The News Biz Is In Deep Shiz

Local newsroom leaders see growth potential despite tough climate

"...plenty of existing newspapers delivering other kinds of community-focused journalism in suburbs. Papers like the Round Rock Leader, Pflugerville..."

July 26, 2024 News Feature by Abe Asher

Navasky & Barsamian

Former editor of The Nation discusses the role of the alternative press

"...town this week delivering talks on the state of journalism in the U.S., it's not all bad, however. Barsamian..."

April 7, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Needs More Color

Progressive Papers Grapple With Chronic Complaint

"...-- an independent tabloid paper which usually practices advocacy journalism, stirring up the public with stories that the mainstream..."

Nov. 28, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols

This Is Not a Movie

Veteran foreign correspondent Robert Fisk embodies the importance of honest journalism

"...Fifty-fifty journalism – the idea that all sides of an issue..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

News Boss

"...atrocity it had committed against the high-minded ideals of journalism. Actually, though, the assaults were more against simple common..."

July 11, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Fightin' Words

Rich Oppel and Mike Levy Spar on Paper:

"...Take, for example, a recent exchange between two public journalism figures: Texas Monthly publisher Mike Levy and Austin American-Statesman..."

Jan. 17, 1997 News Feature

Raising Hell and Blazing Trails in the New Molly Ivins Documentary

A personal look at the journalist's powerful and profound Lone Star legacy

"...used her comedic talents to puncture the powerful, mostly Texas politicos: "There are two kinds of humor," she once..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Screens Feature by Mary Tuma

Mangled Triangle

The Triangle's New Look

"...The Texas Triangle, the Lone Star State's premiere source of news..."

April 4, 1997 News Column by Lee Nichols

TV Terrorist

KTBC Reporter Caggiano's Guerrilla Tactics Cost Him

"...very likely the most hated man in Austin television journalism. A few phone calls here and there can certainly..."

Aug. 8, 1997 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Fluff and Stuff

If BuzzFeed's animal empire is trying to infiltrate hard news and traditional media outlets are still trying to get in on the cat cash cow, where does it all end?

"...figure out what the future of for-profit publishing and journalism will look like, BuzzFeed is expanding. In January, the..."

July 26, 2013 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Smith Takes 'TM' Helm

Monthly presses on in wake of layoffs, shrinking budget

"...glasses, formally takes over next week as president of Texas Monthly, the most Texas of Texas magazines. Only the..."

Aug. 29, 2008 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Point Austin: What Molly Wrote

Ivins and her kind

"...By the time I became an editor of The Texas Observer in the back half of the 1980s, Molly..."

Feb. 9, 2007 News Column by Dave Denison

Snoring Out Loud

The local daily's cautious toe in the water doesn't work in the wild 'n' wooly blogosphere

"...journalists," invoking images of Statesman bloggers fanning across Central Texas to report on terrorist movements and insider business dealings...."

Jan. 13, 2006 News Feature by Kevin Brass

News Flash

The Final Tally

"...All but one of the bills regarded by the Texas Daily Newspaper Association (TDNA) as a "priority" -- either..."

Aug. 6, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Fox and CBS Pull the Switcheroo Musical Affiliates

KEYE Channel 42

"...in the past for his profit-making interests outside of journalism, involving political consulting work. But Channel 42 officials and..."

June 16, 1995 News Feature

Eye of the Media Storm

On the block, the Statesman fiddles while the industry burns

"..."You can't do journalism without the foot soldiers with some level of expertise..."

March 6, 2009 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Media Clips

The Internet offers new opportunities for newspapers to expand their coverage, but so far, Texas dailies have yet to heed the call.

"...and few industries have been impacted as heavily as journalism. Thus far, the sector of journalism scrambling hardest to..."

April 21, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, March 31-April 7

"...SAVE TEXAS PARKS RALLY Bring your fishing rod, mountain bike, or..."

April 1, 2011 News Column

Naked City

"...Uri Horesh, an Arabic lecturer at the University of Texas, ended his seven-day hunger strike – a nonviolent protest..."

Jan. 25, 2008 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Michael King's essays on journalism and governance often entertain, no more so than in..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Column

Qmmunity: The Gay Place Rides Again

Original Chron legend Kate X Messer talks "Qmmunity"/"The Gay Place" origins

"...a solution to a problem she saw all over Texas...."

Sept. 1, 2023 Column by James Scott

Beyond the Super Bowl

Media scholar Robert McChesney tackles the state of journalism on Super Bowl Sunday

"...a test of the proposition, 'How many people in Texas won't want to watch the Super Bowl?,'" he muses,..."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Feature by Michael King

Media Watch: The Rag in the Modern World

Olde Austin Ragsters revive in a digital age

"...little troublemaker that grew out of the University of Texas in 1966 and then spent 11 years spraying lighter..."

Feb. 12, 2010 News Feature by Kevin Brass

Naming a Building After William Randolph Hearst Is a Bad Choice

"...certainly ironic, if not comical, that the University of Texas has chosen to name a journalism building after William..."

Nov. 13, 2008 Postmarks

Let's 'Rumbo'! Right Now!

New Spanish dailies battle for a young Latino audience looking for news

"...Currently, there are four Rumbo newspapers, all in Texas. Edward Schumacher Matos, a former Wall Street Journal editor..."

Feb. 25, 2005 News Feature by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...story as a slap in the face to good journalism ["Women Dig In," News]. There was no balance. Your..."

Dec. 12, 2003 Column

Media Clips

The world’s major corporations have realized that the media can be big money, and they have invested heavily.

"...as the power of the media becomes more concentrated, journalism -- and therefore democracy -- suffers. Once upon a..."

Dec. 24, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Postmarks

Warning: blatant use of music knowledge within

"...Low-Rent Journalism..."

Nov. 12, 1999 Column

The Morning Report

KVET-AM - All the News That's There to Air

"...for a refreshing contrast in what passes for broadcast journalism. It's good to hear reporters talk a bit about..."

April 17, 1998 News Column by Lee Nichols

Page Two: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay Watching the Tide Roll Away

The Chronicle at 35

"...Lowry's advice to me when I began writing for CinemaTexas..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Column by Louis Black

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