Category: News and News Media

How ‘Rural Studies’ Is Thinking About the Heartland

What’s the matter with America’s rural voters? Many scholars believe that the question itself is the problem.
51.3 Million Viewers Tuned In for Shaky Biden and Boisterous Trump

It was the smallest TV audience for a presidential debate since 2004, but CNN’s telecast was still among the highest-rated programs of the year.
CNN’s Dana Bash and Jake Tapper Let Trump and Biden Be the ‘Stars of the Show’

The anchors mostly receded into the background on Thursday night. That was exactly what CNN leadership had in mind.
Jamie Kellner, TV Executive Who Started Fox and WB, Dies at 77

With an emphasis on younger viewers, he established the networks as serious rivals to ABC, CBS and NBC, which had ruled television for nearly 40 years.
Sewell Chan Named Editor of Columbia Journalism Review

He joins after leading The Texas Tribune for three years.
How Partisan Media Outlets Are Previewing the Debate

Partisan media outlets this week are already fixating on Thursday night’s first presidential debate — and how their preferred candidate could prevail.
In This Debate, CNN Is the Decider

One network is in charge of every aspect of the Biden-Trump debate, a major shift from previous years. Tens of millions of viewers are expected to be watching.
Editor Tapped to Lead Washington Post Won’t Take the Job

Robert Winnett will stay at The Daily Telegraph, after reports raised questions about his ties to unethical news gathering practices.
‘Longform’ Podcast Shutters After 12 Years

After 12 years, Aaron Lammer, Max Linsky and Evan Ratliff will soon release the final episode of “Longform,” a podcast that unwittingly captured the shifts in the journalism and publishing industries.
Justin Timberlake Arrest Causes a Stir in the Hamptons

As the serene Hamptons village is overrun with news vans, the locals eat oysters and engage in some light media criticism.
The Washington Post Delves Into a Difficult Story: Itself

The newspaper has been reeling from successive revelations about Robert Winnett, its incoming editor, and Will Lewis, its chief executive.
Will Lewis Is Said to Have Used Stolen Records as Editor in U.K.

Years before becoming the Post’s publisher, Will Lewis assigned an article based on stolen phone records, a former reporter said.