File this under newspaper promotional contests that make us feel sick to our stomach. USA Today is teaming up with... More

Berlusconi and Press Freedom, Petition Edition

By Alexandra Fenwick   Sep 28, 2009 at 03:19 PM

La Repubblica, Italy's second-largest newspaper, was sued for defamation earlier this summer by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for repeatedly... More

CBS goes GlobalPost-al

By Alexandra Fenwick   Sep 28, 2009 at 02:48 PM

GlobalPost and CBS plan to make beautiful news together, according to this story by David Carr in today's New York... More