There are those who believe a liberal or a conservative bias permeates the media. I don't. The operative press bias is one that favors conflict, not ideology, and it is lashed by a market-driven bias to boost ratings or circulation with more wow stories, more sizzle.

Without vision, even the most focused passion is a battery without a device.

Perhaps the biggest problem in journalism is the cult divide between journalists and corporate owners.

The digital revolution is almost as disruptive to the traditional media business as electricity was to the candle business.

Stanford University is so startlingly paradisial, so fragrant and sunny, it's as if you could eat from the trees and live happily forever.

Journalists prize independence - not teamwork.

The digital revolution has disrupted most traditional media: newspapers, magazines, books, record companies, radio.