Garry: What qualities make a college professor so unforgettable that former students travel from all over the country to wish them well in retirement? In the instance of Jane Briggs Bunting, those students say they sensed that she truly cared about them, wanted them to excel in both life and work, and instilled in them the confidence to do so. Yes, as a journalism teacher, they say, Jane was taxing. Her media law classes — conducted in the Socratic style …
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You’d have to be avoiding the news with some resolve not to know that “Fear,” the new book by journalist Bob Woodward, was released today. The bestseller, which details chaos …
Newsrooms are extraordinary places no matter whether they are as tiny as The Oakland Post or as vast as The New York Times. The majority are more like the modest digs …
Holly: Thanks to Dr. Adina Schneeweis, Dr. Chiaoning Su, Dr. Suzy Lee and Dr. Marsha Ma — our exceptional colleagues — for giving us a glimpse into their summer lives. …
In a wide-ranging discussion about reporting and writing with Drew Philp over coffee in early May at Trinosophes, he offered this observation: “Economically, the healthiest area of journalism right now is …
GARRY — In 2004, a Michigan publisher sold his collection of about 80 profitable suburban and rural newspapers to a New Jersey-based corporation for $415 million. Cue the thunder. Storm …
G&H: Can the First Amendment and the Second Amendment co-exist? They have for centuries, but there is a historic tension between the first two points listed in the Bill of Rights. …
Holly and Garry: Google is a media Goliath that stole our advertisers and pushed our very profession to the precipice of financial collapse. This is the view of many if …
Remember that list of the best films about journalism and journalists we posted in early January? How well do you remember it? Can you name the renowned actress who co-starred in …
Garry: Every time another mass shooting takes place, we immediately wonder: Who did it? Why? It’s human nature. We want answers to help us make sense of the senseless. Numbed …
Holly: Channeling TBT today. Not far, just a short rewind to the most fun aspect of Sunday’s Super Bowl – those commercials. Student members of the OU Public Relations and …