William Powers

A high-pressure story like the confirmation fight is a brutal test of the quality of the media.

Newspaper executives could learn a thing or two from Starbucks about serving the needs of customers.

The court ruling against Judith Miller shouldn't prompt the press to declare the end of free journalism in America, as so many media crape-hangers are eager to do.

China has become the place to be, the beating heart of media buzz.

Republicans should recognize that liberal broadcasting has real value, of the Machiavellian kind, for them.

The resolution of the Deep Throat mystery didn't clear up much of anything for the media.

The season of political biography is here again. Media people are political groupies at heart, and nothing fascinates them more than imagining they live among giants, and actually get to know them personally.

Media scandals are becoming as routinized as a Japanese tea ceremony, although the scandals differ hugely.

Newspapers are going to great lengths to stop the readership decline.

Why is the media coverage of Warren Buffet muted, lacking in verve, and often downright sympathetic?

Old or young? Diva or Commentator? A look at the theories about the perfect television news anchor.

More and more establishment news operations are giving the blogging form a whirl.

The news media could learn something from Oprah Winfrey about admitting one's own flaws.

Like economics itself, economic journalism is a dismal, foggy realm where the hapless news consumer is constantly bumping into weird conditionals and subjunctives.

Even talking about "the media" is beginning to seem absurd. Yet we still do it every day.

The hubbub over a blogger getting inside the White House briefing room shows that the blogging story has become a cottage industry—a cultural fashion trend.

The more people in politics and the media talk about "the perfect storm," the less they actually say.

Bloggers are bold and beautiful today, but like tulips in the 17th century, they could soon fade.

Social security faces possible disaster because a lot of people are living into their 80s and 90s. Meanwhile, the new number to beat is 100.

The worst thing that could happen to New England would be for the Patriots to win the Super Bowl.