Erik Wemple
Summary
Erik Wemple (born August 18, 1964) is the editor of the alternative weekly Washington City Paper. He was raised in Schenectady, New York and attended Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, graduating in 1986. In 1986-87 Wemple taught and coached sports at Trinity Pawling School, in Pawling, New York. In the fall of 1987, he moved to Washington, D.C. to pursue graduate studies at Georgetown University. From January 1999 to November 2000, he wrote the paper's political column, Loose Lips, after having contributed articles to the paper for a few years. Before becoming editor of Washington City Paper, he was Washington correspondent for Inside.com and CableWorld magazine.In June 2006, Wemple accepted the Editor-in-Chief position at The Village Voice.
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Jonah Lehrer apologizes, makes everyone angrier
The Washington Post | The Atlantic Wire | BuzzFeed | The Week | New York | Slate | Flavorwire | Forbes Jonah Lehrer’s speech Tuesday at a Knight Foundation seminar “turned out to be significantly more about himself than … Read more.
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Why didn’t the media find out about Manti Te’o hoax sooner?
Of all the questions arising from Deadspin’s Manti Te’o story, maybe the biggest is: Why didn’t other journalists uncover the hoax sooner? The story broke Wednesday night, and news geeks are still trying to put the pieces back together.
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This Week in Review: Andrew Sullivan’s bold paid-content plan, and Al Jazeera’s play for the U.S.
Note: This week’s review covers about two weeks, looking at everything you might have missed going back to Christmas.
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Washington Times lays off staffers
The Washington Post | Washington City Paper | FishbowlDC About 20 Washington Times staffers were laid off by editor David Jackson and CEO Larry Beasley Friday, Erik Wemple reports. The cuts hit the photo department hard, he writes:.
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DC police investigating “Meet the Press,” David Gregory, who will not be hosting Sunday
Politico | ABC | Washington Post | Breitbart | Legal Insurrection | White House David Gregory will not be hosting “Meet the Press” this week because he is on vacation, reports Politico. His absence was planned before D. C. police started … Read more.
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Factcheck: NRA blames media for gun violence
At a Friday “press conference” (no questions were allowed), National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre provided the gun lobby’s explanation for the shooting deaths of 28 people a week ago today in Newtown, Conn. Among LaPierre’s culprits: the … Read more.
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Four things the Washington Post’s new editor can do to avoid disaster
Now that the election is over, much of the talk in Washington media circles is likely focused on the other momentous change that has taken place: namely, the appointing of a new editor for the venerable Washington Post. While Marty Baron’s appearance at the Post isn’t fraught with the same amount of tension as former BBC director Mark Thompson’s arrival as the new CEO of the New York Times, he clearly has a tough climb ahead of him — the Post‘s circulation has been crumbling, and its financial picture is fairly dismal as well, and getting worse by the day.
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This Week in Review: The BBC’s scandals blow up, and WaPo’s changing of the guard
BBC’s problems continue to compound: The sexual abuse problems at the BBC boiled over this week, as a parallel scandal emerged: In the midst of criticism for killing a story about sexual abuse by one of its former hosts, the BBC ran a report that falsely accused a former British politician as a sexual abuser himself.
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The newsonomics of thin ice, from the BBC and FT to The New York Times and The Washington Post
For most of a decade, news companies have been operating on thinning ice. This week, events on both seaboards of the Atlantic displayed anew just how thin the foundations on which many major news operations operate are. With each crack comes a new sense of mortality and, thankfully, motivation.
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Karl Rove challenges Fox’s election-night data operation in ‘odd civil war’
Tampa Bay Times | The New York Times | Slate | The Washington Post | The Atlantic Wire After Fox called Ohio for President Obama Tuesday night, Karl Rove challenged the network’s decision, leading to the unusual sight of anchor… Read more.
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