Civic Journalism

How the Times-Picayune Got the Internet Right and Still Lost the Battle of New Orleans

24 May 2012

There is no absence of tragedy in the demise of a fine daily newspaper in a great American city like . But the diminishment of the Times-Picayune is also flavored with deep irony in an this era of digital disintermediation and newspaper defeat: the daily heroically and effectively moved to the Internet to tell the ...

Warren Buffett and Newspapers: Infatuation or Cold Calculation?

24 May 2012

"For most newspapers in the United states, we would not buy them at any price," -Warren Buffett in 2009. "I've loved newspapers all my life -- and always will.... Berkshire will probably purchase more papers in the next few years." -Warren Buffett in 2012. Will the real Warren Buffett please stand up?

The Digital Future of The Times-Picayune

24 May 2012

I spent most of my journalism career at The Times-Picayune and have many friends there, so the news that its owners are slashing the staff, dismissing top editors, and cutting back publication days is very difficult to process. My heart goes out to my valiant former colleagues, and to the city itself, which will suffer from having reduced news coverage and seeing one of its signature ...