June 2011
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A behind-the-scenes look at being on-the-scene for the Rod Blagojevich verdict from the City Room blog of public radio station WBEZ in Chicago. And to think, before this I only knew WBEZ for giving us This American Life.
Jun 28th
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Why I will no longer work for free →
This article is written by Bethany Horne, who just finished her bachelor of journalism at the University of King’s College in Halifax. She writes (emphasis mine): I had to do an internship, to earn the right to graduate, so I didn’t fret over the ethical implications at the time.I do, now. Because my friends who had to do a short internship to graduate are now doing summer-long or...
Jun 21st
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Jun 20th
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The shot that nearly killed me: War photographers... →
As a photographer, you feel helpless. Around you are medics, security personnel, people doing good work. It can be agonisingly painful to think that all you’re doing is taking pictures. A breathtaking article from the Guardian. Make sure to also check out the photogallery — wow.
Jun 18th
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Jun 14th
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Is 'checkbook journalism' the new normal? →
An interesting article in the New York Times about the so-called “checkbook journalism” that seems to be running rampant at U.S. television networks today. The article comes on the heels of ABC paying up to $15,000 to get photos from Meagan Broussard — one of the women who sent Anthony Weiner photos of herself (and ABC anchor Chris Cuomo defending the payout).
Jun 13th
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“Of course I was in the wrong. I made a horrible decision at 1am when I was...”
– Paige Wiser, who was fired by the Chicago Sun-Times after fabricating facts in her review of Glee Live. Wiser had worked at the paper for 17 years.
Jun 13th
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“There was a point we considered naming her or using her Twitter name because her...”
– St. Petersburg Times staff writer Ileana Morales to Poynter, about the paper’s decision to quote tweets by a woman who had allegedly been assaulted and tweeted about it, but did not name her or link to her Twitter account.
Jun 6th
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Small Town Journo: STJ's Social Media Rule No. 1  →
Love this. Great advice. mvhannigan-smalltownjournalist: Rule 1: Never Tweet, Facebook or post anything that you wouldn’t put in the print edition. I’m not talking about the AP Stylebook here and I am not talking about needing a complete story. Great social media - and great conversation starters on your network - can come from a single fact or…
Jun 6th
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Julian Assange wins Martha Gellhorn Prize for... →
Does this make Julian Assange a journalist? peoplesmovement: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been awarded the 2011 Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism. The prize is awarded annually to a journalist whose work has “penetrated the established version of events and told and unpalatable truth that exposes establishment propaganda, or…
Jun 3rd
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“In a do-what-you-do-best-and-link-to-the-rest ecosystem, if someone else has...”
– Jeff Jarvis on the article as luxury or byproduct and the changing paradigms of journalism in the age of the social web. (via curiositycounts)
Jun 3rd
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Jun 3rd
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“If we were a newspaper and someone threw a small bomb through the window,...”
– Judy Woodruff writes about this week’s hacking attacks on PBS websites and overcoming efforts to silence a free press. (via newshour)
Jun 1st
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