Today's Guest: John Darnton, ex-New York Times reporter, novelist, Black and White and Dead All Over The great pleasure of being a novelist is that you can praise your friends and carve up your enemies by changing a few names and details to protect the innocent and fend off the guilty and, at the... Continue Reading →
Marlise Kast offers a Tabloid Prodigy’s view! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Marlise Kast, author, Tabloid Prodigy: Getting the Gossip, and Selling My Soul in the Cutthroat World of Hollywood Reporting There are people who read supermarket tabloids and – aw, wait a minute. We all know everybody reads the tabs, why lie? And if there are that many readers, there have to be... Continue Reading →
Cartoonist Charlos Gary likes his Cafe Con Leche hot! INTERVIEW
The only thing tougher than being a black man trying to hail a cab in Manhattan might be being a black man trying to sell a comic strip into a daily newspaper that already has a strip created by an African-American cartoonist. Charlos Gary knows how tough it is – he’s the man behind... Continue Reading →
Philip Shenon’s uncensored 9/11 history, The Commission! PODCAST INTERVIEW
I think everyone remembers where they were when they first heard about the planes flying into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon. For our generation, it’s that horrifying moment that matches up with when other generations remember the Kennedy assassination or the bombing of Pearl Harbor. But where were you when the... Continue Reading →
Politifact editor Bill Adair tunes up the Truth-O-Meter! INTERVIEW
If you wanted to pick a good presidential campaign upon which to launch a political web site devoted to truth, justice, and the American Way – and those are my words, not theirs – this would be the one. You’ve got a man running as the candidate of one party who was in Vietnamese... Continue Reading →
Knight Foundation CEO Alberto Ibargüen on journalism, stuff! PODCAST INTERVIEW
With $2.6 billion in assets, the Miami-based John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is the 22nd largest foundation in the United States. Its mission is the betterment of the 26 communities in which it works and the promotion of journalism as a career and industry nationwide. The latter part of Knight’s mission is... Continue Reading →
Cartoonist Mort Walker on creating Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Mort Walker is the dean and -- in some ways -- the curator of American cartoonists. Best known for his long-running strips “Beetle Bailey” and “Hi & Lois,” Walker, 84, is also a bedrock member of the National Cartoonists Society, and he’s the founder and energy behind the National Cartoon Museum. This is the... Continue Reading →
94 David Andelman on A Shattered Peace–was WWII preventable? PODCAST INTERVIEW
David Andelman and I have been connected via the internet for the last few years. I frequently receive emails from people who remember me from CBS News or The New York Times, who want to reconnect via Facebook or network through LinkedIn. Unfortunately, I never worked for CBS News or The New York Times. And... Continue Reading →
81 Alt-weekly newspaper editors talk to Mr. Media! INTERVIEW
Originally published June 9, 1997 The first alt-weekly newspaper I ever read was The Aquarian. It was the mid-1970s and I was a teenager growing up in Central New Jersey. Back when alternatives were still called "underground" papers, The Aquarian was the only source of articles about the cool new punk, disco or Springsteen clone... Continue Reading →
80 Roger Black on magazine design in the age of the Web! INTERVIEW
(From 1997) "There is a reason why they don't play Montovani in elevators any more," chuckles world-renowned media designer Roger Black. He's explaining why Reader's Digest hired the man who freshened up Rolling Stone to bring its look and feel forward to the 21st century. "You are more likely to hear Talking Heads than the... Continue Reading →