Month: August 2014

Do you really need a gas mask? Do you need a helmet, flak jacket and what kind of camera? Here is some practical advice.

I interviewed a half dozen senior journalists who were on the ground covering the story in Ferguson, Missouri and, interestingly, most said the police treated

Former Photojournalist Lane Michaelsen, an old friend of mine, is the new corporate news director for Sinclair Broadcasting. It is noteworthy that Sinclair, the biggest

Here is a story I wrote for Poynter.org about CNN’s Ivan Watson’s reporting from Iraq. The remarkable story reminded me of a story that Columbia

I was on NPR’s Here and Now to explain.

The fact of the matter is broadcasting is still profitable. And to stay that way, companies say they have to get bigger in order to