Rule #1: Don’t Be A Profiteering Asshole

Sometimes I hate my old profession. I mean really hate it. Yesterday was one of those…

Breaking news is not broken

In the wake of this past week’s events there is a lot of talk about how the media and the Internet deals with…

CNN Gets It Wrong — Why We Don’t Really Mind

“This is CNN.” The network’s tagline has a certain swagger, as if to announce its…

Breaking up with newsprint

Recently I ended one of the longest-standing relationships of my life — the one I have with daily print newspapers.

I grew up in a household that got the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal every day. I must have started reading the Times in high…

How news can compete with cat videos: 6 lessons for multimedia journalists

About our Serious News Magazine’s Hip New Redesign, Yo. [A Satire.]

Dear Readers:

Welcome to this week's issue of Serious News Magazine. For over three hundred years, we've been providing you with important stories that matter. This week, we cautiously…

We Live in the Information Age, And That Means More Responsibility

24-hour news is like water, you need to turn it off sometimes

Is news bad for you?

As a graduate with a journalism degree, a topical blogger, and somebody who has an iPad subscription to the Guardian as…

Facebook’s overly-positive language makes journalists endorse politicians