Journalism experts grapple with how the newspaper industry can survive the digital age.

The Vanishing Newspaper

Digital Journalism

-30-: The Collapse of the Great American Newspaper

Digitizing the News

The untimely passing of Tim Russert, host of NBC's Meet the Press, has led many to reminisce about his lasting influence on political reporting. Some obituaries mentioned that Russert has been credited with popularizing the terms "red state" and "blue state," to refer to states favoring Republican or Democratic candidates. Though Russert's memorable analysis of the twists and turns of the 2000 presidential election no doubt played a significant role in popularizing the "red/blue state" designations, the history of the color coding is surprisingly complicated.  Continue reading...

Regret the Error surveys notices in the press correcting journalistic slip-ups — ranging from the hilarious to the alarming.

These newspaper and magazine copy editors blog about usage, style, grammar, punctuation and, most importantly, how to avoid language-related pratfalls:

The Cranky Copy Editor

Words to the Wise

Words at Work

Engine Room

Capote. Mailer. Didion. Wolfe. These literary lions burst the conventions of traditional journalism, helping invent a "new journalism" through their storytelling that forever changed the way we look at our culture. Check out these books to read more:

The Gang That Wouldn't Write Straight (the story of New Journalism)

The Art of Fact (anthology)

Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers by Tom Wolfe

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

The Baltimore Sun's chief copy editor John McIntyre publishes an excellent blog on language and usage called You Don't Say. He recently posted a list of "other people who are writing intelligently and practically about language." Check out:

Style and Substance

Common Sense Journalism

Verbal Energy

The Editor's Desk