John Solomon, the executive editor of the Center for Public Integrity, is leaving the nonprofit journalism organization to join Tina Brown’s Newsweek and Daily Beast as its editor of news and investigations.
CPI’s Solomon Heads to NewsBeast
Author: OPC of America
Euro Ventures Aim to Fill World News Void
As news organizations around the world close down foreign bureaus, journalists, entrepreneurs and even government bodies in Europe are creating news ventures to try to fill the void.
Pink Leaving CNBC; Deogun Promoted
CNBC SVP Jeremy Pink is leaving CNBC and is being replaced by OPC Board Member Nikhil Deogun who joined CNBC in February 2010.
Inner Lives of Wartime Photographers
NYT Executive Editor and OPC President’s Award recipient Bill Keller talks with Joao Silva and Greg Marinovich about what animates and terrifies combat photographers.
Q&A With bin Laden’s NYT Obituarist
The centerpiece of the New York Times’s extensive coverage of Osama bin Laden’s death was a detailed and nuanced obituary that the paper had on file for 10 years. Assistant editor Lauren Kirchner spoke with CJR to get the story behind the story.
Pelley to Anchor CBS Evening News
Scott Pelley is the new anchor of CBS News. Not that he wants you to focus on that. Howard Kurtz from the Daily Beast talks to the network’s reluctant frontman about a “news is the star” approach in today’s celebrified age.
Al Jazeera Reporter Missing In Syria
Dorothy Parvaz has not been heard from since she entered Syria on Friday to report on the political turmoil there, Al-Jazeera said Monday.
World Press Freedom Day May 3
Every year, May 3rd is a date that celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom; to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession.
Logan Recounts a ‘Merciless’ Assault
Lara Logan thought she was going to die in Tahrir Square when she was sexually assaulted by a mob on the night that Hosni Mubarak’s government fell in Cairo.
Hondros Funeral Service Announced
Funeral services have been announced for Getty Images senior staff photographer Chris Hondros, killed last week along with photojournalist Tim Hetherington when they were struck by mortar fire in Misrata, Libya, while covering rebels battling Libyan troops.