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Articles tagged Gerard Baker (7)

Shan WangFebruary 1, 2017

The boundaries of journalism — and who gets to make it, consume it, and criticize it — are expanding

Reporters and editors from prominent news organizations waded through the challenges (new and old) of reporting in the current political climate during a Harvard University event on Tuesday night.

Nieman Lab StaffFebruary 1, 2017

“I think that journalism needs to rediscover its roots as a blue-collar profession”

Top journalists from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, and the Nieman Foundation discuss the path forward for reporting in the Trump era.

Joseph LichtermanFebruary 1, 2017

Wall Street Journal editor Gerard Baker defends his decision to limit use of “majority Muslim country”

“I am an absolute stickler in all of our coverage for precision in language because, as you say, words are loaded. They have political meanings, they have cultural meanings, and they have identities that go beyond simple words.”

WATCH, today at 4 p.m. ET: Media in the Trump era, with Lydia Polgreen, David Leonhardt, Bill Kristol, Brian Stelter, and others

Shan WangDecember 8, 2016

The Wall Street Journal is confident its “bendier” paywall will draw the paying readers it needs to survive

Despite a bad fall shadowed by news about ad revenue declines and layoffs, the Journal has ridden what seems to be a post-election wave of interest in paid media. It’s counting on changes in paywall strategy to bring in even more digital subscribers.

Joseph LichtermanNovember 14, 2016

Why The Wall Street Journal is cutting print sections and refocusing on its core coverage

Editor-in-chief Gerard Baker says the paper, which confronted a 21 percent decrease in advertising revenue in the most recent quarter, is trying to attract subscribers.

Ken DoctorDecember 2, 2012

The Newsonomics of Rupert Murdoch’s long game

The pieces might be aligning — a new CEO at News Corp.’s publishing spinoff, Tribune leaving bankruptcy, and a possible policy change at the FCC — for Murdoch’s influence to grow even further.