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Rolled

Where’s the outrage over media mistreatment at the RNC?
Where’s the outrage over media mistreatment at the RNC?

By: ADAM REILLY | October 02, 2008

Twitheads

Is it time to dial down journalism’s latest fad?
Is Twitter bad for journalism?

By: ADAM REILLY | September 25, 2008

True dat?

Rory O’Connor ponders the future of journalistic trust at Harvard
Rory O’Connor’s timing couldn’t be much better.

By: ADAM REILLY | September 25, 2008

Beating the press

Why McCain’s Machiavellian war on the media could cost him the presidency
If you’re a liberal, you quadrennially reconcile yourself to the fact that the GOP is going to win the White House. Again.

By: ADAM REILLY | September 11, 2008

The good soldier

In Minnesota, Mitt keeps the faith
It can’t be easy being Mitt Romney nowadays.

By: ADAM REILLY | September 03, 2008

RNC 2008 Wrap-Up

Protest-to-podium coverage of the Republican National Convention from our reporter in St. Paul
Protest-to-podium coverage of the Republican National Convention from our reporter in St. Paul

By: ADAM REILLY | September 05, 2008

Laurels for a Boston media vet

Breaking down barriers
Congrats to Boston University journalism professor Caryl Rivers, who’ll receive the Society of Professional Journalists’ Helen Thomas Award for Lifetime Achievement.

By: ADAM REILLY | August 27, 2008

Having taken the reins of BU’s contentious College of Communication, Pulitzer winner Tom Fiedler learns to navigate the thorny world of academia
As jobs in journalism-education go, Tom Fiedler’s new gig isn’t bad. Quite the contrary.

By: ADAM REILLY | August 20, 2008

Paper chase

The counterintuitive, durable case for journalism education
On the face of it, this isn’t a great time to study journalism.

By: ADAM REILLY | August 20, 2008

In harm's way

The tragedy of Rakan Hassan and the impossibility of a Hippocratic Oath for journalists
Most of the job-related fears that keep journalists up at night are relatively mundane, but on rare occasions, a more ominous scenario presents itself.

By: ADAM REILLY | August 06, 2008

The Night James Brown Saved Boston

Documentary that situates the concert in a larger context
The memory of what Brown and White accomplished 40 years ago should endure.

By: ADAM REILLY | August 05, 2008

Leggo my ego!

The GOP is smearing Obama as a narcissist. So why is the press playing along?
If Barack Obama loses the presidency this November, it won’t be because of Reverend Jeremiah Wright, or “Bitter-gate,” or sundry other vulnerabilities.

By: ADAM REILLY | July 30, 2008

Head case

Media coverage of a State House sex scandal reveals the pitfalls of reporting on mental illness
Who is Jim Marzilli, exactly? Is he a predatory letch? Or is he a deeply troubled man who needs to be kept from harassing women — but also from hurting himself?

By: ADAM REILLY | July 23, 2008

Unkindest cut?

How a proposed pay cut surprised the Globe newsroom — and why it might actually happen
There’s probably no good way to learn that your employer wants you to do the same amount of work for less money. But the manner in which the editorial staff of the Boston Globe made this discovery was especially awkward.

By: ADAM REILLY | July 10, 2008

Criminal intent

Ed Burns on writing Iraq
Ed Burns — former Baltimore homicide detective, Vietnam vet, and long-time writing partner with David Simon, both on the The Wire and on Generation Kill , spoke with the Phoenix about the new series.

By: ADAM REILLY | July 07, 2008

The wages of war

The creators of The Wire take on Iraq in Generation Kill
The Iraq War poses a strange problem for the American public.

By: ADAM REILLY | July 07, 2008

Is anybody paying attention to McClatchy's powerful Guantánamo exposé?

An old-media triumph sheds new light on Bush’s terror policy
Even before its 2006 acquisition of Knight Ridder, California-based McClatchy had a reputation for putting out some of America’s best mid-level dailies.

By: ADAM REILLY | June 25, 2008

Bad sports

While old and new media are mending many fences, they’re still squaring off in jockland
When historians trace the rise of the blog as the dominant journalistic form of the 21st century, they’ll pay close attention to two recent developments.

By: ADAM REILLY | June 18, 2008

March to war

Why isn’t the press paying more attention to a possible attack on Iran?
During the course of two weeks in May, America’s top-ranking military officer went from warning that war with Iran could cripple the US military to rattling his saber at Tehran.

By: ADAM REILLY | June 04, 2008

Open book?

Sal DiMasi is an embattled politician. His wife is an aspiring talk-show host. Welcome to New England Cable News’ ethics problem.
On any given day, New England Cable News features more smart, substantive politics coverage than any other Boston television station.

By: ADAM REILLY | May 21, 2008

Straight talk

It’s time to cover John M c Cain again — and here are ten good places for the media to start.
It’s been a very quiet spring for John McCain.

By: ADAM REILLY | May 14, 2008

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