By turning to freelancers, wire services and syndicates, newspapers avoid the ethical quandary of accepting complimentary travel, which, heaven forbid, could pollute stories with smarmy public relations influence. more…

The weblog Jossip, a gossipy, crass site that strives to be the vaunted Gawker, ran a post that perpetuates some of the worst clichés about the public relation profession. more…

A number of Northeast newspapers met in Manhattan recently to discuss bypassing AP by creating a content-sharing consortium where they would freely share photography and stories. more…

When I made the big leap from magazine editor to public relations executive lo, those many years ago, it was with a great sense of relief that I would never again have to produce a daily newspaper. The publication I … more…

Hmm, posting a blog post about a cartoon about a blogger who has nothing to post … too self-referential? more…

The American Journalism Review has an interesting article exploring the origin of the “-30-” symbol that journalists used to use to mark the end of a story. I still run across it occasionally when a freelancer of a certain age … more…