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Make Net Neutraility a reality

What's the fuss over the Fairness Doctrine really about?
These are scary times for far-right conservatives.

By: ADAM REILLY | November 17, 2008

Racial healing

Former mayoral opponents Ray Flynn and Mel King discuss how far their city’s come, and how far it hasn’t, since 1983
To be sure, racism still exists. But the distance our culture has come in 50 years — from blacks fighting for basic civil rights to a black man running for the White House — is remarkable.

By: ADAM REILLY | November 10, 2008

McCain's bid won't die after Election Day

What if the election doesn’t end on Election Day?
It’s almost over. This is welcome news.

By: ADAM REILLY | November 03, 2008

Bull disclosure

As the candidates prep for the final debate, it’s a fitting time to ask: why do some journalistic conflicts of interest become scandals, while others get almost no attention at all?
As the presidential candidates prep for the final debate of 2008 — which will take place on October 15 in Hempstead, New York, with CBS’s Bob Schieffer moderating — it’s a fitting time to ask: why do some journalistic conflicts of interest become semi-scandals, while others get almost no attention at all?

By: ADAM REILLY | October 22, 2008

Where’s the outrage over media mistreatment at the RNC?

By: ADAM REILLY | October 02, 2008

Is Twitter bad for journalism?

Is it time to dial down journalism’s latest fad?
Is Twitter bad for journalism?

By: ADAM REILLY | September 25, 2008

True dat?

Rory O’Connor ponders the future of journalistic trust at Harvard
Rory O’Connor’s timing couldn’t be much better.

By: ADAM REILLY | September 25, 2008

Beating the press

Why McCain’s Machiavellian war on the media could cost him the presidency
If you’re a liberal, you quadrennially reconcile yourself to the fact that the GOP is going to win the White House. Again.

By: ADAM REILLY | September 11, 2008

The good soldier

In Minnesota, Mitt keeps the faith
It can’t be easy being Mitt Romney nowadays.

By: ADAM REILLY | September 03, 2008

RNC 2008 Wrap-Up

Protest-to-podium coverage of the Republican National Convention from our reporter in St. Paul

By: ADAM REILLY | September 05, 2008

Laurels for a Boston media vet

Breaking down barriers
Congrats to Boston University journalism professor Caryl Rivers, who’ll receive the Society of Professional Journalists’ Helen Thomas Award for Lifetime Achievement.

By: ADAM REILLY | August 27, 2008

Fiedler on the spot

Having taken the reins of BU’s contentious College of Communication, Pulitzer winner Tom Fiedler learns to navigate the thorny world of academia
As jobs in journalism-education go, Tom Fiedler’s new gig isn’t bad. Quite the contrary.

By: ADAM REILLY | August 20, 2008

Paper chase

The counterintuitive, durable case for journalism education
On the face of it, this isn’t a great time to study journalism.

By: ADAM REILLY | August 20, 2008

In harm's way

The tragedy of Rakan Hassan and the impossibility of a Hippocratic Oath for journalists
Most of the job-related fears that keep journalists up at night are relatively mundane, but on rare occasions, a more ominous scenario presents itself.

By: ADAM REILLY | August 06, 2008

The Night James Brown Saved Boston

Documentary that situates the concert in a larger context
The memory of what Brown and White accomplished 40 years ago should endure.

By: ADAM REILLY | August 05, 2008

Leggo my ego!

The GOP is smearing Obama as a narcissist. So why is the press playing along?
If Barack Obama loses the presidency this November, it won’t be because of Reverend Jeremiah Wright, or “Bitter-gate,” or sundry other vulnerabilities.

By: ADAM REILLY | July 30, 2008

Head case

Media coverage of a State House sex scandal reveals the pitfalls of reporting on mental illness
Who is Jim Marzilli, exactly? Is he a predatory letch? Or is he a deeply troubled man who needs to be kept from harassing women — but also from hurting himself?

By: ADAM REILLY | July 23, 2008

Unkindest cut?

How a proposed pay cut surprised the Globe newsroom — and why it might actually happen
There’s probably no good way to learn that your employer wants you to do the same amount of work for less money. But the manner in which the editorial staff of the Boston Globe made this discovery was especially awkward.

By: ADAM REILLY | July 10, 2008

Criminal intent

Ed Burns on writing Iraq
Ed Burns — former Baltimore homicide detective, Vietnam vet, and long-time writing partner with David Simon, both on the The Wire and on Generation Kill , spoke with the Phoenix about the new series.

By: ADAM REILLY | July 07, 2008