The reporter who went undercover at a Catholic support group for gay men and outed a controversial, anti-gay Lutheran minister broke his silence in a letter to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune saying his behavior was justified and that his critics, including me, were unfair. John Townsend, a writer for the LGBT magazine Lavender in Minnesota, has [...]

The world of traditional media has overturned in the past decade – and few have ridden the crest of this wave more savvily than Michael Kinsley. As a pundit on CNN’s “Crossfire,” editing Slate, experimenting with the editorial page of the Los Angeles Times, and now at The Atlantic, Kinsley’s philosophy has been an open desire to speak truth to power, and to bend the boundaries of where and how the media engages with its audience. Philip Bump examines the arc of Kinsley’s career, and just how ahead of the curve that arc has been.

The New York Times has sent a memo out to its freelancers reminding them of the paper’s ethic policies. And wow, either the Times continues to think very, (very) highly of itself or, the state of the media industry is such they know they can get away with anything. Or both.

Today is a sad, defining day for the media industry: Editor & Publisher announced to staffers that it will be shutting down by the end of the year. E&P has been in print for 125 years, and was the leading trade publication covering the newspaper industry: its demise is a sign of how badly that industry has been hammered over the past few years, and further calls into question its future survival.

CNN founder Ted Turner has plenty of problems with the way cable news is trending, but he just does not understand the fascination with these laborious, wasteful newspapers, according to his appearance on Bloomberg TV as reported by the Hollywood Reporter.

Greetings world, and welcome to the second installment of “Tweets On A Plane,” whereby I amuse myself on board a flying chunk of metal in the sky by perusing your wit and wisdom in 140 characters via a pre-loaded Tweetdeck. I’m flying Porter Airlines, which rules — free wine, people, and do you think I’m indulging? Well what else goes with my free almonds, Terra chips and cookie? — and I am not lamenting the lack of on-board wifi one bit. Seriously, do I need to be wired all the time?

According to a link this morning on Romenesko, The Wesleyan Argus is reporting that an anonymous donation will fund the university’s New York Times readership program, which supplies free copies of the paper daily for students and faculty. But it’s all online for free.

Here’s a trick, for those of you flying on those quaint old-fashioned airlines that still don’t have wifi: Make sure your Tweetdeck is locked and loaded with all sorts of juice before you get on a plane, and then spend the next hour or so catching up with the 140-character brilliance of those you follow. That’s what I did this morning as I flew back home from Toronto (and boy are my arms tired! Wa-wa) – and as I found myself making mental notes to retweet a few when on the ground, I thought, why not a group retweet?

In these uncertain times, many would consider leaving a stable magazine power job for a regional nonprofit news site a risky career move. But Evan Smith, who until yesterday was the editor of Texas Monthly, is doing just that.

And if anyone can pull it off, it’s Smith.