Fact: Journalism Is The Sexiest Profession
Whether you agree with their “coverage” or not, we can all agree that it’s stinkin’ hot. Photo evidence presented with appalling captions.
Whether you agree with their “coverage” or not, we can all agree that it’s stinkin’ hot. Photo evidence presented with appalling captions.
The singer only wants the media to use pictures she pre-approves, and the National Press Photographers Association has a problem with it.
Jana Winter refuses to reveal who leaked information about the Aurora, Colorado, shooter. Judith Miller is “surprised and disappointed” at how little attention the case is getting.
Remember Nick News? How the show almost didn’t happen — and where it is now.
The New York Times might have altered its now-infamous “beef stroganoff” lede, but both versions are still reminders of how women’s professional successes only count if the husband and kids are taken care of too.
A Wisconsin grandma gave a bunch of old newspapers she saved to her grandson, and they’re awesome. What are we going to save for our grandkids? Printed out stories we read online? Screen shots?
The only thing worse than having a bad day is having a bad day while you’re live on TV.
But it is spicy.
Joss Widdowson is the first photojournalist of MMORPGs, telling tales from the front line of an endless online war.
Julian Assange is trapped in the Ecuadorian embassy. How on earth will he escape? Maybe in the trunk of a car? CNN helps explain how to get into and out of the trunk of a car.
Mike Lacey figured out sex ads on the Internet, but little else. The paper edges toward collapse.
Cockburn was the editor of political newsletter CounterPunch, as well as a columnist for The Nation and The Week. The radical author was 71 years old and had been privately battling cancer for the past two years.
The main character’s struggle to balance the fluff with news that actually matters is one I experienced throughout my career in television news.
Female journalists tend to focus on subjects like relationships, sex, and family. That matters not just for their careers, but for the whole country.
Ganim just won for local reporting on the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Here’s the lowdown on this journalistic wunderkind.
Too bad they didn’t look into how we do it here at BuzzFeed. (via mediaite.com)
Here’s another screencap of a really awful Fox News headline! Obviously this was the work of an overzealous intern and not a professional journalist. (via inothernews.tumblr.com) View Image ›
Richard Wall will always be remembered for the things he loved: fast bikes, his kids, and the photos of naked ladies he left hanging on his wall. RIP. View Image ›
How many bacon puns can CNN fit into one article? View Image ›
“Go back to FarmVille” is going to be my new retort for everything.
It’s a vicious cycle, really. View Image ›
Apparently this reporter was a little too excited about talking to Nancy Pelosi, and didn’t see the crotch-high metal pole in time to avoid it. That’s dedicated journalism. Watch Video ›
Detained since March 17th, Current.tv journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee have been charged with illegally crossing into North Korea. According to the BBC and AP, the two women were just sentenced to 12 years in labor prison and cannot appeal, as they were tried in North Korea’s highest court. The most accurate and breaking news about the journalists’ sentencing can be found at the LiberateLaura Twitter. Read More ›
The New York Times might be laying off writers (and dropping the entire Boston Globe), but they just hired their first Social Media Editor. Jennifer Preston will be the Twittering, Tumblring, Facebooking, etc. master of the Times — and she’s already soliciting Twitter for ideas on how to do just that. Is she on Buzzfeed yet? Jennifer, is that you posting ‘shopped Kate Gosselins? Read More ›
“Investigative journalism” reaches a new high/low (depending on how you look at it) as a writer goes for two weeks prohibiting himself from engaging in “any sanitary practices developed before the Age of Enlightenment.” Totally forgot what chamber pots were meant for before reading this.
You knew this was coming: the Chicago Tribute replaces masthead names with Twitter accounts. Not the first newspaper to jump on the Twitter bandwagon, but definitely to first to Twitterize the entire staff via the Masthead. View Image ›
Those smug bastards over at Time magazine have drawn up a list of the ten major newspapers most likely to go under or go digital very soon. Topping the list is the Philadelphia Daily News, which nobody reads anyway (I’m from Philly), but some non-second-rate papers included on the list are the Chicago Sun-Times and the Boston Globe, which is reportedly losing $1 million each week.
Miss North Dakota (1997) has been working as a freelance journalist in Iran and is currently MIA. She was last heard from on February 10th, when she called home after being arrested for buying a bottle of wine. C’mon everybody, let’s find this girl and bring her home. Read More ›
Reporter calls PR person; PR person doesn’t call him back in time for his deadline; reporter totally flips the f*ck out. On Twitter.
Andrea Mitchell, lady-journo and wife of Alan Greenspan, is apparently beloved by gay men. If this is true, does that make Willard Scott a lesbian’s ideal dinner guest?