The stories behind the Taliban story
With the election in Afghanistan just days away, GlobalPost, the Boston-based international news service, has weighed in with a first-rate multimedia presentation on the Taliban. Reported by executive...
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Boston-based GlobalPost is one of my favorite new-journalism projects, and I don’t write about it as often as I should. With people of the Arab world revolting against their oppressors, it’s more...
View ArticleGlobalPost takes stock of “The Great Divide”
Boston-based GlobalPost has gone live with a major new project. “The Great Divide: Exploring Income Inequality” examines the growing gap between rich and poor in the United States and compares it with...
View Article“Boston Public Radio” to add a third hour this September
WGBH Radio (89.7 FM) is adding a third hour of “Boston Public Radio” with Jim Braude and Margery Eagan this September, when it will be on the air weekdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. In addition, the...
View ArticleCourage and terrorism in the Middle East
James Foley speaking at Northwestern University in 2011 Both James Foley, a freelance journalist who was reportedly beheaded by ISIS terrorists, and Steven Sotloff, a freelancer who has been threatened...
View ArticleThe James Foley video and bearing witness to evil
James Foley Previously published at WGBHNews.org. The horrifying execution of journalist James Foley raises an uncomfortable if familiar question: Is there anything to be gained by watching the video...
View ArticleShould Report for America send journalists to chain-owned newspapers?
How much support do newspapers owned by cost-cutting corporate chains deserve? It’s a dilemma. On the one hand, the people who live in communities served by those papers need reliable news and...
View ArticleHedge fund owner, its feelings apparently hurt, cuts ties with Report for...
Report for America photojournalist Olivia Sun on assignment with The Colorado Sun. Photo (cc) 2021 by Dan Kennedy. In April 2020, I questioned whether Report for America should be placing journalists...
View ArticleThe MV Times, one of the Vineyard’s two weekly papers, will remain independent
Edgartown Lighthouse on Martha’s Vineyard. Photo (cc) 2012 by David Berkowitz. The MV Times, one of two weekly papers on Martha’s Vineyard, has been sold to a local businessman who will maintain it as...
View ArticleHow Norma Rodriguez-Reyes became one of New Haven’s leading media executives
Norma Rodriguez-Reyes. Photo (cc) 2021 by Dan Kennedy. On the latest “What Works” podcast, Ellen Clegg and I talk with Norma Rodriguez-Reyes, the president of La Voz Hispana de Connecticut. La Voz...
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