Journalism, News Media, Newspapers, Politics in America “…the national press is undoubtedly cosmopolitan in its outlook…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 August 2016 I have worked in a number of newsrooms, and I know writers and editors...
Journalism, News Media, Politics in America, Television “Our first big failing was that television in particular handed Trump the microphone without adequately fact-checking him or rigorously examining his background, in a craven symbiosis that boosted audiences for both” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 April 2016 Those of us in the news media have sometimes blamed Donald Trump’s rise on...
News Media “…the basic link between newsworthiness and publication held, because there did not seem to be an alternative” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 October 2015 Until recently, “the news” has meant two different things events that are newsworthy, and...
Internet, News Media “The mass amateurization of publishing undoes the limitations inherent in having a small number of traditional press outlets” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 October 2015 In a world where a dozen editors, all belonging to the same professional class,...
Internet, News Media “In the same way you do not have to be a professional driver to drive, you no longer have to be a professional publisher to publish” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 August 2015 …individual weblogs are not merely alternate sites of publishing; they are alternatives to publishing...
Internet, News Media “In any profession, … members have a tendency to equate provisional solutions to particular problems with deep truths about the world” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 August 2015 In any profession, particularly one that has existed long enough that no one can...
Internet, News Media, Newspapers, Radio, Television “The Web didn’t introduce a new competitor into the old ecosystem…. The Web created a new ecosystem” Author Drew Kaplan Date 23 August 2015 The newspaper used to be a pretty good answer to that question, but like...
Internet, Newspapers “For people with a professional outlook, it’s hard to understand how something that isn’t professionally produced could affect them-not only is the internet not a newspaper, it isn’t a business, or even an institution” Author Drew Kaplan Date 14 August 2015 Many people in the newspaper business, the same people who worried about the effects...
Radio “A cynical but not inaccurate way of thinking about radio formats is as a tool to segment the population for advertisers” Author Drew Kaplan Date 6 August 2015 A cynical but not inaccurate way of thinking about radio formats is as a...
Internet, Newspapers “The old bargain of the newspaper-world news lumped in with horoscopes and ads from the pizza parlor has now ended” Author Drew Kaplan Date 5 August 2015 What holds a newspaper together is primarily the cost of paper, ink, and distribution;...