Tag: journalism

A New Year but Nothing New

Commentary People speak of a new year as turning the page, or starting out fresh, or forgetting the past. At the start of a new year, I like to look back a century ago to see what has changed and what hasn’t. In 1923, America had finally recovered from the Spanish flu, which killed 675,000…


UK Newspaper Editors Say Proposed Code of Practice Undermines ‘Basis of Journalism’

The wide definition of personal data in the Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO’s) proposed code of practice for journalists is unworkable and poses a “serious danger” to journalism, editors from three major British publications said. In a joint letter to the Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan and Justice Secretary Dominic Raab, three editors from The Daily Telegraph,…


Big Tech-Funded Program Covers Part of Salaries for Local Journalists

Local news publications nationwide are taking part in a program that allows them to hire journalists partially sponsored by a project funded by big tech behemoths like Meta, Google, and Microsoft. Report for America (RFA), an initiative of The Ground Truth Project, allows newsrooms nationwide to compete for assistance to fill coverage gaps. Once RFA…


The New York Post and Real Journalism

Commentary In years past, when journalism was trusted by consumers much more than it is today, The New York Post might have been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for its reporting about Hunter Biden’s laptop. New Twitter owner Elon Musk might have also won awards for his revelations of collusion between Twitter, intelligence officials who…


On Turning 80

Commentary “Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures.” (Psalm 90:10) A TV ad for a dietary supplement features a woman who says, “Age is just a number and mine is unlisted.” Mine is not unlisted and a simple internet search can reveal it, so I will admit it. I was…


Journalism in Crisis: The War on Dissent

This article is based on speech by Whitney Webb to the First Annual Children’s Health Defense Conference on October 2022. Introduction and Background For years, the censorship of factual information that is inconvenient to certain powerful actors, including the U.S. Federal Government and Big Pharma, has been steadily increasing as “information warfare” has become an…


PREMIERING 7:30 PM ET: Why Did Activism Take Over Journalism?—Amber Athey Cuts Through the Information War

This episode will premiere Saturday, Oct. 1, at 7:30 p.m. ET.  “These corporate outlets have really blurred the lines so aggressively that people can’t even tell the difference anymore between who is actually trying to impart truth and who is trying to impart an agenda,” says Amber Athey, The Spectator’s Washington editor and a senior…


PREMIERING NOW: Why Did Activism Take Over Journalism?—Amber Athey Cuts Through the Information War

This episode will premiere Saturday, Oct. 1, at 7:30 p.m. ET.  “These corporate outlets have really blurred the lines so aggressively that people can’t even tell the difference anymore between who is actually trying to impart truth and who is trying to impart an agenda,” says Amber Athey, The Spectator’s Washington editor and a senior…


Why Did Activism Take Over Journalism?—Amber Athey Cuts Through the Information War

“These corporate outlets have really blurred the lines so aggressively that people can’t even tell the difference anymore between who is actually trying to impart truth and who is trying to impart an agenda,” says Amber Athey, The Spectator’s Washington editor and a senior fellow at the Steamboat Institute. How did activism take over journalism?…


‘It’s Not Just a Job—it’s a Lifestyle’: Orange County News Veteran Looks Back on 45 Years in the Industry

With a constantly changing media market in Southern California, Tom Johnson continues to play a key role in journalism shaping Orange County coverage. Johnson has more than 45 years of experience in the industry spanning multiple outlets, including the Daily Pilot, now published by the Los Angeles Times. However, when he first moved to Orange…