AP Readies For A Good Fight – One of These Days December 30, 2005 By Edward B. Colby There’s nothing like a slow news week for reporters to concoct a bitter and divisive – but hypothetical – battle that’s only three years away.
Five Great Stories You Didn’t Read in 2005 December 26, 2005 By Edward B. Colby In the spirit of the season, here’s our list of five outstanding stories from local and regional papers you might have missed this year — but shouldn’t have.
Barred From Meeting, Reporter Gets Mad December 16, 2005 By Edward B. Colby The New York Times has printed yet another story about itself, and the best thing we can say about it is at least there’s no mention of Judith Miller.
Post Gives Up, Admits Stock Market Utterly Defies Explanation December 16, 2005 By Edward B. Colby It’s not every day that a business columnist cooks up a suspect trend and then tells his readers repeatedly he has no idea why the trend is so.
A Top Speed Race to Report the Numbers – and Reuters Crashes December 15, 2005 By Edward B. Colby Faced with scant details on a breaking news story, should a business reporter run with speculative numbers, or wait to get those numbers right?
The British Biz Press Digs Up Some Good Stories on Agricultural Policy December 14, 2005 By Edward B. Colby Agricultural policy is hugely important, both in the U.S. and abroad. So why has the American press failed to help us understand what’s going on at the latest round of WTO talks?
Who’s the Grinch? Microsoft or the Media? December 10, 2005 By Edward B. Colby Is the world’s most successful company committing one of the greatest inventory screw-ups ever? Or is the Xbox shortage just a shameless publicity stunt?
Hot Celebrity Gossip That’s Only Two Weeks Old! December 9, 2005 By Edward B. Colby The Los Angeles Times‘ print circulation struggles are no secret. But now the paper faces a threat so dire, so menacing, the Associated Press decided it deserved an entire article: Barbra Streisand.
The Farmer You Keep Reading About, and the Reporters Who Love Him December 7, 2005 By Edward B. Colby How did Jon Vessey and his California farm come to be featured in five major news outlets over the past two months?
Can’t Anybody Here Count? December 6, 2005 By Edward B. Colby We’ve often remarked that journalists snap into brain freeze when faced with the prospect of covering a story filled with numbers, and AP television writer David Bauder has proved to be no exception.
