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Howard Weaver

Howard Weaver

Journalism and the Civil Rights Movement: Newsgathering Under Fire

John McKay — my friend (and lawyer) of many years — sent a letter today attaching a wonderful John Lewis speech I had never seen before. In…

Jul 20, 2020

Journalism and the Civil Rights Movement: Newsgathering Under Fire

Jul 20, 2020

Howard Weaver

Journalism in the Postmodern Sublime

More and more often nowadays I find that what I have to offer the discussion about the future of news is a contribution to the foundation…

Jun 17, 2020

Journalism in the Postmodern Sublime

Jun 17, 2020

Howard Weaver

Internal imbroglios at the New York Times are undeniably an “inside baseball” kind of topic, chewed…

But the New York Times is a major institution in American life, and it has a lot to do with you whether you ever read it or not. No other…

Jun 6, 2020

Jun 6, 2020

Howard Weaver

A handsome young woman in blue jeans

A handsome young woman in blue jeans and a sweater crawls on her hands and knees around the bed of an old cotton trailer. She is quite…

May 10, 2020

A handsome young woman in blue jeans

May 10, 2020

Howard Weaver

A handsome young woman in blue jeans

A handsome young woman in blue jeans and a sweater crawls on her hands and knees around the bed of an old cotton trailer. She is quite…

May 10, 2020

May 10, 2020

Howard Weaver

Donald Trump and Gen. Kelly speak different languages

How does an honorable soldier relate to a draft-dodger?

Oct 21, 2017

Oct 21, 2017

Howard Weaver

Is their past our prologue?

Reading Jenni Russell’s grim assessment of Britain in the time of Brexit (http://nyti.ms/2eWE4aj) I couldn’t help reflecting on how much…

Jul 29, 2017

Is their past our prologue?

Jul 29, 2017

Howard Weaver

What need to weep?

An old friend joined a discussion about Trump’s seeming ability to transgress every normative boundary in American civic life by saying…

Jul 19, 2017

What need to weep?

Jul 19, 2017

Howard Weaver

AMERICA BETRAYED

The Russians knew about Michael Flynn’s secret meetings with the Russian ambassador, and knew they’d talked about sanctions, but you…

Jul 12, 2017

AMERICA BETRAYED

Jul 12, 2017

Howard Weaver

I wrote this essay last night, obviously before news of Trump firing the FBI director was made…

I have been feeling pretty humble about my talent as a prognosticator since the election, but we have to make decisions and act even when…

May 9, 2017

I wrote this essay last night, obviously before news of Trump firing the FBI director was made…

May 9, 2017

Howard Weaver

Howard Weaver

Writing, editing, projects. Strategic advice for media enterprises. Ask about my Alaska memoir: Write Hard, Die Free http://goo.gl/YlcNa

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