journalism

We meet Walter Chambers

When it comes to reading, tabloid journalism is the Twinky at the tip of the food pyramid, and page one is its creamy center. a good hooker story comes along but once in a while. Luckily the Post has mastered the touchstone of any good tabloid front page: the cringe-inducing pun. The Millions reviews a book of the best headlines from "America's favorite newspaper."

Shortly after the dawn of rock and roll another sweaty, squirrely, stepchild to that movement followed. Rock 'n Roll journalism followed the music into every dirty club, open air stadium and teenager's bedroom. Sometimes trivial, sometimes better than the music its covering - an artform unto itself. - Squidoo Lens

It Takes More Than Who, What and Why to Get You Where You Want to Go.

The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read

My god, yet another journalist murdered for being brave enough to put words on paper, and what will the world do about it? Nothing, most likely. It happened last October, and we’re only just talking about it now.

Does anybody think that journalists should be forced to give up their sources? And just how is that decision made? The lines are finely drawn in Off the Record.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author David Halberstam has died in a car accident in Menlo Park, California, near San Francisco, the San Mateo County coroner's office said Monday.