Category Archives: Journalism

The Rebbe On Journalism

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Luke Ford

From Joseph Telushkin’s biography, Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History: In 1972, the veteran journalist Gershon Jacobson was considering starting a new Yiddish newspaper (Der Tog Morgen Zhurnal had recently … Continue reading →

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Poynter Institute For Media Studies

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Luke Ford

I went to Guidestar.org and found this 990 form filed for 2012, which listed salaries as follows: * Stephen Buckley: ~$255,000 * Andrew P. Corty: ~$333,000 * Paul C. Tash: ~$504,000 * Andrew Barnes: ~$238,000 * Roy Peter Clark: ~$170,000 … Continue reading →

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Pro Publica Salaries

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Luke Ford

Pro Publica is a non-profit journalism organization. I went to Guidestar.org and found this 990 form filed for 2012, which listed salaries as follows: * Paul Steiger: ~$585,000 * Richard Tofel: ~$358,000 * Stephen Engelberg: ~$392,000 * Debra Goldberg: ~$260,000 … Continue reading →

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Should I Grieve James Foley and Steven Sotloff?

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Luke Ford

If you deliberately travel to a bad place and then bad things happen to you there, am I supposed to be surprised and shocked and saddened? Visiting Syria is a deliberate dance with the devil. Who asked you to risk … Continue reading →

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Does Promiscuity Make Women Happy?

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Luke Ford

From what I have seen, the ideal number of sexual partners for a lifetime is one. The more partners a person has, in general, the more screwed up they are. In my experience, the more sexual partners a woman, the … Continue reading →

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