Lawrence Lanahan, Columbia Journalism Review

Lawrence Lanahan

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Past articles by Lawrence:

Can newsrooms boost traffic without spoiling their brand?

They don’t make bylines like they used to. In July, I read a story on Forbes.com by someone named Rick Ungar. I found the story through Facebook—someone had shared it on my feed. Like most news articles on... → Read More

Secrets of the City

Baltimore via Wide Angle High up on a pole, under a police decal spelling out CITIWATCH and a flashing blue light, the security camera on Calverton Road captures something unusual on the streets of west Baltimore this bright summer morning—a man in a suit standing at a podium. It’s election time, and for Keiffer J. Mitchell Jr., a candidate for mayor, this corner symbolizes the city’s biggest… → Read More

Ferguson before #Ferguson

Behind every Michael Brown is a story of structural racism waiting to be told → Read More

Ferguson before #Ferguson

Behind every Michael Brown is a story of structural raism waiting to be told → Read More

Can newsrooms boost traffic without spoiling their brand?

They don’t make bylines like they used to. In July, I read a story on Forbes.com by someone named Rick Ungar. I found the story through Facebook—someone had shared it on my feed. Like most news articles on Facebook, it displayed just a picture, a short-source URL (Forbes.com in this case), and a headline: “Hobby Lobby Invested In Numerous Abortion And Contraception Products While Claiming Religious… → Read More

Can newsrooms boost traffic without spoiling their brand?

They don’t make bylines like they used to. In July, I read a story on Forbes.com by someone named Rick Ungar. I found the story through Facebook—someone had shared it on my feed. Like most news articles on Facebook, it displayed just a picture, a short-source URL (Forbes.com in this case), and a headline: “Hobby Lobby Invested In Numerous Abortion And Contraception Products While Claiming Religious… → Read More