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How news reporting works

June 8, 2022 Stu Bykofsky 14 Comments

The Uvalde media/murder horror show presents me with the opportunity for a case study in “the media,” a primer for…

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Posted in: Journalism, Uncategorized Filed under: Media, News values, Uvalde

Watching the unwatchable

April 10, 2022 Stu Bykofsky 12 Comments

War is bad. That thought is not original with me, of course. It is sometimes unavoidable, as is the current…

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Posted in: Journalism, Uncategorized Filed under: Ukraine, Vietnam, Vladimir Putin

Philadelphia Weekly reinvents the wheel

March 9, 2022 Stu Bykofsky 18 Comments

It’s back to the future for the Philadelphia Weekly, which is returning to an abandoned format that probably insures failure. …

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Posted in: Journalism, Uncategorized Filed under: Dan McDonough Jr., Ian Moe, Jenny DeHuff, Josh Kruger, Philadelphia Weekly

How the media handled Palin, and Durham

February 16, 2022 Stu Bykofsky 7 Comments

The lawyer writing for the NBC website says Sarah Palin probably feels like she was jobbed by Judge Jed Rakoff,…

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Posted in: Journalism Filed under: Hillary Clinton, John Durham, Sarah Palin, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal

New twist on old New Year’s column idea

December 31, 2021 Stu Bykofsky 15 Comments

At this time of year, columnists and essayists have a choice of three  hackneyed traditional topics to write about —…

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Posted in: Journalism, Uncategorized Filed under: Donald J. Trump, Jim Kenney, Joe Biden, Jussie Smollett, Kamala Harris, Larry Krasner, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Meghan Markle, Queen Elizabeth

Some press questions don’t really want answers

November 26, 2021 Stu Bykofsky 9 Comments

It only took a fraction of a second during the Eagles post-game news conference last week, but it caught my…

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Posted in: Journalism Filed under: Donald J. Trump, Jen Psaki, Jim Acosta, Miles Sanders, Peter Doocy

2 kinds of crab, 😊 for free

November 9, 2021 Stu Bykofsky 2 Comments

Here’s a two-fer freebie: Meet up with Stu (and real crabs) at a special open-to-the-public event on Wednesday, 7-9 p.m.…

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Posted in: Journalism, Uncategorized Filed under: Fin Restaurant, Press Card, Stu Bykofsky

PGN has done something right

October 13, 2021 Stu Bykofsky 2 Comments

Wednesday was a great day for the Philadelphia Gay News, publisher Mark Segal, and Philadelphia. It was Wednesday that a…

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Posted in: Journalism, Uncategorized Filed under: Adam Joseph, Mark Segal, Philadelphia Gay News

Ida strikes region: White people hardest hit

September 3, 2021 Stu Bykofsky 5 Comments

This is a perfectly accurate headline — given the white, monied areas the hurricane and tornadoes hit hardest — but…

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Posted in: Journalism, Uncategorized Filed under: Flooding, Hurricane

And now, Stu’s first novel

August 12, 2021 Stu Bykofsky 8 Comments

After six decades of writing journalistic nonfiction, it’s time for my first novel. Years in the making, you might say. …

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Posted in: Journalism, Uncategorized Filed under: Press Card, Stu Bykofsky

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