journalism

Democracy needs the press as the ‘opposition party’
Commentary, Local Columnists, Nation World
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg News 
Aug 21, 2018
(TNS) What’s the main value in a free press? To hear the press tell it — as in many of the 350-plus editorials published in coordination last week in ...
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Reporting the news a calling that won’t die
Commentary, Local Columnists
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Jul 01, 2018
When I looked at the faces and read the bios of the people who were killed in the senseless attack on the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Md., I could h...
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RTW: The body-shaming double standard
Commentary, Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write
EMILIE PRYOR, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
May 02, 2018
Over the weekend, comedian Michelle Wolf made headlines for her controversial and "vulgar" roast at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner. She...
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Spring welcome: Get out and get moving
Health
Alan Malachowski, Rebecca Roberts-Malamis 
Apr 26, 2018
S pring is finally here! Or is it? In late March and early April, the lines can sometimes be blurred, between what is winter and what is spring. Pleas...
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Epiphany sends cease and desist letters to SNI, others
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Local News, ...
BOB CLARK Olean Times Herald 
Mar 27, 2018
COUDERSPORT, Pa. — The developer of a hydraulic fracturing waste fluid treatment facility in Potter County has asked opponents to stop making “untrue ...
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RTW: Prof. Waddy distorts — yet again
Commentary, Local Columnists, Readers Turn To Write
PETER MARCUS, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Mar 26, 2018
Prof. Nicholas Waddy continues to distort with his biases. Take his bias against the mainstream media. This newspaper subscribes to the Associated Pre...
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