Colarusso comes to CommonWealth after more than three years at Nieman Reports, which is the Harvard University Nieman Foundation magazine focused on the journalism industry.
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Navigating Mass. media sector’s choppy waters
Journalists have been compared to priests and ditch-diggers, but a better parallel can be found on the high seas. Like sailors and the call of the running tide, reporters and editors have the rush of chasing a scoop. But over the last two decades, the tide has been going out.
Posted inOpinion
For WBUR, GBH, the answer is merge, purge, diverge
For WBUR and WGBH the problems are fundamental. Expenses are up, the number of listeners is down, as is advertising dollars – who knew they had advertising income? – culminating in operational deficits.
Posted inPolitics
Sen. Edwards apologizes for Milton comments
“The measure of our character and professionalism is not in the fervor with which we hold our positions, but in the respect and civility with which we express them. In this instance, I failed to uphold these standards.”
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WBUR, once flush, is warning of tight times ahead
We’ve seen a dramatic loss of sponsorship support. In the digital age, almost all that money now goes to the big platforms — like Facebook, Google, Amazon and Spotify. This is bad news for the news business and has created big gaps that can’t easily be filled. In the last five years, our annual on-air sponsorship income (underwriting) has dropped by more than 40 percent — nearly $7 million.
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Is Marty Baron out of touch with his newsroom?
MARTY BARON, the newspaper editor who showed no fear in taking on the Catholic Church and now President Trump, is suddenly being described as old-school and out of touch. The 65-year-old Baron is a difference maker in the newspaper industry. Wherever he goes, the publication improves and the quality of its journalism rises. That’s true at […]
Posted inThe Download
Is Marty Baron out of touch with his newsroom?
Marty Baron, the newspaper editor who showed no fear in taking on the Catholic Church and now President Trump, is suddenly being described as old-school and out of touch. The 65-year-old Baron is a difference maker in the newspaper industry. Wherever he goes, the publication improves and the quality of its journalism rises. That’s true […]
Posted inUncategorized
News business in George Floyd upheaval
THE NEWS BUSINESS is going through its own George Floyd reckoning, as traditional ways of operating are being challenged and overturned in swift fashion. A week ago, the Philadelphia Inquirer ran a story by the paper’s architectural critic talking about the damage done to historic buildings during Floyd protests. The headline on the story, “Buildings Matter, Too,” […]
Posted inThe Download
News business in George Floyd upheaval
The news business is going through its own George Floyd reckoning, as traditional ways of operating are being challenged and overturned in swift fashion. A week ago, the Philadelphia Inquirer ran a story by the paper’s architectural critic talking about the damage done to historic buildings during Floyd protests. The headline on the story, “Buildings Matter, […]
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For Trump, cameras leave no room for social distancing
Practice what I preach, not what I do. That’s the only takeaway message one can glean from what have now become daily televised briefings by President Trump from the White House on the coronavirus crisis. Yesterday’s briefing brought the most somber assessment yet of the toll the coronavirus will take in the US. Officials now […]