Author Archive
Articles by Brian E. Crowley | Email the Author
WFTV’s Sensationalism Soils Solid Obama Sit-Down
Orlando reporter suggests recent Afghanistan killings comparable to My Lai
By Brian E. Crowley Mar 14, 2012 at 04:55 PM
FLORIDA—Orlando WFTV reporter Greg Warmoth found himself standing in front of President Obama just a day after the world found... More
At WFLA, Good Questions for Obama…
…but Tampa’s viewers deserved a more balanced report
By Brian E. Crowley Feb 15, 2012 at 04:48 PM
FLORIDA — As I listened to the question being asked I started to groan a bit: “Yesterday you released your... More
Romney’s Hispanic Support: About That Florida Poll
Reporters must tell readers about polls’ shortcomings
By Brian E. Crowley Jan 31, 2012 at 12:19 PM
FLORIDA—Late Saturday night, the Tampa Bay Times and the Miami Herald released the results of a new Mason-Dixon survey of... More
Who is Sheldon Adelson? Florida Needs to Know
State’s newsrooms haven’t focused their resources on the super PAC story
By Brian E. Crowley Jan 26, 2012 at 11:36 AM
FLORIDA — Who is Sheldon Adelson, and why does he matter to the presidential campaign? If you are a Florida... More
In Florida, a Media Crush but Little News
Best coverage embeds Romney’s rally in more far-reaching reporting
By Brian E. Crowley Jan 13, 2012 at 12:20 PM
FLORIDA — Reporters on either side of me were frantically jotting down quotes, desperately hoping that Mitt Romney would make... More
Lackluster Caucus Coverage in Florida
The Tampa Bay Times stands above the field
By Brian E. Crowley Jan 5, 2012 at 10:42 AM
FLORIDA — By the end of this month, the contest for the Republican presidential nomination will move to the Sunshine... More
Frozen Out in Florida
Campaign reporters face reduced access, reduced budgets
By Brian E. Crowley Dec 15, 2011 at 01:34 PM
FLORIDA — Florida’s political reporters are a lonely bunch. Presidential candidates avoid them. Senior campaign staffers rarely return their calls... More
Over-the-Top Coverage of Cain’s Gaffe in Florida
His ignorance of ‘wet-foot, dry-foot’ may have said something about Cain. But the way it was covered said as much about the media
By Brian E. Crowley Nov 22, 2011 at 12:15 PM
FLORIDA — Eleven seconds. That’s how long the exchange lasted between Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain and Miami Herald political... More
#Realtalk: This isn’t another ‘golden age’ for print - But it is one for media
Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
One of the great reporters of his generation died Tuesday at 33. The stories he wrote, and the ones he didn’t live to write
Michael Hastings: my friend and his enemies
Hastings was fearless and shook things up - especially with his McChrystal expose. The haters in the media couldn’t forgive him
Journalism is about finding flaws and magnifying them, and surely someone who would spill massive loads of state secrets must contain a few broken parts, right?
Call it the Politico rhetorical crutch
The inside-the-beltway publication’s go-to phrase
Rachel Maddow’s tribute to Michael Hastings
“Michael was angry … he was angry about things that weren’t right in the world. He was angry with war and with loss, and that drove his reporting.”
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
