Making Sense of the Media

One of the more interesting trials to make its way to St. Petersburg pits wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan against Gawker Media. The company is being sued…

Journalists have been depicted in the movies since back in the days of The Front Page and Citizen Kane. But the grittiness of the profession may not have…

The biggest news of what had been quite a news-filled week was the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.Scalia was found dead in the bed of a…

In 2013, the U.S. TV news market witnessed the debut of Al Jazeera America. The network, based in Qatar and funded by that nation's royal family, was…

There's nothing like a little celebrity gloss to fire up the ratings of any news story. So when Sean Penn made headlines for his role in the interview -…

The takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon has been all over the news, as a group of armed ranchers are demanding the government give…

If there's any one person who has dominated the airwaves this week, it's - yes, you guessed it - Donald Trump.His proposal to ban any Muslim from entering…

Media coverage of the protests over racial policies at the University of Missouri included one particular video that went viral, of a professor trying to…

There's a new piece of technology that looks deceptively simple. It's called Google Cardboard - the company's vision for low-cost virtual reality. It kind…

We in the media can't seem to get enough of Donald Trump, but there was one recent exchange at a bipartisan convention in New Hampshire, that, well,…

Philadelphia’s mayor was critical of how the media covered Pope Francis’ trip to his city, saying the media scared people away by talking about the…

The process of producing news stories can be complicated. And after all the research, interviewing, writing and editing is done and a piece is sent out…