The text message arrived at 12:44 a.m. We were asleep, but Holly heard the ping. Messages after midnight are almost always bad news. “You guys are going to wake up to news of another mass shooting. Don’t watch the video.” The warning came from Jackson Gilbert, our youngest son who will graduate in May from a police academy. Jackson wasn’t simply trying to protect us from seeing a gruesome massacre. No, it soon became clear that the slaughter of dozens …
Category: Journalism
Cherry picking: Republicans cite ‘reviled’ mainstream media sources to make their Michael Cohen case
Trying to digest the Wednesday Michael Cohen hearing is giving us heartburn, too. What, exactly, happened there? We may find out eventually. In the meantime, OU journalism alum Mike Larson …
GARRY: If I was a writer and producer for NPR’s On The Media, I’d be delirious about the choices of content to fill 60 minutes of airtime for the weekly …
President Trump is traveling to McAllen, Texas, today to make his case for the construction of a border wall. There will be ample media coverage of his stop there, which, …
Americans are voting today on the value of watchdog journalism. Sure, a mid-term election in the U.S. is historically a referendum on the man occupying the Oval Office. Today is …
Doing journalism can be as dangerous as it is honorable. Especially for those who dare to dissent, like Jamal Khashoggi, the progressive Saudi journalist who was openly critical of Crown …
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 …
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 …