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The Myth of a Free Press is Worth Its Weight in Gold to Corporate America

When The New York Times diligently reported on October 13th that the publisher of the European edition of its competitor, The Wall Street Journal, had stepped down because the traditional barrier between newsroom and business office

SOP newswire2Conference to Honor of Slain Somali Journalists in Nairobi - NUSOJ Organizes one Day conference in Nairobi on the International Day to End Impunity in Honor to the Slain Somali Journalists
Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)The Myth of a Free Press is Worth Its Weight in Gold to Corporate America - When The New York Times diligently reported on October 13th that the publisher of the European edition of its competitor, The Wall Street Journal, had stepped down because the traditional barrier between newsroom and business office
John G. KaysNewsBlaze is an Organic Electronic News Service that Deserves to Survive! - The Nixon government, including the FBI, obstructed justice and tried to censure the news. The Washington Post fought back and ultimately won a major victory for journalism. There are bullies on the internet now (they`re not the government, but resemble it).
John G. KaysCarl Bernstein Castigates Rupert Murdoch`s Brand of Journalism! - "It is perfectly clear that News of the World, as owned and managed by Rupert Murdoch, was a criminal organization." What Peter Oborne means by this statement becomes clearer as you probe these allegations a little closer.
John G. KaysTHANK YOU SOP Readers for Your Insightful Feedback on the Casey Anthony Trial! - I want to thank everyone who sent emails with feedback for my article, Problems with HLN`s Coverage of the Casey Anthony Case (I meant Trial, actually). Enthusiasm for objective information regarding Casey Anthony, and her expansive web of subterfuge, is reaching subliminal levels.
Ernest DempseyCricket Captain Makes Negative Comments Against India - The captain of Pakistan`s cricket team, Shahid Afridi, has come under fire after he made some negative comments against India on a TV show.
Tom SkiAuthors = Wisdom: Announcing Be Wisdom: Publishing With a Personal Touch - Author Robert Wilson is a firm believer that everyone can expand their life wisdom by opening themselves up to the tremendous possibilities that lay inside their own heart, mind, and soul. We, at Be Wisdom, couldn`t agree more.
Ernest DempseySectarian Killings of Shia Passengers and Media Ethics - The Shia population of Kurram Agency is under attack of militants who target passenger vehicles traveling in and out of Kurram. Media sources however are hesitant in highlighting the sectarian nation of the problem.
Robert Paul ReyesJudyth Piazza: The Italian American Oprah Winfrey of Radio and Internet - Most people's childhood dreams don't come to fruition, but thank goodness that Judyth Piazza grew up to be a successful writer, editor and radio personality.
John G. KaysThe News Media Nails the East Coast Rapist Arrest with High Tech Bravado! - News coverage for the arrest of the East Coast Rapist last Friday has been top notch all the way. You can find nearly 2,200 articles covering the case online and a few of them give you enough information to write your own book on the East Coast Rapist.
SOP newswire3SOP Columnist Robert Paul Reyes Quoted In New Book Revolt By Dick Morris - TheSOP.Org and NewsBlaze.Com Columnist Robert Paul Reyes writes about pop culture, politics, the weird side, and other diverse and sundry subjects.
John G. KaysWhy Was the Facebook Group 'Justice for Johnny Clarke and Lisa Straub' Pulled from the Internet? - Just two and half weeks out from a double homicide of a young couple in Springfield Township, Ohio, little news has come out.
SOP newswire2Deadline Approaching: 2011 Journalism Awards - $5,000.00 Cash Prize - The presentation of the awards, including a cash prize of $5,000.00 along with a bronze eagle trophy, will take place at a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C in the summer of 2011.
Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)Citizens Must Pick Up The Ball The Press Has Dropped and Here's How to Do It - Here is the perfect handbook for finding out where your local tax dollars go. Arm yourselves with Lynndee Kemmet's "Follow The Money" or you'll have no excuse for complaining the next time your taxes go up.
Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)We Need to Stop Listening to Politicians and Start Following The Money Trail - Television is so invested in looking good and acting smart that it disdains the most powerful tool in journalism ignorance.
Alan GraySaying Farewell to Writer and Friend, Chic Holiis - The Internet is an amazing phenomenon that brings people together in unexpected ways.
SOP newswire2Courage in Journalism and Lifetime Achievement Awards - The International Women`s Media Foundation is seeking nominations for the Courage in Journalism and Lifetime Achievement awards.
John G. KaysMexican Fat Boy 1`s Video Captures a Rare Segment of the Ferocious Matamoros Gun Battle! - Mexican Fat Boy 1 defies the odds, and gives us a slice of the drug-wars that o`ershadows any second-hand news coverage. This is a turgid gut-shot of a society
HB PaksoyHappy Meleagris Gallopavo Day: What do you Turks eat during Thanksgiving? - The 1494 Tordesillas treaty, forged by the Pope in Rome, granted the monopoly of commerce originating from the newly discovered continent to the Portuguese (as opposed to the Spanish).
HB PaksoyFounding Fathers of The American Republic Sought to Avoid The Errors of The Old Greeks - The story of a newly minted PhD is oft told, who, immediately after defending his dissertation, promptly ordered a shiny brass plate for his apartment entrance prominently displaying the initials "Dr."
Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)Why It's Important for Us to Hear The Voices of Foreign Writers - In every country the poets, artists and musicians are doing more important work than the politicians, and yet culture has a hard time surviving intense politicization.
Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)The entrepreneurial journalist: you don't have to be a wage slave - Journalists don't have to be wage slaves. They can and do buy and start businesses. One of the most intriguing challenges confronting the entrepreneurial journalist
John G. Kays'Online Journalism' Emerges from Hurricane Katrina - The crisis of Hurricane Katrina brought radical changes to the ways that news was reported. When New Orleans` Times-Picayune lost its presses to the storm, they turned to their web affiliate, NOLA.com to publish the news on the internet.
Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)So you think you're a journalist? Is your story the next Hot Copy? - Any time you run into an expert who can"t tell you what he knows in plain, understandable language, he"s probably not as expert as he should be.
Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)There is Nothing Journalists Do That You Can't Do, So Do It - Joining a new party, putting money in a new candidate's pocket, complaining about rotten government, protesting "none of these things, however satisfying, will do you as much good as finding out what's really going on.
Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)Internet Challenges Conventional Dumbed-Down Journalism - Why do we keep on dumbing down the news when the Internet is a university in cyberspace that makes smartening up as easy dumbing down, and a lot more interesting?
Andy WrightWhy Girls Gone Wild Will Never Have An Age Appropriate Audience - Why Girls Gone Wild will never have an age appropriate audience, or How I solved the economy issue with true journalism....
Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)Obama Press Conference on BP Shows Sordid Underside of Journalism - Whose interests does our trash-'em, bash-'em television journalism serve? The public?
Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)Our Media Culture is Worn Out and Destructive; We Need a New Model - Our media culture keeps us on edge, polarizes our politics, destabilizes such institutions as the financial markets, and convinces us we are divided into winners and losers and should despise the losers. We must create a more appropriate journalism model for the 21st Century, one that celebrates creativity and constructiveness.
Djelloul (Del) Marbrook (Editor/Mentor)Will Nixon: A poet pushes the envelope of journalism - All poetry and fiction is biographical. Its universality comes from the writer`s painful walk up and down the world in others` shoes, however ill-fitting and improbable.
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