“The Oprah Winfrey Show”: A look behind the scenes
For the first time, Dr. Ink interviews his inventor and keeper, Roy Peter Clark Dr.…
October 12, 2006
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One cool cat: The return of Dr. Ink
Dear Dr. Ink:For three years, you were the coolest thing on the Poynter Web site.…
July 25, 2006
No Bull: Dr. Ink Returns
The mysterious and provocative Dr. Ink burst onto the American journalism scene in 2001 and…
May 24, 2005
Hero in a Thousand Places
Dear Readers: Dr. Ink is sniffing a little too much wind beneath our wings these…
October 6, 2004
Dr. Ink Wakes Up to the Convention
Dear Readers: Dr. Ink has been awakened from months of contemplative slumber by a dream. He…
July 28, 2004
Dr. Ink: “USA Today Scandal A Threat To White Privilege, Mediocrity”
For the past few months, Poynter Online columnist Dr. Ink has been on sabbatical, a condition…
March 23, 2004
Doc Goes On Safari
Dearest Readers: This will be the last Dr. Ink column for a while. There will…
October 15, 2003
Winchell Meets Romenesko
Dear Readers: Perhaps, some day, an enterprising reporter will write a book entitled "The Secret…
October 13, 2003
Don’t Read This Column
Dear Readers: Dr. Ink loves his readers — madly. Which is why it pains him to…
October 6, 2003
What a Rush!
Dear Readers, There are many moments in a profession when incompetence is confused for corruption.…
October 2, 2003
Spoiler Headlines
Dear Readers: A perennial complaint of reporters is that headline writers "give away the ending."…
September 30, 2003
Writer at Work: George Plimpton, RIP
Dear Readers:Dr. Ink mourns the passing of George Plimpton, a writer known in popular culture…
September 26, 2003
A Kinky Question
Doc, Andrew Kohut had an article in The New York Times entitled "A Chink in…
September 24, 2003
Marital Aids for Journalists
Dear Readers: Dr. Ink recently found himself engaged in a social conversation at Poynter about…
September 19, 2003
Man Bites Dog, Gently
Dear Readers: Doc's colleague, Kelly McBride, has provoked a brouhaha with her suggestion that journalists…
September 17, 2003
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