There was a time when the grand journalistic institutions offered information no one else had.
Those that remain have cut back drastically on Washington coverage, eliminating hundreds of journalists' jobs at a time when the federal government — and journalistic oversight of it — matters more than ever.
It is also a time when the public perception of journalistic credibility is low, though not demonstrably lower than in recent years.
You have overseen your task at a time when journalism in general and journalistic practices in specific are being questioned, analyzed and pilloried, even by our own kind, and you have managed, in your short time, to uphold our honor even as you took people to the woodshed.
In an otherwise blissful spring of journalistic overload, a time when the merest cough in the Kremlin merited front-page attention, it came about that the Post and its sister publication, Newsweek, were being awarded a plum: an interview with the General Secretary of the Communist Party.
Adding Mr. Pearlstine to its masthead will polish Bloomberg News' journalistic credentials at a time when the company is gearing up for new competition on almost all fronts.
He continued, "At a time when Frontline has increasingly come to rely on complex partnerships with other journalistic entities and broadcasters, Raney has been the driving force behind making those work, and invariably the one to keep them on track.
The judgment exempts information processed "solely for journalistic purposes" without defining this term – deeply problematic at a time when more and more people have access to both newsworthy information and publishing tools.
