My George HW Bush reality check as a young journo
I was a cockly journo at 19. (Try to imagine. Haha.) As a sophomore at U of Illinois, I'd landed the politics beat at The Daily Illini,...
Me on 'Reliable Sources': Media needs to cut back coverage
I've been too busy covering the amazing Douglas kids responding to their school shooting to post here, but I did CNN's Reliable Sources...
Poynter Q&A on Las Vegas & Columbine
The Poynter Institute is the leading journalistic think tank. After the Las Vegas shooting, a Poynter professor asked me to do an in-depth Q&A for their site about covering trauma, Columbine , and reporting in general. They titled it: "After Las Vegas shooting, a Columbine expert offers heartfelt advice about the why of it all." The professor opened with a really generous intro: If I made a list of books that all journalists should read, Columbine by Dave Cullen would be n
High school journalists shame phony principal out
This made my heart sing. These amazing high school kids investigated their new principal's bogus credentials for 3 weeks, published their...
