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GRITtv: Michael Wolff: What the News Needs Now
Michael Wolff made his name writing long, literary feature stories for Vanity Fair, but he got started at the New York Times. Now, he says, newspapers' day is done. Aggregator sites like his own Newser.com are the future. Wolff joins Laura in studio to talk about the news, the tension between long stories and what people can actually use, and of course, Rupert Murdoch, the subject of his last book, "The Man Who Owns the News."
Email this pageGRITtv: Apr. 5 2010
A new report shows that U.S. soldiers tampered with the scene of the deaths of three women, including digging bullets out of the bodies, to cover up their involvement. Are General McChrystal's new procedures for the war really minimizing civilian casualties as they are supposed to? Joining us to discuss this story and more in today's news is Rory O'Connor, author of Shock Jocks: Hate Speech and Talk Radio. He's also on the board of a new organization, Not In Our Town, designed to fight back against hate groups. Michael Wolff made his name writing long, literary feature stories for Vanity Fair, but he got started at the New York Times. Now, he says, newspapers' day is done. Aggregator sites like his own Newser.com are the future. Wolff joins Laura in studio to talk about the news, the tension between long stories and what people can actually use, and of course, Rupert Murdoch, the subject of his last book, The Man Who Owns the News. Finally, Laura looks at the strength of our infrastructure--and the shaky roots of our economy.
GRITtv: The Secret Life of Paper
We talk a lot about the future of news and newspapers around here, but what about the paper that the news is printed on? In this video from Inform Inc, directed by Virginia Ramsey, Brian Ohl, and Eleanor Saunders, we take a look at paper, recycling, and its impact on the environment.
GRITtv: Whose News Is It, Anyway?
Discussions on the future of journalism are happening so often now that they're almost trite. But Robert McChesney, John Nichols, Tracy Van Slyke and Kate Giammarise are not only interested in saving journalism; they're interested in having all of us have a say. Nichols and McChesney have a new book out, The Death and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution that Will Begin the World Again that documents the decline of the commercial press and makes the case for publicly-funded media, and Van Slyke has a book out as well, co-authored with Jessica Clark, Beyond the Echo Chamber: How a Networked Progressive Media Can Reshape American Politics, documenting the rise of a new media culture. Giammarise is featured in Nichols and McChesney's book and since being laid off from the Toledo Blade has founded Rustwire.com.
