journalism

General Stanley McChrystal and journalist Dave Weigel both got fired recently for saying things in public they didn't expect to be quoted on. Did the journalists who quoted them do something wrong? It's hardly a simple question.

It's truly touching to see how concerned the New York Post is about CNN's innocence following its hire of Eliot Spitzer. But while the Post looks out for CNN's soul, who's looking out for the Post's?

CNN has cut ties with the Associated Press, a wire service that has been a backbone of American news media for more than a century. The move exemplifies how the news industry and its traditional business models are changing in the ever-accelerating information age.

CNN is ending its subscription to the Associated Press as it devotes more resources to its own newsgathering efforts, including a proprietary wire service.

News about the economy remains mixed. Unemployment went up to 9.9% in April but employers added 290,000 jobs. Job postings in health care dipped by 5% between April 2009 and April 2010 but increased in the 11 other industries that job search engine Indeed.com tracks, including education. Welcome...

Markets go up, markets go down, and every day, the media tells you why. The problem is, what business journalists report doesn't actually explain why stocks really rose or fell. Here are the three key reasons why financial journalists keep missing the real answers.

College enrollment overall is on the rise, but recession-weary and debt-wary students are being choosier when it comes to selecting academic institutions. But so too, are colleges becoming more selective about admitting students, increasingly putting an emphasis on those they believe can pay their...

The annual subscription for Honolulu Civil Beat is a pricey $240, attracting plenty of skeptics. But don't count it out yet -- Omidyar may have timed the bottom of the paid-content news market well. Watch this space for an indicator of where the news business is headed.

Last year was tough for the Post's reputation, much to the chagrin of Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli (pictured, center). But winning four Pulitzer Prizes should do a lot to change that. The Enquirer's reputation remains unchanged.

When the Pulitzer Prizes are announced later today, a lot of people will be watching to see whether the National Enquirer will win one for exposing John Edwards' affair. Here's why it won't.