David Folkenflik appears in the following:
In Newsrooms, Some Immigration Terms Are Going Out Of Style
Thursday, May 09, 2013
Journalists make choices all the time that influence our understanding of the news — the choice of what stories to cover, which people to interview, which words to use. And major news organizations have been reconsidering how best to describe a group of people whose very presence in this country ...
Koch Brothers' Newspaper Takeover Could Spark 'Culture Clash'
Friday, April 26, 2013
The Tribune Co., emerging from bankruptcy and looking to reshape itself, is now considering the sale of all its newspapers — including the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun and five other regional newspapers. It's still very early in the sale process; although the newspaper unit has ...
China Seeks Soft Power Influence in U.S. Through CCTV
Thursday, April 25, 2013
At a time when so many major American news organizations are cutting back, foreign news agencies are beefing up their presence abroad and in the U.S. One of the biggest new players arrives from China and, more likely than not, can be found on a television set near you.
CCTV, ...
Great Long-Form Journalism, Just Clicks Away
Friday, April 12, 2013
In the age of hundreds of cable channels, millions of 140-character bulletins and an untold number of cat videos, a fear has been growing among journalists and readers that long-form storytelling may be getting lost.
People typically sort long-form journalism into two categories — there's investigative or watchdog reporting, and ...
NPR To Discontinue 'Talk Of The Nation'
Friday, March 29, 2013
NPR announced Friday morning that it will no longer produce the Monday-to-Thursday call-in show Talk of the Nation.
It will be replaced by Here and Now, a show produced in partnership with member station WBUR in Boston. Reported stories will be part of the ...
With Headline Bus Tour, 'New York Post' Takes Manhattan
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
One of the joys of living in New York City is laughing at the giant screaming headlines in the New York Post. When the former secretary of state knocked back a beer on one of her trips abroad: "Swillary." When the Lance Armstrong doping scandal broke: "Drug Pedaller." And when ...
After Investigation, No Evidence 'Wall Street Journal' Bribed Chinese Officials
Monday, March 18, 2013
News Corp. Education Tablet: For The Love Of Learning?
Friday, March 08, 2013
The educational division of the media conglomerate News Corp., called Amplify, unveiled a new digital tablet this week at the SXSW tech conference in Austin, Texas, intended to serve millions of schoolchildren and their teachers across the country.
Amplify promises the tablet will simplify administrative chores for teachers, enable shy ...
Media Circus: Tone Trumps Content In Final Debate
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Sulzberger Ushered 'New York Times' Into New Era
Saturday, September 29, 2012
What the Murdoch "Unfit" Means for the US
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
David Folkenflik, NPR media correspondent, discusses yesterday's ruling in the UK about Rupert Murdoch, and what it means for the Post, Wall Street Journal, and US media.
Veteran Newsman Mike Wallace Of '60 Minutes' Dies
Sunday, April 08, 2012
The urbane Mike Wallace, a CBS News correspondent equally at home questioning con men, celebrities and chiefs of state, died Saturday in New Canaan, Conn. He was 93.
No question was too pointed during Wallace's storied and notorious television career. The ambush interview. The gotcha. That trademark inflection conveying disbelief. ...
