Tag Archives: journalism

Jay Rosen

NoContest Communications readers know all about Jay Rosen, the marvellous analyst of media and journalism who recently retired from his position as Professor at NYU. His new gig is working to promote News Creators Corps. He writes: For the last … Continue reading

Posted in Robert's posts | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Devotion

Zach Helfand’s article describing the history and sensibility of The New Yorker‘s famous fact-checking department is hilarious – and, to me, enthralling – from top to bottom. “I find that often a fact checker forces you to tie a knot … Continue reading

Posted in Robert's posts | Tagged , | Leave a comment

“AI-powered bias meter”

Watching owners of once-great American newspapers destroy their own property has been truly shocking to me.

Posted in Robert's posts | Tagged | Leave a comment

Is Kwantlen Student Association trying to kill student newspaper?

Seems bad. I trust these machinations, no matter who is behind them, will not be successful. My life is already too full of dismay (thank you very much). The editor of The Runner, the student newspaper, is interviewed here. Many … Continue reading

Posted in Robert's posts | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

“Time is of the essence.”

This story is from the online news publication “Jolt: The Journal of Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater” [in Washington State]: Starting Monday, June 17, Intercity Transit will cease posting rider alerts on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).  This decision comes in response … Continue reading

Posted in Robert's posts | Tagged , | Leave a comment

An old-fashioned take-down

Becca Rothfeld’s book review “Lauren Oyler thinks she is better than you” is a thorough evisceration of Oyler’s book No Judgment. You don’t see many reviews like this these days. Critics that attack books typically go after the author’s political … Continue reading

Posted in Robert's posts | Tagged | Leave a comment

Threads and news reporting

In part as a consequence of the Israel-Hamas war, more journalists are posting news and analysis on Meta’s Threads platform. From QZ’s Ananya Bhattacharya: Since its inception, Threads has decided to steer clear of handling hard news—and the Israel-Hamas war … Continue reading

Posted in Robert's posts | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Newspaper names: a charming taxonomy

We are fans of Jay Rosen here at No Contest.

Posted in Robert's posts | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Best answer yet to that question

By rocker Susanna Hoffs: It’s worth it for me to remember that, because I am a bit of a snob formalist when it comes to evaluating published writing (prose or verse). The NYTimes “By the Book” series is always fun, … Continue reading

Posted in Robert's posts | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Apropos The Georgia Straight

Dan Savage was not exaggerating the problems faced by alt-weeklies in recent years. From The Tyee last week: The crew at the Georgia Straight wrote until the bitter end, filing stories and chronicling Vancouver’s culture after the paycheques stopped flowing … Continue reading

Posted in Robert's posts | Tagged | Leave a comment