Archive - Second Rough Draft

March 2025

What to Do About the Looming End of U.S. Public Broadcasting

Thinking about the once unthinkable

Mar 27 •

Richard J. Tofel

Extra! 10 Questions Washington Reporters Need to Ask Right Now

Sorting out the astonishing leak revealed by the Atlantic

Mar 25 •

Richard J. Tofel

How Journalism Should Cover a World with the U.S. No Longer at its Center

Reporting after the end of American Exceptionalism

Mar 20 •

Richard J. Tofel

Bringing Digital Democracy to California and Beyond: A Conversation with Neil Chase of CalMatters

Enhanced database can be both a model and perhaps a revenue source

Mar 13 •

Richard J. Tofel

The Opinions of Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post

Making sense of the latest surprise

Mar 6 •

Richard J. Tofel

February 2025

January 2025

How Newsrooms Should Cover Themselves

Looking beyond a mess at the Washington Post to more general rules

Jan 30 •

Richard J. Tofel

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