Karen B. Dunlap is president of The Poynter Institute. She is also the co-author, with Foster Davis, of "The Effective Editor."
Last week began with a spotlight on excellent journalism. Newsrooms quieted for the 3 p.m. ET Pulitzer Prize announcement, but minutes before word came, two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon. At 2:59 p.m. the Boston Globe tweeted of two … Read more
Martin Luther King Day 2013 occurs a day after memorial services for Eugene Patterson, an editorial voice of conscience at the Atlanta Constitution during King’s crusade for justice. Patterson died Saturday, January 12. Services were in St. Petersburg, Fla., … Read more
Some years ago, deadline reporting was declared a dying craft. Reporters would gain muscle in long-form journalism and engrossing narratives, but lose the ability to quickly report a story, some feared.
This year’s Pulitzer Prizes — especially the decision to … Read more
The remarks below were prepared for testimony offered April 20, 2010 at the FCC workshop, “Newspaper/Broadcast Cross-Ownership Impact on Competition and Diversity in the Media Marketplace” and have been adapted for this format.
In 2007, you invited the … Read more
E-mails began to fly after January 23 as word spread of the death of Dr. Lionel C. Barrow Jr. Friends sought to honor a man who packed a lot into 82 years of life.
Barrow was a major force in … Read more
Join me in celebrating some good news for newspapers amid the sea of bad press. Poynter’s book of newspaper election front pages is in its sixth week on The New York Times bestsellers list and that’s good news for Poynter … Read more
When Joe Grimm leaves the Detroit Free Press today, he will take away far more than whatever he’s accumulated in his office over the years. So will thousands of other journalists who are leaving newsrooms this year.
They take … Read more
By Karen Brown Dunlap
Poynter President
The call to serve your alma mater can be powerful, but when DePauw University came after Bob Steele they didn’t rely on sentiment. They came with a double-barreled offer. Dr. Robert Steele has been … Read more
Dean Baquet will return to The New York Times in March as its Washington bureau chief just in time for 2008 election coverage. He was a national editor for the Times when he left the newspaper in 2000 to become … Read more
One day next week, Poynter’s homepage will look a bit different. The new right rail you’ll find today on this page will soon appear on all pages, linked to a new Poynter Career Center that’s already quietly open for business.… Read more