July 2011
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Amazing journalism. A must read piece. →
mrdirkadirka:
This is probably the saddest, yet well written pieces I’ve ever read. I hope to be able to produce something close to this caliber someday. Rocked me to the core. Long, but definitely worth the read.
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So about that Google+ thing...
Is Google+ the higher education of social networking?
That’s the thought that came to me tonight as I logged on to my Google+ account. I stared at my newsfeed stream for a few minutes when I noticed something.
Barring a few exceptions, a lot of the people I follow circle(?) are posting to Google+ ways the site can be used, what it’s good for, what makes it great.
That got me...
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Sun Media ditches press council, citing issues... →
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“What it really comes down to, I think, is that he was in a hurry and didn’t want...”
– Max Fawcett in response to Kai Nagata’s Why I Quit My Job blog post.
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“It’s a vicious cycle, and it creates things like the Kate and Will show....”
– 24-year-old Kai Nagata, who was CTV’s Quebec City Bureau Chief up until last Thursday when he quit. He posted a 3,000-word explanation as to why he on his blog yesterday. (A follow up post his here.)
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“If you happen to be reading this article online, you’ll notice that right...”
– From Neil Strauss’ article “The Insidious Evils of ‘Like’ Culture” in The Wall Street Journal. And yes, I’m aware how ironic it is that I am sharing that article with you, but he makes some good points. So go read it, just don’t like it.
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Why can't journalists spell? →
That’s the question 23-year-old Danielle Ryan asked in a recent blog post of hers, quoting an article in the Irish Times:
It is a sad day when journalism schools need to teach basic English grammar and spelling.
“When we talk about declining literary standards … what I mean is that in the context of everybody having a B in honours English, which is a high standard, there is a...
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Cameraman live-tweets the ITV Evening News
Interesting use of a Storify post if I ever saw one.
itvnews:
