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Every so often, another news organization will break a story that NPR isn’t able to match by air-time. So an NPR news show invites the reporter who did the story to talk on air about the piece. It's known as a “two-way.”  Full story
We received a tip earlier this afternoon: "heads might roll" by the end of the day at the New York Post's Metro desk, as they're in crisis mode after a humiliating correction was published this morning in the paper.   Full story
McClatchy Co.'s second-quarter earnings plunged as the newspaper publisher shouldered higher costs on its debt to buy more time to recover from a bedeviling ad slump.  Full story
As the Washington Post Company prepares to sell Newsweek to the most appealing bidder, it is closely examining an offer from Sidney Harman, the California billionaire who made his fortune selling audio equipment.  Full story
Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton’s wedding on Saturday has taken on the trappings of a royal affair — at least when it comes to the media glare.   Full story
This may be the most embarrassing thing I have ever written — and looking back on my writing, there is a lot of competition for that dubious distinction — but when I became a reporter, it was almost a holy calling.  Full story
Seven Washington Post reporters spent Wednesday listening to people at coffeehouses all around the region. Their mission was to find a story that told us something important about life at this time in this place.   Full story
Newspapers continue to be seen as less important at their primary job -- being sources of information – according to the latest edition of the nine-year-old Digital Future Project from the USC Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism.   Full story
After Gannett recently announced plans to create five centralized centers to handle most of the design demands at its community newspapers, the Society for News Design responded with an open letter on the value of design.   Full story
If you want to know anything about Tierra del Fuego, Mitch Stern is your man.  Full story
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