by Rosebud Journalism Awards | Aug 12, 2025 | Opinions & Critical Reviews
AUGUST 2025 – In late November 2023 – nearly a year before the presidential election – public intellectual Robert Kagan penned one of the most prescient works of political analysis ever posted to a news site. He wrote, in The Washington Post, that...
by Rosebud Journalism Awards | Aug 12, 2025 | Obituaries & Long Form
AUGUST 2025 – We’ve extolled the virtues of the NYT obit desk, so why stop? NYT obituaries today have no peer – and last week’s obituary about CIA operative Sandra Grimes, who uncovered the case of turncoat Aldrich (“Rick”) Ames,...
by Rosebud Journalism Awards | Aug 5, 2025 | Worth Noting
AUGUST 2025 – Washington may be a mess, and Trump’s authoritarianism may have the upper hand right now, but we get reminders that clearly articulated facts still rule. No matter who writes them. A recent op-ed in the NYT by two Obama intelligence officials...
by Rosebud Journalism Awards | Jul 30, 2025 | General News & Business Features
JULY 2025 – The Republican’s “Big Beautiful Bill” – a panoply of tax revisions, Medicaid cuts and other budget-sensitive policies – was enshrined into law this month, and while major print media covered events leading up to its...
by Rosebud Journalism Awards | Jul 29, 2025 | Opinions & Critical Reviews
JULY 2025 – Center-right NYT columnist Bret Stephens came out and said it: “Not everything Trump does is bad.” And of course the relatively modest number of reader comments – fewer than 250 as of now – skewered Stephens for even...