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Tony Collings

About Me:
Tony Collings is the author of Capturing the News, a journalist's memoir and critique of journalism. He was a CNN correspondent for sixteen years, joining the network within its first year. He was based in Rome for five years, covering the Middle East, Europe, Russia and Africa. Then he was based in Washington for eleven years, covering a variety of assignments, from the White House to the Pentagon and the Justice Department. Earlier in his career he was a Wall Street Journal reporter in New York, and an AP reporter in Moscow, London and Bonn, and the Newsweek bureau chief in Bonn and London. Today he is a lecturer in communication studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. His previous book was Words of Fire, about courageous journalists around the world.
 
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http://capturingthenews.com
About Me:
Tony Collings is the author of Capturing the News, a journalist's memoir and critique of journalism. He was a CNN correspondent for sixteen years, joining the network within its first year. He was based in Rome for five years, covering the Middle East, Europe, Russia and Africa. Then he was based in Washington for eleven years, covering a variety of assignments, from the White House to the Pentagon and the Justice Department. Earlier in his career he was a Wall Street Journal reporter in New York, and an AP reporter in Moscow, London and Bonn, and the Newsweek bureau chief in Bonn and London. Today he is a lecturer in communication studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. His previous book was Words of Fire, about courageous journalists around the world.

Koran Coverage: a Tough Call

By: Sunday September 12, 2010 3:20 pm

It’s admirable that some news organizations said they would not have shown images if the Florida pastor had burned the Koran, but a case can be made that the images should have been shown.

Do We Care about Suffering in Pakistan?

By: Saturday August 21, 2010 12:28 pm

The muted American response to the Pakistani flood disaster could be seen by Muslims as another example of American disrespect for Muslims, similar to the mosque controversy.

Mosque Hysteria: Time for Decency

By: Monday August 16, 2010 12:16 pm

Amid the Islamophobia fanned by demagogues like Newt Gingrich, we need another Joseph Welch to stand up to him and say: Have you no sense of decency?

Anchor babies, aweigh

By: Sunday August 8, 2010 10:20 am

News media need to carefully get the facts right about allegations of “anchor babies” and put the allegations in context, to avoid yet another wave of hysteria over a nonexistent threat.

One year without a real newspaper

By: Tuesday August 3, 2010 10:09 am

A year after the death of the Ann Arbor News, this community is being poorly informed by its online substitute.

Illegality of Iraq war

By: Wednesday July 28, 2010 12:10 pm

British Deputy Prime Minister calls the Iraq invasion illegal — but it doesn’t get much play in U.S. media.

Daniel Schorr, a real journalist

By: Saturday July 24, 2010 1:22 pm

Schorr’s defiance of the powerful and his independence, standing up to his boss Ted Turner at CNN, marked him as a real journalist.

What can we learn from the Sherrod affair?

By: Wednesday July 21, 2010 2:15 pm

Activists on both sides of the liberal-conservative divide have embarrassed themselves in the Sherrod affair, and we can all learn a lesson to be more careful.

WaPo series: security threat or Pulitzer material?

By: Tuesday July 20, 2010 8:50 am

The Washington Post’s great investigative series on the top-secret network of govt. and contractors has enraged rightwingers but deserves journalism’s highest prize.

Afghan war: the cost of not knowing

By: Thursday July 15, 2010 7:43 am

Truth is still in short supply in the Afghan war, despite growing doubts in Washington whether it is “winnable.”

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