If the Ivy League was the breeding ground for the elites of the American Century, Stanford is the farm system for Silicon Valley.

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.

The entertainment industry as a whole has given more thought to the pollution of rivers than it has to the pollution of minds.

Objective is the wrong word. Rather, it's fairness. Objectivity is a false God. Instead we should strive for fairness and transparency.

Passion without focus can lead you astray.

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

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