NBC’s suspension of anchor Brian Williams from the helm of its flagship evening news program has led to some debate about the future for network television news. Pew Research Center’s surveys have found that national recognition for America’s top news anchors isn’t what it used to be. Just 27% of […] Read more »
David Carr
David Carr, who wrote about media as it intersects with business, culture and government in his Media Equation column for The New York Times, died at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital on Feb. 12, 2015. He was 58. CONT. New York Times Read more »
Views of Job News Turn Much More Positive Over Past Year
For the first time since the end of the recession in 2009, a greater share of the public is hearing mostly good news (28%) than bad news (22%) about the job situation. Nearly half (47%) say they are hearing a mix of good and bad news. CONT. Pew Read more »
5 key takeaways about how investigative reporters view their digital security
As journalism becomes an increasingly digital practice, the data and communications of investigative journalists have become vulnerable to hackers, government surveillance and legal threats. But what are these vulnerabilities – and what steps have investigative journalists taken to protect themselves? Here are five takeaways based on a new Pew Research […] Read more »
Americans favor media self-censorship of images of beheadings by ISIS
A national survey by the University of Delaware’s Center for Political Communication (CPC) has found that a large majority of Americans say the news media should not show images of beheadings by the organization ISIS. Seventy percent of those surveyed opposed such media images, while 26 percent said the news […] Read more »
Reporting on polls is improving, but could still be better
On Jan. 31, the New York Times (in print and on-line) had a fascinating Page One story about opinions of Americans on global warming, primarily as a function of party identification. The continuation page of the article had a long … discussion of the methodology of the poll, and on […] Read more »