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CNN Invests in Trump's Brand of Media Bashing and Bigotry
Fiona Morgan
June 24, 2016
Of the many low points in the media’s handling of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, CNN’s hiring of former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski as a political commentator may be the lowest.
Listen to People Who Care
Fiona Morgan
February 29, 2016
When I was a reporter, I would sometimes find myself asking: How do I make people care? On my braver days, I began with a bigger question: What do people in my community care about, and why?
A Subtle Victory for Policy Interventions in Media at the FTC Workshop
Fiona Morgan
June 16, 2010
The Federal Trade Commission's final workshop on changes in the media business, “How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?," ended with the sense that only limited policy recommendations would come out of the session, at least in terms of recommendations by the FTC.
Yet in a larger sense, the convening of publishers, industry analysts and academics revealed a surprising development: a growing consensus that some public policy intervention in media is not only possible, it's already happened.