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Category Archives: Journalism
Ten Convenient Beliefs For The Leaders Of The Columbia School Of Journalism
Stephen Turner’s convenient beliefs are thriving in the dean’s suite, faculty lounges, and development-office strategy sessions at Columbia Journalism School right now. With the Iran war still dominating airwaves and campuses, donor scrutiny intensifying, enrollment pressures mounting, AI tools gobbling … Continue reading
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Ten Convenient Beliefs For Leaders Of The ABC News Iran War Coverage Now
Stephen Turner’s convenient beliefs are operating at full broadcast strength in the ABC Newsroom, the Washington bureau, the Jerusalem and Beirut embeds, and the evening-news control room right now. With the U.S.-Israeli campaign in its second month, Khamenei martyred, nuclear … Continue reading
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Ten Convenient Beliefs For Leaders Of The Financial Times Iran War Coverage Now
Stephen Turner’s convenient beliefs are purring along nicely in the Financial Times newsroom, the London editorial offices, the Dubai/Beijing/Istanbul bureaus, and the markets desk right now. With the U.S.-Israeli campaign in its second month, Khamenei martyred, nuclear sites cratered, Iranian … Continue reading
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Ten Convenient Beliefs For Leaders Of The Fox News Iran War Coverage Now
Stephen Turner’s convenient beliefs are lighting up the Fox News studios, the prime-time war rooms, the D.C. bureau, and the Jerusalem embed teams right now. With the U.S.-Israeli campaign in its second month, Khamenei martyred, nuclear sites turned to rubble, … Continue reading
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Ten Convenient Beliefs For Leaders Of The WSJ Iran War coverage Now
Stephen Turner’s convenient beliefs are operating at full throttle in the Wall Street Journal newsroom, the Washington and Jerusalem bureaus, and the editorial-page offices right now. With the U.S.-Israeli campaign in its second month, Khamenei martyred, nuclear sites cratered, Iranian … Continue reading
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Ten Convenient Beliefs For Leaders Of The New York Times Iran War coverage Now
Stephen Turner’s convenient beliefs are working overtime in the New York Times newsroom, the Baghdad/Beirut/Istanbul bureaus, and the Iran desk right now. With the U.S.-Israeli campaign grinding into its second month, Khamenei martyred, nuclear sites cratered, Iranian cities under sporadic … Continue reading
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Ten Convenient Beliefs For American Elite Journalists Now
Elite journalists believe their commitment to verification, editorial standards, and institutional accountability distinguishes their work from the podcasters, Substackers, and independent reporters who have captured their audience rather than reflecting the judgment of a credentialed class whose verification processes failed … Continue reading
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The Columbia School of Journalism: Hero System, Coalition Technology, and the Reporting Problem Nobody Names
Tenured full professors, the Dean, the Dean of Academic Affairs, the Director of the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism, and the senior hiring-committee gatekeepers at the Columbia School of Journalism do not compete for authority by saying they want … Continue reading
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Jacob Siegel and The Information State
Jacob Siegel’s earlier work had a characteristic sound. It strained. It reached. It dressed simple observations about power in baroque scaffolding and then performed anxiety about whether the scaffolding was sufficiently distinguished. His 2016 profile of Paul Gottfried did not … Continue reading
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The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle for Authority at the WSJ
Editors, reporters, and senior leaders at the Wall Street Journal do not compete for authority by saying they want power. They compete by invoking languages of accountability journalism, subscriber value, audience-first decision-making, and responsibility for sustaining a trustworthy institution inside … Continue reading
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