David Folkenflik appears in the following:
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
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David Folkenflik
This year, the many of the policy initiatives in President Obama's State of the Union address have been anything but closely guarded secrets. The president has previewed several propo...
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
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David Folkenflik
Gone Girl fictionalizes the controversial cable news star. "I did not go into this to win a popularity contest," says Grace, host of a true crimes and current affairs show on HLN.
Monday, January 12, 2015
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David Folkenflik
NPR CEO Jarl Mohn today named veteran print reporter Elizabeth Jensen as the public radio network's fifth ombudsman.
"I think the primary responsibility is to report the concerns of NPR's listeners and to show NPR's journalism is ... transparent and accountable," Jensen said in an interview. "It's a two-way conversation."
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Friday, January 09, 2015
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David Folkenflik
The attack on the satiric magazine has confronted news organizations with a dilemma: whether to republish or broadcast images of the offending cartoons that appear to have inspired the shootings.
Wednesday, January 07, 2015
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David Folkenflik
Renee Montagne talks to NPR's David Folkenflik about the provocative editorial stance adopted by the French satirical magazine, which was attacked by gunmen this morning in Paris.
Tuesday, January 06, 2015
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David Folkenflik
DishTV is offering a new digital service for cord cutters — ESPN and a dozen other channels for just $20 a month. Does it lead to a cable-less future?
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
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David Folkenflik
The CBC's standing in Canadian society is under scrutiny and even attack in the wake of the sex assault scandal embroiling its former star host, Jian Ghomeshi.
Friday, December 12, 2014
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David Folkenflik
As a cable news host, Al Sharpton is covering big stories such as the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner involving his work as an activist. There can be tension in the two roles.
Tuesday, December 09, 2014
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David Folkenflik
Owner Chris Hughes says his shakeup of the magazine aims to create a sustainable means for its commentary and long-form political profiles, but departing journalists see his plan as destructive.
Monday, December 08, 2014
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David Folkenflik
Media correspondent David Folkenflik talks with Chris Hughes, owner and publisher of The New Republic, about last week's editorial shake-up at the 100-year-old publication.
Monday, December 08, 2014
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David Folkenflik
The magazine saw an exodus of 50 top contributors in the days after billionaire owner Chris Hughes, formerly of Facebook, announced The New Republic was going to move to New York and transform.
Friday, December 05, 2014
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David Folkenflik
Rolling Stone says new discrepancies have emerged in its recent story about an alleged campus rape at the University of Virginia.
Friday, December 05, 2014
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Scott Neuman /
David Folkenflik
OnCue in Oklahoma City was the first place in the country to drop its price per gallon below $2. Several other cities are likely to get similarly cheap gas soon, an expert says.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
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David Folkenflik
The New York Times has named former top NPR executive Kinsey Wilson to help its digital news efforts.
Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet appointed Wilson to be one of his top deputies in the newly created role of editor for innovation and strategy, the newspaper announced Tuesday morning.
Wilson was ...
Monday, November 24, 2014
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David Folkenflik
ABC and Univision launched Fusion a year ago. The channel was designed to appeal to young Hispanics who consume content in English. Fusion pivoted immediately, hoping to appeal to all millennials.
Saturday, November 22, 2014
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David Folkenflik
When Bill Cosby sat down on Nov. 6 to do interviews with several journalists inside the galleries of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, he may have felt he was in a safe space — there to talk only about an exhibit based on his own collection of art.
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Thursday, November 20, 2014
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David Folkenflik
A new BBC documentary shines a bright light on the so-called "Fake Sheikh," an infamous British tabloid writer who posed as a Middle Eastern sheikh and enticed people into sometimes illegal behavior.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
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David Folkenflik
The editorial page editor of The Washington Post says he will append editor's notes to four columns by Fareed Zakaria, saying the columns failed to credit sources sufficiently.
Monday, November 03, 2014
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David Folkenflik
Internal tension at the digital journalism outfit First Look spilled into public view this week. As First Look itself reported, a spat between journalists and the company's billionair...
Thursday, October 30, 2014
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David Folkenflik
A Canadian actress has put her name to allegations of forcible sex, joining more than a half dozen others who have anonymously told the Toronto Star that they were assaulted by recently-fired CBC host Jian Ghomeshi.