— From the rattling cicadas at twilight to the willow trees bending in the late summer heat, the lush campus of Mercer University seems like the last place to find one of the nation's boldest journalism experiments.
Her departure in November was a bleak milestone: she had clashed with her publisher over editorial freedom and finances, and for many media watchers it seemed that an era of bold, independent journalism was closing.
And it is to Mr. Gibney's great credit that while he pays due attention to the outsize, cartoonish celebrity persona Thompson fell back on when his literary powers began to wane, this film concentrates on the bold, innovative journalism that secured Thompson's reputation and assures his immortality.
For Channel 2, the CBS-owned station in Chicago, the restructured news program represents not so much a bold move in journalism as an attempt to increase revenue and crawl out of last place in its local news market.
Once again, Indian journalism appeared bold while attacking the prime minister and subdued when it had to investigate a billionaire.
Jane Spencer said: "I'm thrilled to be joining a news organization that combines the highest standards of journalism with bold digital thinking.
Who will read this bold new experiment in journalism and why?
By the standards of Saudi journalism, this is bold stuff.
Gee, I said to Ms. Huffington, I know we are in a bold new epoch of technology journalism, but the whole thing still seems, well, naughty.
"Where is the thing?" he asked me, exasperated that the younger generation of journalists — my generation — wasn't reinventing digital-age writing to the bold standard of his New Journalism heroes.
