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The Rumpus Interview with Alexandra Kimball

Alexandra Kimball discusses a disheartening current reality: the economic ability to take one or more unpaid internships early in a journalism or writing career may be far more important than talent, insight, or work ethic.

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An Introduction To Animated GIFs

New to GIFs? Unsure of what GIFs are? There’s no need to fret! Ann Friedman has written an introduction to the art of the animated GIF at Poyntr. The article covers…

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The Rumpus Interview with Hart Seely

Tom Barbash talks with author and reporter Hart Seely about winning ballgames from your couch, Donald Rumsfeld, faking sanity, and the fate of quality journalism in the online era of click chasing.

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The Rumpus Interview With Jon Carroll

Jon Carroll has written more than 8,000 columns for the San Francisco Chronicle, having become the newspaper’s star, leading voice and, essentially, its conscience.

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Whose Opinion Is Missing?

Talking Points Media reports on the deficit of female op-ed writers, citing an assessment conducted by The OpEd Project. The article quotes Katherine Lanpher, a member of the organization, who…

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R.I.P. Anthony Shadid

Yesterday, Anthony Shadid, Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times correspondent, died of an asthma attack while on assignment in Syria. His memoir, House of Stone, is to be released in…

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Arrested Reporters

The Awl assembles a list of the 26 reporters arrested (so far) covering Occupy Wall Street stories and reveals what they do and who they are. “Only seven of the…

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Young Journalists in a Cut-Throat World

There’s yet another example of underpaid and undervalued journalists, this time from the campaign bus. Budget cutbacks have filled these buses with fledging reporters, in contrast to the seasoned political…

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Questioning Truth in Photos

Errol Morris, the truth-seeker/director of the documentary The Thin Blue Line and The Fog of War is once again having us question the facts. His collection of essays, Believing is…

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Struggling Bay Area Papers

Bay Area News Group is feeling the financial burden that is maintaining viable newspapers in this digital age. Thus, BANG is calling for some major restructuring, namely consolidating their eleven…

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Features & Reviews

Tom Lutz on the Missing Generation of Journalists

Tom Lutz’s recent essay for the LA Review of Books discusses the missing generation of journalists, the layoffs that have forced out some of the greatest book reviewers from their…

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British Hacking Scandal Roundup

Perhaps the most surprising thing about the British phone hacking scandal is the lack of coverage in the US press. Among the US newspapers, the NY Times is the only…

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