Kevin Lerner
@klerner.bsky.social
Professor and Chair of Journalism and Sports Media at Montclair State University. I am a journalism historian, studying press criticism, and literary & alternative journalism.
I agree with your understanding of it, but also that there is a kind of independent journalism that we don't have a good word for yet. My department has begun bumping into that problem in curriculum development. We don't have an answer yet though!
November 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I agree with your understanding of it, but also that there is a kind of independent journalism that we don't have a good word for yet. My department has begun bumping into that problem in curriculum development. We don't have an answer yet though!
Must have been hacked! They couldn't possibly actually want to sponsor research into civil discourse.
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Must have been hacked! They couldn't possibly actually want to sponsor research into civil discourse.
If you do, just remember that you’ll have to hear their thoughts on this. Be prepared.
October 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
If you do, just remember that you’ll have to hear their thoughts on this. Be prepared.
The need for media executives with principles and backbones is why A.J. Liebling dedicated his book Wayward Pressman "To the foundation of a school for publishers, failing which no school of journalism can have meaning."
September 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The need for media executives with principles and backbones is why A.J. Liebling dedicated his book Wayward Pressman "To the foundation of a school for publishers, failing which no school of journalism can have meaning."