Putting It Out There

   I get this. I have been publishing since I had my own newspaper when I was 10, The Juvenile Journal.  So I understand the risk you take when you put your words out into the universe. You have to expect to get feedback, both positive and negative. Not every one loves you as much as [...]

Ink on paper vs. ideas anywhere

I live in the Chicago area where two newspaper dramas are playing out with different scenarios. At the Chicago Sun-Times, a nearly 20 percent staff cut was proposed in an effort to save $51 million. At the Chicago Tribune, new owner Sam Zell (who paid $8.2 billion for the deal) is trying to convince staffers he [...]

What is news and what is just words?

  I teach the freshmen in  my 201-1 Reporting & Writing classes at Northwestern University about the traditional definitions of newsworthiness and the judgment calls that help reporters and editors decide what they should cover when, where, how and why . Lately I am thinking I should throw these rules out the window. Because as the media [...]

Welcome to Everywoman News

As an assistant journalism professor at the Medill School of Northwestern University, I will post regular comments about events in the media landscape that affect the lives of women. I am an author, journalist, workshop instructor, keynote speaker and mother. I look forward to your comments in this space. To learn more about me, [...]