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To make journalism harder, slower, less secure 26 Aug 2013 | 10:37 am
That’s what the surveillance state is trying to do. It has the means, the will and the latitude to go after journalism the way it went after terrorism. Only a more activist press, working together, st...
Conspiracy to commit journalism 21 Aug 2013 | 02:02 am
“If sunlight coalitions are to succeed, they won’t succeed by outwitting surveillance. Not better technology, but greater legitimacy is their edge.” The mood toughened just over a month ago, when I r...
When you’re in a Fourth Estate situation 16 Aug 2013 | 04:49 am
As things stand today, the Fourth Estate is a state of mind. Some in the press have it, some don’t. Some who have it are part of the institutional press. Some, like Ladar Levison and Edward Snowden, a...
Edward Snowden, meet Jeff Bezos 12 Aug 2013 | 05:21 am
What we do know about Snowden is something we don’t know about the new owner of the Washington Post: whether he can go up against the most powerful and secretive forces on the planet… and win. In exc...
The Toobin principle 6 Aug 2013 | 10:58 pm
Repeal the concept of an informed public, repress your decision to take such a drastic step. But it’s not just Jeffrey Toobin. Congress did it too. Last week on his CNN program Piers Morgan had just ...
The rise of the personal franchise site in news 24 Jul 2013 | 01:47 am
“This is in many ways how major media has domesticated blogging.” Yesterday the buzz in newsland was all about Nate Silver’s decision to move his FiveThirtyEight.com franchise from the New York Times...
Criticizing CNN: Goodbye to that 9 Jul 2013 | 12:15 am
I used to say: I criticize because I care. But I no longer do. CNN’s transition is now complete. The entire channel is basically a version of the Nancy Grace show. — Dan Gillmor (@dangillmor) July 8...
The Snowden Effect: definition and examples 5 Jul 2013 | 07:33 pm
It’s about what he set in motion by taking the action he did. The Snowden effect, a definition: Direct and indirect gains in public knowledge from further reporting and the cascade of events that fo...
A few principles for how I operate as a critic 28 Jun 2013 | 04:42 am
“What are the proper grounds for criticism of a program like Candy Crowley’s State of the Union on CNN, or a news story in the Washington Post, or a blog post at Gawker? The decisions I make about tha...
David Gregory tries to read Glenn Greenwald and The Guardian out of the journalism club 24 Jun 2013 | 11:11 am
That’s my interpretation. But watch the clip and see what you think. On Meet the Press yesterday, David Gregory said the question, “who is a journalist?” was raised by Glenn Greenwald’s dealings with...
