Dan Kennedy

The Year in Media: Tragedy, Absurdity, and a Few Rays of Hope

By Dan Kennedy• Opinion• December 18, 2023

The past year has been a difficult one for a free and independent press. An unprecedented number of journalists and other media workers have been killed in the war between Israel and Hamas. A Wall Street Journal reporter was imprisoned … Read more

Out of Print, a Book Reappears—And Earns Its Author Money

By Dan Kennedy• Books• December 8, 2011

‘Because of the Internet and some very slick printing technology, “Little People” remains visible and available. It’s even making me money for the first time since 2002 …’ Read more

Deciphering the Life of a Complicated Thinker

By Dan Kennedy• Opinion• June 9, 2011

A novelist turned biographer places ‘[Marshall] McLuhan’s maddeningly difficult ideas in a recognizably human context.’ Read more

Media Criticism: Journalism vs. Advocacy

By Dan Kennedy• Opinion• December 11, 2009

‘… press analysts who back up their judgments with reporting, research, style and wit’ earn praise, but it’s advocacy groups from both sides of the political spectrum who receive much of the attention. Read more

Political Blogs: Teaching Us Lessons About Community

By Dan Kennedy• Politics• June 15, 2008

In the mediascape of blogs, people ‘want the news delivered to them in the context of their attitudes and beliefs.’ Read more

The Connective Threads of the News Media and Government

By Dan Kennedy• Opinion• March 15, 2006

A journalist sets forth a reform proposal to alter the incentives and break apart the ‘mediaocracy.’ Read more

Embedded Reporting

By Dan Kennedy• June 15, 2003

Is objectivity an acceptable casualty of this kind of reporting? Read more

The Daniel Pearl Video

By Dan Kennedy• September 15, 2002

A journalist explains why its horrific images should be treated as news. Read more

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