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Articles tagged Israel (8)

Danielle K. BrownMay 6, 2024

Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle rather than the substance

“There are commercial reasons why some newsrooms focus on the spectacle and confrontation — the old journalism adage of ‘if it bleeds, it leads’ still prevails in many newsroom decisions…But it is a decision that delegitimizes protest aims.”

A new game parodies The New York Times’ Gaza coverage

Joshua BentonApril 1, 2024

Yo! How a content-free social network briefly fascinated the world (and the news media)

Ten years ago today, a new app arrived to strip the “media” out of social media, reducing messaging to two little letters. It burned bright, but not for long.

Hanaa' TameezMarch 26, 2024

War correspondent Jane Ferguson pulls back the curtain on her career covering global conflicts

“People experience war on a personal level, and our ability to communicate extraordinary stress on an individual human level is the goal of good war reporting.”

A.G. SulzbergerMarch 5, 2024

“Mutual incomprehension now exists seemingly everywhere”: The New York Times’ publisher responds to its critics

“I don’t believe a news organization must be doing something right because people on all sides are angry. But it’s also not a sign that a news organization must be doing something wrong.”

Hanaa' TameezNovember 20, 2023

“Everybody’s sense of emotion and devastation is heightened”: How Jewish Currents is covering the Israel-Hamas war

“We’re very conscious of trying to hold this large community of people who are really struggling.”

The Washington Post’s international editor on covering the Israel-Hamas war “around the clock”

Mark CoddingtonNovember 16, 2012

This Week in Review: The BBC’s scandals blow up, and WaPo’s changing of the guard

Plus: Lessons from the Petraeus scandal, war on social media between Israel and Hamas, and the rest of the week’s media and tech must-reads.