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A Look At The Future Of Investigative Reporting, Just In Time For IRE Conference - Posted June 10, 2009
TVNewser contributor Alissa Krinsky's timing sure is good. She has a piece up on the future of investigative journalism just in time for the Investigative Reporters and Editors conference this weekend, held this year in Baltimore.
Krinsky also interviews Aram Roston, who was formerly with NBC based in DC and who now... [FishBowlDC]
David Simon On The Downfall Of American Newspapers - Posted May 12, 2009
Last week, David Simon- former Baltimore Sun reporter and creator of The Wire on HBO- testified before The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation during a hearing on The Future of Journalism. Instead of blaming the internet and the recession for the decline of print, Simon took the newspaper industry... [FishBowlLA]
David Simon On The Downfall Of American Newspapers - Posted May 12, 2009
Last week, David Simon- former Baltimore Sun reporter and creator of The Wire on HBO- testified before The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation during a hearing on The Future of Journalism. Instead of blaming the internet and the recession for the decline of print, Simon took the newspaper industry... [FishBowlLA]
Huffington Says The Internet Isn't Killing Newspapers At Senate Hearings - Posted May 8, 2009
Wednesday, the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing on "The Future of Journalism" with testimony from experts on new media and the newspaper industry. Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry called for the hearing to examine what, if anything, the government can do to save the newspaper... [FishBowlNY]
Morning Reading List, 03.20.08 - Posted March 20, 2008
Good morning Washington. Did you go to The Express' happy hour last night at The Greene Turtle? Or perhaps you were at Al Neuharth Free Spirit Conference's evening gala, which recognized "Free Spirit of the Year" Cathie Black. Or yet another birthday party for that reporter with the curliest chest hair... [FishBowlDC]
Morning Reading List, 03.03.08 - Posted March 3, 2008
Good morning Washington. One year ago we said goodbye to Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. and AP said hello (again) to Ron Fournier. It's the birthday of Alexander Graham Bell, Jessica Biel and, yes, me, which is the closest I'll ever get to the lovely Biel. And to answer your questions: 1.) No,... [FishBowlDC]
'The Wire' Writer To School Journalists - Posted February 25, 2008
He was a former Baltimore Sun reporter who got out of the business and is now helping to expose it for the black morass of despair that it truly is.
So who wouldn't want to hear The Wire creator/writer David Simon talk about the changing nature of journalism?
Here's the press release... [FishBowlLA]
Mark Bowden Swings at The Wire's David Simon - Posted January 8, 2008
Mark Bowden writes about The Wire and its creator, David Simon in the new Atlantic. Bowden finds the show a little bleak, and isn't happy that Simon lambasted two of his pals in a public speech about his days as a reporter at The Sun:
This is the place of H.... [FishBowlLA]





