1) Lissa Harris, cofounder of The Watershed Post in the Catskills, discusses reporting during Hurricane Irene and the newspaper industry. 2) Lori Price of Citizens for Legitimate Government discusses reporting on stories not featured in the popular media outlets. 3) Wendy Welch writes a memoir about opening an independent bookstore in the digital age.
Alan Chartock, Mike Spain, and Judy Patrick discuss the newspaper industry's recovery from the recession, young people going into journalism, and other stories.
Rex Smith, Rosemary Armao, and Ira Fusfeld discuss a new magazine reaching out to older readers, presentation of news including video, journalism coverage of bullying and suicide, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Poughkeepsie Journal Editor Stu Shinske discuss takeovers of newspaper companies, digital new content, reporting errors that get people fired, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Rosemary Armao discuss the Washington Post sale to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, new offices of Syracuse Media Group, nonprofit journalism sites, and other stories
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Rosemary Armao discuss Popular Science magazine eliminating comments, stalling numbers of TV and newspaper subscribers, demographics of news audiences, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Rosemary Armao discuss computer security, data backup and encryption, anonymous reader comments on websites, newspaper editorials, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Judy Patrick discuss current political campaigns, encrypted communication between journalists and sources, The San Francisco Chronicle drops its paywall, and other stories.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Ira Fusfeld discuss Amazon's Jeff Bezos takeover of The Washington Post and the Boston Globe, and a new round of Gannett layoffs.
Alan Chartock, Rex Smith, and Ira Fusfeld discuss coverage of Anthony Weiner's mayoral race, distinguishing between editorial and advertisements in newspapers, newspapers cutting back days of publication, and other stories.