AP Decries Army Photoshopping

AP bans Defense-issued photographs

By Megan McGinley   Nov 17, 2008 at 10:48 AM

Late Friday night, the Associated Press published an article discussing the digitally altered photos of Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody that... More

Photoshop, Part III

Army Photoshops photographs again, apparently

By Megan McGinley   Nov 14, 2008 at 03:46 PM

This afternoon, CJR received a tip from Deputy Director of Photography at the San-Antonio Express-News, Bob Owen, alerting us to... More

A Little Something for Your Trouble

Buyout packages at papers around the country

By Megan McGinley   Nov 9, 2008 at 11:02 AM

Since January 2007, as the shrinking of our newsrooms continued apace, some 2,700 journalists accepted buyouts and moved on. Here... More

Newspapers Just Want To Be Loved

By Megan McGinley   Nov 7, 2008 at 03:28 PM

In the wake of Barack Obama’s victory in Tuesday's presidential election, people across the country rushed, in record numbers, to... More

Stop The Presses!

The L.A. Times stands by a deal with a source, democracy hangs in the balance

By Megan McGinley   Oct 30, 2008 at 03:32 PM

The McCain campaign’s latest attempt to portray the press as liberal puppets of Barack Obama—by painting the Los Angeles Times’s... More

Reporting on the Endgame

AP and Dallas Morning News successfully cover candidates’ closing statements

By Megan McGinley   Oct 29, 2008 at 10:54 AM

As E-Day creeps closer, the political press seems to be a bit confused as to how to handle these last... More

Endorsements Out Of Ohio

By Megan McGinley   Oct 20, 2008 at 11:24 AM

Four newspapers in the battleground state of Ohio endorsed Barack Obama's candidacy this weekend, raising his total Ohio endorsement count... More

Talking Shop: Carla Savalli

Spokesman-Review AME on why she quit, and why people will eventually pay good money to read newspapers

By Megan McGinley   Oct 6, 2008 at 10:29 AM

Last Thursday, Steven A. Smith resigned as editor of The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington, after he was ordered by his... More

Comparing The Bailout Headlines

“Chaos” and “defiance” rule the day

By Megan McGinley   Sep 30, 2008 at 02:16 PM

Here’s a look at a few headlines from this morning that stood out to us. Some strayed from the more... More

More On Those Photoshopped Soldiers

They were shot by one of their own

By Megan McGinley   Sep 26, 2008 at 03:38 PM

According to a September 22 article in the Army Times, the two soldiers whose photos were doctored by the U.S.... More

Couric, Gaffe-Ignorer?

By Megan McGinley   Sep 25, 2008 at 11:22 AM

Early this week, McCain and his legion of loyal supporters reveled at yet another one of Senator Biden’s blunders after... More

What Can You Buy For $700 Billion?

The world’s largest gumball, for one

By Megan McGinley   Sep 23, 2008 at 01:51 PM

While Secretary of State Hank Paulson pushes for the government to issue a $700 billion bailout, most of us in... More

Media’s Unemployment Stats Inaccurate?

Let’s get our definitions straight

By Megan McGinley   Sep 22, 2008 at 01:33 PM

As conditions in the economy continue to worsen, it can only be expected that unemployment rates, especially here in NYC... More

Army Alters Photographs, Issues Them To AP

AP issues photo eliminations on the images

By Megan McGinley   Sep 19, 2008 at 02:16 PM

The Associated Press retracted two government-issued photographs last night after a photographer in Texas alerted the agency that the... More