Peter Osnos
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AP Ben Bradlee: Everything a Great Editor Should Be
The legendary Washington Post chief, who died on Tuesday at 93, enlivened the newspaper and the nation's capital alike.
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AP The True Subject of Errol Morris's Donald Rumsfeld Doc: Smugness
With Robert McNamara in The Fog of War, the filmmaker captured a painful redemption bid. But the star of The Unknown Known doesn't think he needs redemption at all.
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Evgenia Eliseeva / AP How Pop Culture Is Re-Evaluating Lyndon B. Johnson's Legacy
Now rivetingly played by Bryan Cranston on Broadway, the 36th president is being remembered for his political skills and domestic achievements, not just his escalation of the Vietnam War.
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Susan Walsh/Associated Press The Gates Doctrine: A New Precedent for Washington Memoirs
By breaking convention to publish a critical memoir while a president he served remains in office, the former defense secretary will help shape the historical record.
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Reuters A Netflix for Books?
The sharing economy goes to the bookshelves.
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National Gallery of Art You Won’t Find Emails in a Trunk in the Attic
While digital archives don't clutter up the house, they lack poignancy.
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How Masterpiece Stays Timeless
A new memoir by Rebecca Eaton, the executive producer of Downton Abbey and other Masterpiece classics, offers some insight into the series' enduring excellence.
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Eduardo Munoz/Reuters China and Russia Aren't the Only Major Countries Repressing Journalism
Beijing and Moscow's media crackdown has deflected attention away from Washington's own shoddy treatment of journalists.
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Reuters Can Print Magazines Save Themselves?
And what if they don't?
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Reuters How 'Indie' Bookstores Survived (and Thrived)
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AP Jeff Bezos and Pierre Omidyar: Our New-Media Media Moguls
Both billionaires recently made $250 million bets on the future of journalism. What is that, exactly?
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Reuters Why Book Publishing's Doomsayers Are So Wrong
The grandfather of the media industry, publishing has made an ally of technology and is, in many respects, thriving.
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ProPublica/Flickr These Journalists Spent Two Years and $750,000 Covering One Story
It costs a lot, but investigative reporting can save lives. And non-profits lead the way in producing high-quality, in-depth stories. So who's going to pay for them?
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How Photographic Technology Shapes Our Understanding of War
As cameras have evolved, we've been exposed, more intimately, to conflict.
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The Triumph of the Tablet
The summer of 2013 has been, in many ways, the summer of the iPad.
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Why Jeff Bezos and The Washington Post Could Be Good for Each Other
Whatever else it may mean, purchasing the Post instantly lifts Bezos's profile and clout -- and, by extension, Amazon's -- where it truly counts: in the nation's capital.
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Americans Welcome a Future King
The American media's attention to the royal birth was extensive, excessive, and -- given the hoopla surrounding Prince William's birth 31 years ago -- to be expected.
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There Will Always Be a Place for Great Bookstores
The business of publishing and selling books will continue its radical change. But some things are eternal.
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How Amazon Became the King of Audiobooks
Recorded books are now a billion-dollar business, which Amazon dominates perhaps like none other.
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It's Up to the Judge Now in Apple's Big Anti-Trust Case
The collusion case is over. If Apple is found to have violated anti-trust law, the money damages could be huge.
