Jack Shafer, media critic for Slate.com, says the newspaper industry has fumbled its online efforts — the latest example of the industry’s long clumsy dance with technology.

In a blog post this morning — “How Newspapers Tried to Invent the Web.…

The author of  the “Biographer’s Craft” writes in a column on WashingtonPost.com that spam filters have been blocking his  noncontroversial online monthly newsletter because of some of the words he uses — words like “young adult” and “hot.”

The author, James McGrath Morris, suggests…

A study of media coverage of health care found that it’s the 8th biggest topic, getting 3.6 percent of all coverage. The report — by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism – notes that “this is more than…

One angry reader this morning challenged our use of “Islamophobia”  in a front-page story Monday by religion writer Tim Townsend.

Townsend’s story detailed how 50 mosques and 50 synagogues here and across the nation paired this past weekend to “dedicate themselves…

A vacation week’s worth of voice messages produced few comments from readers last week. One  complained about the playfulness of these two headlines on last Thursday’s front page:

“Bellwether — or not” (A headline on a story that said McCain’s win in Missouri…

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Veterans Day — like the anniversaries of D-Day and Pearl Harbor — carries expectations for certain readers. Many expect the Post-Dispatch to note the occasion with a “Page One story.”

Our Veterans Day coverage today prompted three readers to…

Jack Shafer’s latest “Press Box” column on Slate.com praises the Drudge Report.

The article, titled “Don’t count Drudge out. His demise is overreported once again,” chronicles Drudge’s “rise and fall” through the years — at least in the eyes of other print…

Divorce Magazine — who knew there was such a thing? — worries that houses divided over Barack Obama and John McCain might not survive the election.

At least that the premise of press release from its online site  DivorceMagazine.com. (A visit…

This morning’s Post-Dispatch had a three-paragraph item about Joe the Plumber. That’s it. Four inches leading the campaign digest on Page A3 to report that Joe Wurzelbacher isn’t a licensed plumber and owes about $1,200 in back taxes to the state…

Fighting words were uttered at recent campaign rallies for John McCain and Sarah Palin. Not by the candidates, but by some of their supporters in the crowd.

“Terrorist” and “off with his head” were shouts directed at Barack Obama, in response…