Hastings, who died Tuesday at 33, knew something all journalists should remember: that he worked for his readers, not for his sources.
Media
From the Source’s Mouth: Still in Hiding, Snowden Does a Q&A Online
Holding an online interview is in the leaker’s spirit of transparency, but it may empower the person giving the A’s as much as the public asking the Q’s.
Hero or Bad Boyfriend? Edward Snowden and the Personalization of Public Debate
Why does anyone care how good a person the NSA leaker is? Because public debate has become more and more about personality and tribal identification
Batter Up! Keith Olbermann Returning to TV, But Not That Kind of TV
Olbermann has been called back up to the majors, or at least TBS, to host a show not about politics but baseball.
The Children Are the Future (of Online Streaming Video)
Forget Arrested Development; maybe streaming-video services can become an alternative to regular TV by going after your children.
Q&A: Keith Phipps Talks About Pitchfork’s New Movie Site, The Dissolve
The ex-editor of The Onion’s AV Club is launching a site for film fans
Fox’s Megyn Kelly Alpha-Dogs Working-Mom Critic Erick Erickson
Whatever Erick Erickson thinks he knows about the animal kingdom, he’s got a lot to learn about dominant females among the species of Fox.
YouTube Bets Big on Laughs with Its First-Ever “Comedy Week”
The online video giant will feature comedy programming all week—but can a website create sitcom-viewing habits?
Barbara Walters: A Career in Pictures
Looking back at the long and storied career of a TV-journalism icon
Disney Withdraws Attempt to Trademark the Name of a Holiday
Pixar wanted to lay claim to the phrase ‘Dia de los Muertos’
Coming to a Theater Near You: Radio Shows
NPR’s quiz show ‘Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!’ gets in on the latest trend in radio: visuals
It’s Not TV, It’s Amazon; What Do the Site’s New Pilots Offer That the Networks Don’t?
Like big networks and premium channels, streaming programmers need a brand. So far, Amazon’s involves raw, cable-style laughs and something for the kids.
Two Cheers for CNN
Things haven’t been pretty at CNN lately, but Anthony Bourdain and Jake Tapper suggest two ways the network can get interesting without getting dumb.
