Tag Archives: Washington Post

Dartmouth provost uses AI to do his homework

Posted on October 13, 2026 by Ralph Hanson

Aside from the debates as to whether AI models are out of control and could take over/destroy the world, there is the smaller, but still important, question as to how much disclosure is required by people using AI to create … Continue reading →

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A Hollowed-Out Washington Post

Posted on February 15, 2026 by Ralph Hanson

Approximately 13 years ago, Jeff Bezos was recruited by the Graham family to purchase The Washington Post for $250 million. Bezos, the founder of Amazon and one of the world’s wealthiest men, bought the paper as an individual, not as … Continue reading →

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What Has Happened to the Washington Post?

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Ralph Hanson

Editor’s note: Last week, the Washington Post’s publisher and CEO William Lewis announced that the paper for the only the second time in 50 years would not be endorsing a candidate for the presidency of the United States. In a … Continue reading →

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Conflicts between newsroom and management at Washington Post

Posted on June 7, 2024 by Ralph Hanson

NOTE: Sorry for the recent lack of posts. I’ve been writing away on the ninth edition of Mass Communication, Living in a Media World that comes out in 2025. Expect to see posts based on some of that material as the … Continue reading →

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Front Pages: Stories from the insurrection, Part 5

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Ralph Hanson

The violent insurrection in Washington, D.C.  Wednesday was both utterly predictable and unimaginable. My feelings about those events go well beyond the scope of this blog, so instead of laying out my feelings, I’m going to share a variety of … Continue reading →

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Why it was OK for Bob Woodward to save his Trump virus story for the book

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

The Twittersphere was losing its stuff this afternoon, pig-piling on Bob Woodward for saving the material from his interview with President Trump about the COVID pandemic for his book RAGE instead of reporting it in the newspaper back in February. … Continue reading →

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COVID19 Patrol: A look at social and legacy media

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

Memes and social media have been going nuts in the age of work-remotely/study-online/shelter-in-place. Here are a couple that have stood out to me, along with a couple of excellent Washington Post stories. You all know that I am a sucker … Continue reading →

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LMM News Part 2 (sort of): Hamilton, impeachment and the current news cycle

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

I started tweeting about Alexander Hamilton and impeachment this morning as a way of avoiding working on my end-of-the semester grading, and it kind of got out of control.  Here it is in mildly more coherent form: It all started … Continue reading →

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Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post: Five Years Later

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

This week I’m at the Western Social Science Association annual conference. I’m giving a presentation looking at what has happened to Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post since the Amazon billionaire bought the paper five and a half years ago. Rather than … Continue reading →

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Pulitzer Prizes Highlight Great Journalism at all Levels.

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

The announcement of this year's Pulitzer Prizes reminds me: Subscribe to a newspaper. Journalists do important work holding power accountable & seeking the truth from those who want to hide it. Well-reported news isn't free. — John Robinson (@johnrobinson) April … Continue reading →

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