Reporters have always kept an eye on other reporters. But in the Internet age of instant publishing, what if watching your competitor becomes your whole story?

Unique perspectives of the earthquake and its aftermath from New York’s foreign language newspapers.

Mr. Wieghart worked at several newspapers and in government, where he contributed to the independent counsel’s report on the Iran-contra affair.

Several Web sites, sometimes staffed by those who lost jobs at newspapers, offer local news, from city hall to the neighborhoods.

The reporting prizes recognized work from the print and broadcast media and singled out video footage showing the death of a young protester in Iran.

Ralph Blumenthal, a longtime New York Times reporter, recalls a few choice moments — humbling, embarrassing, enlightening — in a career that began in the early 1960s.

Technical snags threaten to delay Rupert Murdoch’s plan to create a metropolitan edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Starting in early 2011, nonsubscribers who visit NYTimes.com will get a certain number of articles free every month before being asked to pay a flat fee for access.

A delegation scoured the Metropolitan Museum of Art last week for objects looted in 1860 from a palace in Beijing.

A delegation that stopped at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York last week is looking for objects looted in 1860 from a palace in Beijing.