How some newspapers sell out to Wall Street
The corrupt Washington Telegram in The Solomon Scandals is, mercifully, fictitious. But in real life, some newspapers are selling out
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Is a big newspaper a military-style organization—or factory in disguise?
Military veterans have been some of the most appreciative readers of The Solomon Scandals. I’m not surprised. Jon Stone, the
From Bob Dylan to D.C.’s white-collar crooks: U.K. music site’s 3,000-word Q&A with David Rothman
Pennyblackmusic, a U.K. music site, has just posted a 3,000-word Q&A with David Rothman. Here’s the start. Can Bob Dylan
Scandals is fiction, but in real-life outrages, D.C. is catching up
The Solomon Scandals is fiction, but Washington is doing a great job of catching up. The latest scandal out of
The Jonathan Stone-David Rothman Q. & A.
Jonathan Stone, the reporter in The Solomon Scandals, grilled me for this Q. & A.—uncut. STONE: Why’s Scandals copyrighted in
Slate press guy vs. hype about newspapers as saviors of democracy
Mencken (photo) loved newspapering. But he did his best to be impervious to the industry ballyhoo, and I think he’d
Home-printed newspapers, 1939 style
See the Nieman Journalism Lab blog, which also mentions more current plans for home printing.
The trash factor: A big reason why newspapers are in trouble? And how can they cope with it?
Despite the dark humor in my Washington newspaper novel, The Solomon Scandals is also an exercise in nostalgia—taking us back
Closing of the Rocky Mountain Daily News
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3390739&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 Final Edition from Matthew Roberts on Vimeo. The owners of a newspaper where I worked in the 1970s, the
David Rothman at Large 