Columnists’ Academy By Mike Deupree NSNC Board Member Few things concern me as much as the position that news reporters should report “truth” and not just “facts.” In a philosophy class, there are any number of ways to define “truth,” but in journalism, “truth” has only one definition: It is someone’s interpretation of the…
Newspaper Guild President Bernie Lunzer questions a newspaper’s decision to seek corporate donations to fund a trip to Afghanistan. Lunzer reports, “A financial arrangement between The New Hampshire Union Leader – the state’s largest daily newspaper – and several Granite State businesses that has allowed the paper’s publisher to report from Afghanistan is pushing the…
by Sheila Moss, WebEditor In a recent column of advice to journalism students, Robert Niles warned, “Be careful what you post online as it reflects upon the reputation you are trying to build.” As it turns out, truer words were never spoken for Sports Columnist Mike Wise of the Washington Post who got himself in…
