Category How reporters work

Moody: Life by the code Comments

Mar10

So last time I posted about Peter Parker, a.k.a. The Amazing Spider-Man, getting laid off from his photo job for altering a photograph. That brings us to today’s topic: journalistic ethics.
(We in the business agree that’s a contradiction in terms, but hear me out.)
I’ve come to the conclusion, and have said before, there’s very little [...]

Moody: Why Spidey really got the sack Comments

Mar9

Sorry, Pete, but I’m with J. Jonah Jameson on this one. You may never work in this town again.

Moody: Media Day? Let’s have one here Comments

Mar4

Ah, Media Day! Let’s have a media day here, and invite Joe Public to see how WE do business.

Moody: O is for, um, originality Comments

Mar3

“News” covers so many things: Car wrecks. City council decisions. Kids who can blow up balloons with their noses.

Moody: Ethics and Erbs Comments

Feb25

The truth is, we question ourselves all the time.

Moody: On how photographs work in schools Comments

Jan25

A couple of people have commented that no one should be able to be photographed at a school without permission, and that it’s the newspaper’s job to get such permission before shooting. With all due respect, that’s not true.

Moody: M is for mud and moonshine Comments

Jan13

Continuing with favorite story memories from the last 14 years, A-Z: M is for mud and moonshine.

Moody: Lourdes, lightning and Lucas Comments

Jan9

Continuing with favorite story memories from the last 14 years A-Z: L is for Lucas, Lourdes and lightning.

Moody: Scrambling to get the story Comments

Jan7

In which I explain why the Lebanon Express had a more complete story than the Democrat-Herald updating a Title IX complaint situation at Lebanon High School.

Moody: Help! Caption mystery Comments

Dec21

Help us fix a caption error from Sunday, Dec. 20, page A1.