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More newspapers try to be TV stations

Bob Collins June 1, 2009, 4:03 PM Jun 1, 2009

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Two newspapers take two different approaches to video online.

The Saberi tapes

Bob Collins May 28, 2009, 12:37 PM May 28, 2009

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Roxana Saberi’s first in-depth interview since being released from a prison in Iran.

Watergate’s birth

Bob Collins May 25, 2009, 8:40 AM May 25, 2009

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Historical insight or long-lasting sour grapes?

Why is torture seductive?

Bob Collins May 13, 2009, 1:59 PM May 13, 2009

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Is the media working overtime to justify the use of torture?

After Saberi

Bob Collins May 11, 2009, 11:37 AM May 11, 2009

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Salon.com’s Glenn Greenwald finds journalistic hypocrisy in the backpatting going on following the release of journalist Roxana Saberi.

How much is the Web worth?

Bob Collins May 7, 2009, 1:52 PM May 7, 2009

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Would you pay for content on the Web? Rupert Murdoch thinks you will.

Loss of community?

Bob Collins May 7, 2009, 10:20 AM May 7, 2009

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Can neighborhood and small-town newspapers survive if the sense of community disappears?

Are journalists class clowns on swine flu coverage?

Bob Collins May 6, 2009, 3:27 PM May 6, 2009

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One of the harshest criticisms about coverage of the swine flu comes today from a journalist.

MN Daily update

Bob Collins May 6, 2009, 6:41 AM May 6, 2009

The leadership of the Minnesota Daily, the newspaper of the University of Minnesota, today responded to an “open letter” from two of its editors yesterday that criticized the awarding of some bonuses at the paper. The OP bonuses are part of the established compensation package for the president, editor-in-chief and business manager – an agreed-upon Read more →

When newsrooms fight

Bob Collins May 5, 2009, 4:15 PM May 5, 2009

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A controversy that has broken out over a few thousand dollars at the University of Minnesota Daily newspaper.

The flu formerly known as swine

Than Tibbetts April 30, 2009, 3:02 PM Apr 30, 2009

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What’s in a name? Novel influenza, influenza A (H1N1), 2009 H1N1 flu, North-American influenza or just plain swine flu.

The changing flu landscape

Than Tibbetts April 29, 2009, 10:05 AM Apr 29, 2009

What you knew yesterday about the swine flu might not be true today. Are you keeping up with the information fast enough?

Pity is not a business model

Than Tibbetts April 20, 2009, 3:00 PM Apr 20, 2009

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A poignant story is supposed to remind us just how much we’ll miss newspapers when they’re gone.

Sex sells (and wins Pulitzers)

Than Tibbetts April 20, 2009, 2:06 PM Apr 20, 2009

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Journalism’s top prize winners win for digging up sex scandals.

America’s stiff upper lip

Bob Collins April 9, 2009, 2:24 PM Apr 9, 2009

Why are Americans not quite as worked up as America’s news anchors?