William Powers

Everybody's buzzing about citizen journalism. But the "journalism" could use some editing.… More »

Two multipart newspaper series provided intriguing looks at Dick Cheney and Mitt Romney.… More »

The flap over journalists making political donations confirmed the widespread suspicion that media outlets are hiding something. But it doesn't have to be this way.… More »

Into the summer news void steps science, with stories of disappearing bees.… More »

Bill and Hillary Clinton are the media's dream team. They never become old news.… More »

Do we need a 24-hour radio channel devoted to presidential campaign coverage?… More »

What a dancing horse tell us about the way digital technology is changing political news.… More »

The idea that The Wall Street Journal needs Rupert Murdoch is a howler.… More »

Journalists are using the deaths of prominent people to comment on current-day problems.… More »

Why the story of John Edwards's $400 haircuts has taken on a life of its own.… More »

Like movies and professional sports, the mega-story is a social glue. But it can also be short-lived.… More »

New and old media vet one another's work, helping consumers decide what not to read.… More »

In their presidential campaign coverage, the media have spoken: Raise gobs of money, or die.… More »

Not so long ago, when a journalist interviewed a presidential candidate, the news was about what the politican said. But as the flap over Katic Couric shows, the old rules no longer apply.… More »

Newspapers are run by people who care a lot about words and very little about design.… More »

It took decades for the media to catch on, but now they're branding with a vengeance.… More »

As the Walter Reed story shows, in the solar system of journalism, newspapers are the sun.… More »

The recent dustup between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama over remarks by David Geffen was a classic specimen of the wispy stuff of modern campaign coverage.… More »

The media are so saturated with coverage of the very wealthy, the story line is losing its novelty.… More »

For better or worse, the Scooter Libby trial offers a glimpse into Washington as it really is.… More »