by Bach Polakowski | Feb 10, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett
We haven’t written much about the Roland Martin situation at CNN. It created a lot of conversation inside NLGJA and we did post a statement on our Facebook page. We also talked with the Poynter Institute and Journal-isms. Erik Wemple, the media blogger at the...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 4, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett
A passenger has gone missing on an Allure of the Seas cruise, apparently a British man who was seen going over the railing of his balcony and into the water near Cozumel. Does it matter that the Allure of the Sea was being chartered by Atlantis, a tour company...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 2, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed a decision by a trial judge to release the supposedly private recordings of the Prop 8 trial that were put under seal. Here’s what the court said in terms of press freedom in accessing court documents...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 1, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett, Uncategorized
The Jewish Press, a weekly publication focused on the Orthodox Jewish community, has a stinging editorial defending its decision to feature a story about suicide among “religious” Jewish gays. The original story, by Chaim Levin, touched off a great deal of...
by Bach Polakowski | Jan 30, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett
I’ve re-read Ian Parker’s skeptical take on the death of Tyler Clementi in the New Yorker a number of times because, quite frankly, I couldn’t quite figure out how he reached the conclusions he did. I think I get it, but it was hard to piece...
by Bach Polakowski | Jan 18, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett
If you work for a major (or minor) traditional media outlet, getting credentials to attend events can be a hassle, but in my time as an editor I’ve never had credentials requests rejected for someone working for me (even freelancers). But what if you own your...
