Wise advise for followers of political journalism
Jewels of wisdom for followers of political journalism
"Stop the Presses” is an interesting and informative substack on today’s political journalism, written by Mark Jacobs, an ex-editor at Chicago Tribune & Sun-Times. Jacobs provides constructive, concise assessment and advice–he is not just another skeptic. In his most recent substack, 12 reasons to be skeptical about political journalism, Jacobs offers significant insights to journalism students, professionals, fact-checkers, and news consumers.
Jacobs presents 12 reasons easily applicable to newsrooms and news followers in their daily interactions with news content. I recommend that journalism schools include these points in their Journalism 101 curriculum. Additionally, existing fact-checking organizations can benefit from adopting these evaluation criteria.
I recommend all consumers of the news, from Red to Blue, review his streamlined approach to navigating today's intricate media landscape and political news coverage.
I used to be proud of living in Iowa and having been a public official. Not so much today. Many of us call Iowa the Florida of the North. I hope I did not step on any toes
In 1963 I started in journalism at Ohio University, was a type lab assistant, but drifted into history because of a great ex oss officer who taught SE Asia and another course in China and Japan.
A journalism student at that time became a famous journalist in Chicago.
Me, I went to Boston with a rock band.