the shamptonian institute

I’m going to contend that the following positions do not equate to a journalist in the academic/accredited sense: Washington Correspondent, Commentator, Host, Moderator, News Anchor, Political Advisor/Analyst.
The questions posed to the candidates at the PA. debate were in poor taste, and a disgrace to Edward R. Murrow. They were delivered in a predominantly derogatory tone [...]

From prostitution in China, which has an estimated 6-10 million sex workers, to the world’s largest marijuana plantations in Morocco, Vanguard Journalist Laura Ling looks at how criminal activity has become industrialized and in many cases has reached an “almost legal” status. Like most conventional industries, it’s the workers at the bottom of the ladder [...]

Vanguard Journalist (and my ex-roommate) Christof Putzel visits the country of Bhutan, often called the last Shangri-la, to gauge peoples’ reaction to the country’s switch from monarchy to democracy. Lost in Democracy premieres Wednesday, April 2nd, 10PM ET/7PM PT, on Current TV

The five year mark of the Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom*) was recently reported upon, duly noted, and logged for posterity into the public record; a five-year debacle that is the most recent installment in the hit blockbuster trilogy of military engagements. Some have been short, some extended, but both produced by the dubious, executive [...]