Bennett Says Departure as ‘Wash Post’ M.E. was his Decision - Brauchli Promises Restructuring
Washington Post Managing Editor Phil Bennett, who is leaving his job of four years for a non-newsroom position at the paper, said he was not forced out and wanted to do something different.”That would be wrong,” Bennett, 49, said about any speculation he was pushed out of his job. “It was my decision. The timing […]
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Bennett Says Departure as ‘Wash Post’ M.E. was his Decision - Brauchli Promises Restructuring
Washington Post Managing Editor Phil Bennett, who is leaving his job of four years for a non-newsroom position at the paper, said he was not forced out and wanted to do something different.”That would be wrong,” Bennett, 49, said about any speculation he was pushed out of his job. “It was my decision. The timing […]
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Finding Paths to Prosperity - and Good Journalism
The character of the next era, far from inevitable, will likely depend heavily on the quality of leadership in the newsroom and boardroom… it will require renegades and risk-takers to break from the conventional path and create new directions… the transformation facing journalism is epochal, as momentous as the invention of television or the telegraph, […]
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As a tech reviewer, my pulse races whenever a product is introduced with superlatives attached. “Fastest.” “Smallest.” “Thinnest.” It makes my day; I’ve got my news angle built right in.So when Pure Digital says that its new 3.3-ounce Flip Mino HD ($230) is the world’s smallest, lightest and least-expensive high-definition camcorder, attention must be paid. […]
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Audit: CNN Gets Buzz It Wants (if Not the Way It Wants)
Acting not unlike many New Year’s Eve partygoers who pushed the revelry a little too far, CNN woke up on Jan. 1 with a tinge of regret.
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