We have a pope
Well, of course it was marketing. That’s my response to the complaints that burst forth on Wednesday when we learned that Pope Francis had been chosen as Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” rather...
View ArticleA compelling case for ‘knowledge-based journalism’
This review was previously published in The Huffington Post. In the early 1990s the media identified an existential threat: violent crime. Sparked by high-profile cases such as the murder of a...
View ArticleDisruptive innovation and the future of news
Photo via ElationPress.com. Previously published at Medium. Toward the end of The Innovator’s Dilemma, Clayton Christensen’s influential 1997 book about why good companies sometimes fail, he writes, “I...
View ArticleWhy Murdoch could prove to be the savior of CNN
Rupert Murdoch at the 2009 World Economic Forum Previously published at WGBHNews.org. Could Rupert Murdoch turn out to be the savior of CNN? Not directly, of course. After all, his Fox News Channel is...
View ArticleJamal Khashoggi for Time’s ‘Person of the Year’
Time magazine will announce its “Person of the Year” on Tuesday. My choice is Jamal Khashoggi. He paid the ultimate price for practicing journalism, and our president doesn’t care. Tuesday update: Time...
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