• Citizens Thwart Sneak Attack on Internet in N.C.

    Megan Tady
    May 7, 2009

    Time Warner Cable and AT&T tried to pull a fast one on North Carolina residents before most of us even had our morning coffee today. Turns out stifling Internet access happens at all hours of the day.

  • Time for a National Journalism Strategy

    Megan Tady
    April 21, 2009

    It’s easy to get mired in hopelessness and despair as thousands of fired journalists close their reporters’ notebooks, shelve their AP Stylebooks, and leave their posts, their beats often left unfilled.

    It’s easy to feel a sense of righteousness as newspapers across the country crumble under a greedy business model that puts profit before quality journalism and protecting the public’s interest. And it’s easy to simply hope that the Internet provides a new vehicle for a robust press.

  • New Report: D.C. Reporting for Hometowns Vanishing

    Megan Tady
    February 12, 2009

    There’s a changing media landscape in Washington, and it doesn’t bode well for the public.

    As I reported last week, media companies across the country have scaled back their D.C. staff and even closed their Washington bureaus, getting rid of the reporters who covered policy and politicians from a local angle.

  • Citizens Meeting in Durham, N.C., to Discuss Broadband

    Megan Tady
    February 11, 2009

    Congress’ plans to spend billions of dollars on broadband stimulus couldn’t be more timely. Across the country, millions of Americans are struggling with no or slow Internet access. And we want to hear from them.

  • Journalism by Press Release

    Megan Tady
    November 18, 2008

    With thousands of journalists losing their jobs, how are the media filling all those column inches?

    Press releases.

    As media companies buy up more media outlets and slash newsroom budgets and staff, reporters have less time to do their jobs, often resorting to writing entire stories based on a press release alone, and sometimes printing stories that mirror an organization or agency’s exact press statement.

  • Independent Journalists Tour the South

    Megan Tady
    October 14, 2008

    Over the next week, a carload of independent journalists will be winding their way through the South, perhaps one of the only caravans of media-makers not pounding the worn campaign trail. Are they on a beat? You could say that.

  • Tactic of Arresting RNC Journalists Still Questioned After Charges Dropped

    Megan Tady
    September 23, 2008

    Journalists arrested during the Republican National Convention breathed a sigh of relief last Friday – local authorities in St. Paul announced they would not prosecute them.

    The announcement comes as welcome news for journalists, media organizations and citizens who launched a national public outcry to drop the charges against the arrested journalists. But many questions still remain about what appeared to be a planned attack against journalists and free speech during the RNC.

  • Delivery of 60,000 Letters Demanding St. Paul Drop Charges Against Journalists

    Megan Tady
    September 5, 2008

    Police have been rounding up, detaining and arresting journalists throughout the week at the Republican National Convention. But tens of thousands of people across the nation have responded with demands to protect free speech.

  • Taking it Home

    Megan Tady
    June 8, 2008

    Phew! It's been a stellar weekend. But don't pack your bags quite yet. Sunday is as rollicking as the last two days, if only a bit shorter. These sessions, from 9:30 to 11 a.m., should not be missed.

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