Sep 28 2010

Barbie, Journalism’s New Ambassador (and Badly Needed Savior?)

Journalism has needed a global ambassador. Now it has one — Barbie. Yes, Barbie has transformed into a news anchor. For the first time in the doll’s 51-year history, Mattel asked consumers to pick Barbie’s new adventure from five careers – architect, computer engineer, environmentalist, news anchor and surgeon. Forget Barbie designing her own dream [...]


Jul 19 2010

Internet Only One Factor in Journalism’s Slide Into the Superficial

Five Politics Daily staffers — Carl Cannon, Melinda Henneberger, Walter Shapiro, David Wood and James Grady — are joining in an online discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg about politics and the press as seen through the prism of his new book, “Beyond The Killing Fields.” In today’s essay, Schanberg [...]