War — and How We Got Here Writing from the nation's capital on this historic day, there can be no topic but… March 20, 2003 Geneva Overholser
Getting Past the Impasse Are you as frustrated as I am with the state of the debate over media… March 13, 2003 Geneva Overholser
Shades of Ari Fleischer’s Warning Another story that seemed too chilling to get so little coverage raises further the notion that the… March 7, 2003 Geneva Overholser
Watchdog with Selective Snarl? Worrying as I do that the U.S. press is being awfully sweet-tempered, I was trying… March 7, 2003 Geneva Overholser
Losing the FOI Battle, In Ways Large and Small The other day, a paper I've long loved and once edited -- The Des Moines… March 6, 2003 Geneva Overholser
A Way for Journalism’s Voice to Be Heard Deep in the listing of grants recently approved by the Knight Foundation is one I… February 27, 2003 Geneva Overholser
‘Fine As Long as You’re Alive’ The inimitable Gene Patterson is in Washington today to be honored by the National Press… February 20, 2003 Geneva Overholser
Hard to Make Teachers’ Pay Look Good If lack of training is journalists' biggest complaint, then training prospects are REALLY awful, for journalists… February 19, 2003 Geneva Overholser
“Profit and the Seven Dwarfs” Concerns about the effects of corporate decisions, of course, go well beyond journalism. The Pew-funded… February 13, 2003 Geneva Overholser
Good Journalism, Good Business? Editor and Publisher has an interesting story called "The Missing Link Between Quality and Profits"… February 7, 2003 Geneva Overholser
Tony Ridder Responds Continuing last week's discussion about "What Counts Most" these days at Knight Ridder papers (and elsewhere),… February 4, 2003 Geneva Overholser
What Counts Most in a Newspaper Company Knight Ridder executives could hardly send a clearer message about what matters most than this plan to``motivate… January 28, 2003 Geneva Overholser
A Great International Voice Silenced Peter Goldmark, one of journalism's most incisive and honorable voices (see his fine 2000 speech to… January 20, 2003 Geneva Overholser
Energy Builds: FCC Ownership Proposals Get Attention At Last In addition to Poynter's excellent Convergence Chaser weblog, the Committee of Concerned Journalists and Project for… January 16, 2003 Geneva Overholser
Giving Voice to the Voiceless So, here we are, war's information constraints looming, the FCC examining ownership rules, and FOI… January 9, 2003 Geneva Overholser