In many ways, Tucker Carlson's a better symbol of the pathetic state of what passes for conservative journalism than even Glenn Beck or the late Andrew Breitbart, to name two of his contemporaries with a much larger following.
Anderson Cooper is fine. He is a smart, conscientious guy, and he seems to want his show to produce and highlight good journalism. But he also seems to want to replace Regis, or maybe even Oprah.
I didn't go into journalism thinking it would solidify my identity. I did it because I needed to make a living, and I was proficient in writing. But in becoming a journalist, I learned about other people who felt like they were on the edges of American mainstream life.
I used to teach at the Columbia journalism school, and I would tell my students that every book has to have a sentence that motivates it.
I went to Indiana University for college for a couple of years, where I double majored in dance and journalism, and after my sophomore year there, I went to the San Francisco Ballet school for the summer, but then they offered me a scholarship to stay for the year.
Hindi writing, as well as Hindi journalism, is a great gift to Indian writing.
I got my start in lefty journalism as a labor reporter at 'In These Times', and it's in my blood.
My dad founded the 'Rancho Santa Fe Times' and won a lot of journalism awards.
Maybe it is because of Facebook or something else, but I have been interested in journalism for a long time.
The web has introduced a competitive, and some might argue hostile, landscape for long, in-depth, resource-intensive journalism.
