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You can see it best from the Hoover Dam: the river banks of the Black Canyon are white where the waters used to wash them, pale as the finest tombstone. The Colorado River, this giant …
What keeps California green Read More
Years after the Watergate scandal entered history, the then executive editor of the Washington Post, Ben Bradlee, told Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward that if he knew where the investigation was leading, he couldn’t possibly …
Coping with success: life after Watergate Read More
There is some workaholism in my past and I’m not ashamed of it. I started my first job as a reporter nine years ago, and for several months I didn’t take a single free weekend. …
No regrets Read More
Riding with my host family between dinosaurs, robots and mummies at Universal Studios in Hollywood made me think of theme parks as great examples of disruptive innovation in the entertainment industry. Quite genius, actually: to …
“Another one of Walt’s screwy ideas” Read More
By Tamara Kraus and Vlad Odobescu While in recent years Hollywood tried to extract the humans out of Batman or Spiderman, by breaking their bones and exposing their hidden family dramas, Clint Eastwood did the …
American Sniper: Of Sheepdogs and Men Read MoreBlog post based on the chapter Journalists in Hong Kong and Taiwan Battle Beijing’s Influence from Attacks on the Press: Journalism on the World’s Front Lines 2014 Despite international long-term agreements, China is trying to …
Behind “one country, two systems”. Pressures on media in Hong Kong and Taiwan Read MoreIn key moments, a pen, a camera and a phone helped reshaping the world. Some scenes in Selma talk about the rising power of media in the 60’s. While the protesters start their march, a …
The new journalists Read MoreEven someone who never intended to be a leader has to make decisions. It might be one of the most difficult things to do, especially when those affected by these decisions are your friends. I …
The Participative Leader: A Survival Kit Read More
In 1978, when Václav Havel wrote “The Power of the Powerless,” the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia was closely monitoring the activity of this “infamous” writer. One of his scripts, “Audience” (1975), was circulating in samizdat, …
“The Power of the Powerless”: The Case of the Greengrocer Read More
If you want to order people, the answer you will hear back from them will be: “Just tell me what you want”, Jill Geisler, head of leadership and management programs at Poynter Institute, warned us …
Becoming the Good Boss Read More