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Author: Jay Rosen

Blogging is doing your work in public.

Fair warning: self-referential post. Don’t enjoy granular reflections on shifts in blogging practice? Best to turn back now! If you do, well—

Published 1 Oct 2015 5:37 pm

With its curation product Twitter becomes an editorial beast. Does this beast have a soul?

At a recent event produced by the NY Daily News Innovation Lab, I had a chance to interview Adam Sharp, head of news, government and elections at Twitter, and Niketa Patel, news partnerships manager.

Published 29 Sep 2015 2:21 pm

Huffington Post says it will frame Trump’s campaign as entertainment. I support that.

"Newsrooms should be more up front with us about how they classify the candidates. Can't even take the guy seriously? Tell us!"

Published 19 Jul 2015 10:23 am

“I need people who can make good decisions without tilting it toward the forms they learned on or the skills they identify themselves with.”

I often ask editors and executives at news companies what kind of people they're looking to hire. These two answers I get a lot.

Published 28 Jun 2015 1:39 pm

The announcement that NBC did not make about Brian Williams getting a second chance there.

They had an opportunity to rid themselves of toxic anchorman syndrome and credibility collapse via celebrity behavior. But no...

Published 20 Jun 2015 12:54 pm

Campaign reporters: you are granted no “role in the process.” It is your powers against theirs.

Forget it: there is no guaranteed “role.” That’s a fiction you and your colleagues created to keep the game the same every four years.

Published 18 May 2015 9:34 pm

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PRESSTHINK is written and edited by professor Jay Rosen, who taught at NYU from 1986 – 2025. The blog is about the fate of the press in a digital era and the challenges involved in rethinking what journalism is today. It presents essays, press criticism, interviews and speeches. PressThink does not accept advertising.

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