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March 9, 2015
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Press critic Jack Shafer to join Politico
The Huffington Post Jack Shafer, formerly a media critic for Slate and Reuters, will join…
January 9, 2015
Anchors met in secret with Darren Wilson
Good morning. Welcome to a short week! Here are 10 media stories. Anchors negotiated in…
November 24, 2014
Washington Post looks toward national audience with Kindle Fire app
Good morning. Here are 10 media stories. Washington Post looks toward national audience with new…
November 20, 2014
Jack Shafer says Reuters let him go
BuzzFeed | The Washington Post Reuters media critic Jack Shafer tells Poynter Reuters let him…
November 19, 2014
Henry Waxman retires — must be the scoldings from media critics
Orange County Register | Reuters U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman announced plans to retire Thursday. In…
January 30, 2014
Jack Shafer to cover media and politics for Reuters
New York | Jack Shafer Jack Shafer, who recently was laid off as Slate's media…
September 6, 2011
‘It’s time for Slate to fully embrace its startup roots’
Reuters.com | Poynter Online Paul Smalera suggests a Slate-Washington Post Co. divorce. "What Slate needs…
August 29, 2011
Shafer will continue to write for Slate, but not about media
Adweek | Washington Post | Politico | AJR Jack Shafer says he received a severance…
August 25, 2011
Slate lays off press critic Shafer, others
Adweek.com | American Journalism Review "We have made some editorial changes, including a small reduction…
August 24, 2011
Patch critiques raise questions, defense of hyperlocal journalism
Slate | SimsBlog Reports that AOL will spend $120 million on Patch this year have…
June 29, 2011
So what if NYT writes about other papers now and then?
Slate Times ombudsman Arthur Brisbane says he understands why some readers don't like it when…
April 25, 2011