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Now to the Questions About Trump’s Age and Health
We need more reporting, perhaps including about his published test results
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Richard J. Tofel
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News CEOs and the Question of News Experience
Why a lack of cultural familiarity is a big risk
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Richard J. Tofel
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What's Really Needed at the Washington Post
The choice facing Jeff Bezos
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Richard J. Tofel
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June 2024

How I Would—and Wouldn’t—Give Away Millions
Do's and don'ts for journalism philanthropy
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Richard J. Tofel
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How Sources Should Think About Journalism
A new booklet offers my thoughts.
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Richard J. Tofel
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A Simple Fix for All Those Stories About Polls
Horse race stories are inevitable, but could be done better.
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Richard J. Tofel
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May 2024

The Amazing Story of the Guardian’s Reader Revenue: A Conversation with Steve Sachs
One key: more comes from web pages than email
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Richard J. Tofel
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Time to Revive a National News Council?
And how to run it better than before.
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Richard J. Tofel
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Peering Into the Newsroom Generation Gap
And wondering if tensions may actually be starting to ease somewhat
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Richard J. Tofel
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Modest Proposals for Fixing NPR
Needed: a new deal with Congress, and with member stations
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Richard J. Tofel
13

April 2024

Early Thoughts on the New York News Subsidy
Big questions remain to be resolved by regulations not yet crafted
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Richard J. Tofel
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Lessons from Covering the Last Pandemic—and for the Next One
What can be learned from Donald McNeil’s The Wisdom of Plagues
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Richard J. Tofel
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