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Our words plant seeds in people’s minds that can do great good or cause great harm This is the second of a series about leadership. This skill is difficult to teach. Some of it relies on talent. Leaders aren’t necessarily extroverts. Parents, teachers, bosses all are put into positions of leadership. What can help you […]
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Spain’s Iñaki Gabilondo sees ‘destructive’ polarization as threat to democracy What better model of Spanish eloquence and journalistic integrity could there be than Iñaki Gabilondo. For decades, he was the host of Spain’s top morning radio program, “Hoy por hoy” (Today). I got to know him by listening to audiocasettes with excerpts of his programs […]
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Businesses like to devote part of their marketing and public relations budget to promote how they are giving back to society. We are not just about profits, they try to say. And the message is arguably true, not just propaganda, as far as it goes. But we are starting to hear a different kind of […]
Read More »Over the past several years, I have written a number of blog posts about how journalists can get involved in sales and marketing without violating their ethical standards or damaging the credibility of their publication. Here are a few of them. 1. Journalists selling ads: think of it as a fair exchange When I was […]
Read More »PAMPLONA, Spain — Given all the trash, half-truths and outright lies published on digital media, people are placing a higher value on media that verify information and demonstrate high ethical standards. Paul Steiger, taking questions at U. of Navarra event Paul Steiger, founder and executive chairman of ProPublica, tells of a major donor to his […]
Read More »Versión en español. For a class on narrative techniques here in Mexico, I was looking for examples of the kind of writing you find in New Yorker. The magazine Gatopardo has that reputation. Alejandro Almazán. Photo: MasPorMas.com It was there I found the story of “A hapless narco” (“Un narco sin suerte) by Alejandro Almazan and […]
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