Journalism Issues

QUOTE: What Eric Schmidt said May 31, 2011 about Facebook, identity and a single company

2011-08-16T14:22:00.000-04:00

EXCERPT FROM BELOW:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303657404576362861950356484.html"Facebook's done a number of things which I admire. Facebook can be understood as a great site to spend time with your friends and photos and postings and social updates. But another way to understand it is that it's the first generally available way of disambiguating identity. And identity is

ETHICS: Cleveland editor draws line at blogger contributing to congressman's opponent

2007-10-30T20:31:00.000-04:00

One of four free-lance bloggers paid by the Cleveland Plain Dealer to provide political commentary was fired after the paper's editor learned the blogger was a $100 contributor to an opponent of a congressman the blogger routinely criticized.The blogger says his political leanings are obvious from his postings, that he considered regularly disclosing his contribution, but balked at agreeing to

RESEARCH: Pew roundup study finds "bad news sells" according to Greenslade

2007-09-04T11:59:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/greenslade/2007/09/the_good_news_about_bad_news_i.htmlLINK TO PEW STUDY (pdf download):http://pewresearch.org/assets/pdf/newsinterest1986-2007.pdfSTUDY AUTHOR'S COMMENTARY:http://pewresearch.org/pubs/574/two-decades-of-american-news-preferencesBy Roy GreensladeThe Guardian UnlimitedTuesday September 4 2007The good news about bad news - it sells What

Non-national U.S. newspapers now losing web audience, Harvard study finds

2007-08-20T10:26:00.000-04:00

http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/presspol/News Consumption: Peering into the FutureThe Shorenstein Center has released a new report which attempts to gauge the future of news in America through an examination of trends in Internet-based news traffic. The report, titled Creative Destruction: An Exploratory Look at News on the Internet, suggests that the Internet is redistributing the news audience in a

When is not OK for news personnel to express themselves, and what's political?

2007-08-15T20:09:00.000-04:00

This memo from the executive editor of The Seattle Times, posted by Romenesko, raises questions about journalism ethics. When is it not OK for news personnel to express their personal opinion? What is political opinion? And -- adding for discussion a hypothetical extreme: If a reporter is covering a high-school basketball game, does she refrain from singing the National Anthem at the beginning?

Journalism educators bar C-SPAN cameras after NYTimes reporter's comments

2007-08-11T08:58:00.000-04:00

Journalism Educators Bar C-SPAN Camerashttp://webcast.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=171140Journalism Educators Bar C-SPAN Cameras (Broadcasting & Cable) _ We know some Supreme Court Justices are skittish about cameras (Antonin Scalia http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA410079.html comes to mind), but Supreme Court reporters? According to C-SPAN http://

Pew Center poll finds U.S. public sees news media as biased, inaccurate, uncaring

2007-08-11T07:21:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070809/lf_afp/usmedia_070809222839 AFP US public sees news media as biased, inaccurate, uncaring: poll Thu Aug 9, 6:30 PM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) - More than half of Americans say US news organizations are politically biased, inaccurate, and don't care about the people they report on, a poll published Thursday showed. And poll respondents who use

NETWORK NEUTRALITY: AT&T now says it errs in edit of anti-Bush lyrics

2007-08-11T07:20:00.000-04:00

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070810/ap_on_hi_te/at_t_pearl_jam AT&T says it errs in edit of anti-Bush lyrics By MICHELLE ROBERTS, Associated Press Writer Fri Aug 10, 10:43 AM ET SAN ANTONIO - Lyrics performed by Pearl Jam criticizing President Bush should not have been censored from a webcast by AT&T Inc., a company spokesman acknowledged Thursday. AT&T, through its Blue Room

The tricky question of defining "citizen journalism" -- the Peoria example

2007-07-31T11:27:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.hoinews.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=42732ALSO SEE:http://www.peoriastory.com/ ehopkins7@prodigy.netCitizen Journalism: Who Qualifies? By Meghan Fisher WHOI, Channel 19 (ABC), Peoria Ill. Posted: Monday, July 30, 2007 at 6:13 PM Every Monday, you see bloggers come on our newscast to talk about hot topics in the area. Some of the issues are opinions, some are

CYBER-WAR: Can speech be interrupted by massive hacking?

2007-05-29T12:44:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/05/28/business/cyberwar.phpPOSTED: Monday, May 28, 2007ORIGINAL HEADLINE: In Estonia, what may be the first war in cyberspaceBy Mark Landler and John Markoff TALLINN, Estonia: When the Estonian authorities began removing a bronze statue of a World War II-era Soviet soldier from a park in this Baltic seaport last month, they expected violent street

PRICING: Spitzer looking at wholesale price collusion in music industry

2007-05-15T19:31:00.000-04:00

This is a fascinating development -- it looks like the big music companies are resolving into a wholesale-retail pricing relationship with the online music services -- but with a twist -- they are negotiating in agreements which say that if any music service pays one of them more for a song, they have to pay more to the others, too. Eliot Spitzer apparently thinks that's violates antitrust laws.

Outsourcing the news: Coverage via India or no coverage at all?

2007-05-15T00:56:00.000-04:00

More on outsourcing of reporting to India, from Andrew Murr at Newsweek, and his Q&A with James Macpherson, owner of PasadenaNow.com:"But on the other hand, I know what is being lost by the local newspapers cutting back on their coverage and telling reporters they don.t have to go to the city hall meetings any longer. That.s even worse."http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18619929/site/newsweek/

Anonymous blogger removes posts after threatened by city with suit

2007-05-12T22:16:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:URL: http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_5878794 Article Launched: 05/12/2007 12:03:08 AM PDT Blogger gives in to Pomona E-mail from attorney causes removal of posts on city manager's exit By Wendy Leung, Staff Writer Inland Daily Bulletin / Ontario, Calif. Calling it a fight with Goliath, the Foothill Cities blog has removed controversial postings about Pomona

Local news reporting outsourced to India - Los Angeles Times

2007-05-11T12:15:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:URL: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-pasadena11may11,1,7515978.story MEDIA Local news reporting outsourced to India A news site hires two to cover Pasadena from afar. That helps a shoestring budget go further. By Alex Pham, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer May 11, 2007 When is local journalism not really local? When it's about Pasadena and written by someone in

Associated Press story summarizes findings of Washington News Council report on Spokane paper's mall coverage

2007-05-09T08:42:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003582082Probe Hits Spokane Paper's Long-Disputed 'Shopping Mall' CoveragePublished: May 07, 2007 10:15 PM ETSPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- The Spokesman-Review newspaper violated some journalistic principles in its coverage of a controversial $110 million downtown shopping mall development owned by the same

BBC's Greg Palast: U.S. media have lost will to dig and challenge authority

2007-04-28T17:52:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042807G.shtml This op-end piece appeared in the Friday, April 27, 2007 editing of TheLos Angles Times. Greg Palast does investigative journalism for theBritish Broadcasting Corp. US Media Have Lost the Will to Dig Deep By Greg PalastThe Los Angeles Times Friday 27 April 2007 A changed news culture has let several important investigative stories slip

COLUMN: "Sticky state of the union in Vermont"

2007-03-16T19:19:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Boston Globe, May 22, 2003 STICKY STATE OF THE UNION IN VERMONT BY ALEX BEAM, Globe Staff Writer As goes Brattleboro, so goes . . . Bennington? In a disproportionate matching of forces, Denver-based newspaper magnateWilliam Dean Singleton is seeking to crush a unionization drive at the tiny(circulation 11,150) Brattleboro Reformer, a daily newspaper in bucolicBrattleboro. The

Newspapers, sports and sex -- is the trend inevitable?

2007-03-08T00:48:00.000-05:00

>From the San Francisco Chroncle, Sunday March 4, 2007: NEWSPAPERS TURN TO SEX AND CELEBSPublications employ titillation in their pages and on their Web sites tolure back readers By Jonathan Curiel, Chronicle Staff Writer For The Sun, Feb. 20 was a banner news day. The tabloid London newspaperled its front page with an exclusive story on lingerie model CapriceBourret checking into rehab. The

FIRST AMENDMENT: Kansas City paper yanks story from website after court order

2007-03-07T23:50:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/16823651.htm TEXT OF ORDER:http://www.kansascity.com/multimedia/kansascity/archive/news/tropdfs.pdf Judge's order blocks articles about BPU The Star and The Pitch both prepared stories dealing with power plant upgrades. By JAMES HARTThe Kansas City Star * Temporary restraining order by Judge Kelly Moorhouse A judge barred The Kansas City

Brand conflict: Does a blog post reflect on print newspaper's reporting?

2007-02-11T08:36:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/09/AR2007020901961.htmlORIGINAL HEADLINE: A Blog's Blast DamagePUBLISHED/POSTED: Sunday, February 11, 2007; B06By Deborah HowellWashington Post OmdusmanThe fact that The Post and washingtonpost.com are interlocking yetseparate is lost on most readers, who do not care that the two are milesapart physically and under

Letter Reveals Reason for Firing of Vermont AP Chief

2006-05-04T01:17:00.000-04:00

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002462017Letter Reveals Reason for Firing of Vermont AP ChiefBy Joe StruppEditor & Publisher OnlinePublished: May 03, 2006 12:10 PM ETNEW YORK -- Former Associated Press Vermont bureau chief Chris Graff,whose firing for unannounced reasons in March sparked statewide protestsfrom journalists and public officials, was

Stephen Colbert's Attack On Bush Gets A Big 'No Comment' From U.S.

2006-05-02T23:26:00.000-04:00

Consider why this sarcastic take-down of President Bush allegedly went largelyuncovered by the mainstream media.ORIGINAL URL: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1529981/20060502/index.jhtmlStephen Colbert's Attack On Bush Gets A Big 'No Comment' From U.S. Media 05.02.2006 3:46 PM EDT Mainstream outlets largely ignore Comedy Central host's scathing remarks atWhite House dinner. Stephen

Pearl fellow, Nepalese journalist, reporting from The Berkshires through August; housed at MCLA

2006-04-09T07:20:00.000-04:00

ORGINAL HEADLINE:Nepal reporter joins Berkshire beathttp://www.danielpearl.org/news_and_press/articles/nepal_reporter.htmlPUBLISHED:Wednesday, April 5By Karen Gardner, North Adams TranscriptNorth Adams TranscriptNORTH ADAMS — For the next five months, Ghanashyam Ojha of Nepal will cover a Berkshire County beat as he writes for the North Adams Transcript and The Berkshire Eagle as a Daniel Pearl

BACKGROUND: Thoughts about why The AP fired Chris Graff

2006-04-06T17:22:00.000-04:00

March 28The latest, from the Burlington Free Press this morning, quotes Tom Curley in aletter to the state's political delegation saying it is "just nuts" to thinkThe AP bowed to political pressure to fire Graff. It's impossible to draw anyfactual conclusions so long as neither The AP nor Graff will discuss things.But one has to wonder whether, in the absence of the O'Reilly factor, thiswould

"Good Night, Good Luck" and the firing of The AP's Chris Graff --

2006-04-03T15:05:00.000-04:00

OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENTClass:Please review the material in this post in light of our viewing of "GoodNight, Good Luck" and the NYU panel discussion. In Vermont, the longtimeMontpelier AP bureau chief, Chris Graff, was fired. Earlier, conservativeTV talk-show host Bill O'Reilly had excoreated Graff for his handling of astory about a judge's sentencing. Days before his firing, Graff placed onthe wire

ISSUE: What are ground rules for wire-service quoting of blogs?

2006-04-03T00:07:00.000-04:00

FIRST ACCOUNT by John Burke at WAN's Editor's Webloghttp://www.editorsweblog.org/print_newspapers/2006/03/ap_accused_of_taking_story_from_a_blog.phpAP accused of taking story from a blogThe Associated Press confirmed using a story from blog RawStory.com as the basis for a March 14th article detailing a change in national security policies.The information in the article written by the AP, .

ISSUE: When spouse is poltically active, does that cripple a political reporter?

2006-03-23T09:18:00.000-05:00

A story transmitted for Sunday, March 19, 2006, papers by The Associated Press by White House reporter Jennifer Loven has ignited a controversy over whether it was biased against President Bush. The key assertion of conservative bloggers is that she has a conflict of interest because Loven's, an environmental lobbyist, used to work in the Clinton administration. The progressive political group

Editor & Publisher story analyzing reaction to Loven-AP "straw man" story

2006-03-23T09:09:00.000-05:00

EDITOR & PUBLISHER reaction story:http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002234267(reproduced below in case it goes behind a pay wall)Published: March 22, 2006 12:55 PM ETAP's Bush 'Straw Man' Story: News Analysis Or Unlabeled Opinion?By Joe Strupp Editor & Publisher OnelineNEW YORK -- Did a recent Associated Press story examining President George Bush's

EDITOR & PUBLISHER ANALYSIS: AP's Bush 'Straw Man' Story: News

2006-03-23T08:52:00.000-05:00

EDITOR & PUBLISHER reaction story:http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002234267(reproduced below in case it goes behind a pay wall)Published: March 22, 2006 12:55 PM ET AP's Bush 'Straw Man' Story: News Analysis Or Unlabeled Opinion? By Joe Strupp Editor & Publisher Oneline NEW YORK Did a recent Associated Press story examining President

EXAMPLE: MoveOn.org's email to members discussing AP-Jennifer Loven's "straw man" story

2006-03-23T08:45:00.000-05:00

This is a copy of an email received by MoveOn.ORG listserve subscribers about The AP's March 19, 2006 story on President Bush's "straw man" rhetorical technique. From: Noah T. Winer, MoveOn.org Civic Action [mailto:moveon-help@list.moveon.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 4:22 PMSubject: Right wing attacks AP for watchdog reporting The AP provided a stellar example of strong watchdog journalism

Tom Zeller column in NYTimes questions China censorship

2006-02-06T06:24:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/06/technology/06link.html--------------------------------------------------------------------------------February 6, 2006Internet Lions Turn Paper Tiger in ChinaBy TOM ZELLER Jr.The New York TimesLET'S play "What if?"What if the Chinese authorities didn't simply force Google to excludesites like hrw.org (the Human Rights Watch Web site) and lesbian.com

COPYRIGHT: Is it OK to use Monsanto films -- as long as you like

2006-02-03T11:00:00.000-05:00

The U.S. chemical giant Monstanto Corp. is apparently taking a novel approach the concept of copyright "fair use." If you want to use its promotional videos to promote agribusiness, feel free. But if you want to use the videos in any other context, they're supposedly off limits. Does U.S. intellectual property law allow the rights owner to set the terms of Fair Use?See the post below:----------

Brewster Kahl's Open Library Project pushes imaging envelope -- an

2006-01-24T22:41:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://chronicle.com/weekly/v52/i21/21a03401.htm The Chronicle of Higher Education -- Information Technology From the issue dated January 27, 2006 http://chronicle.com Section: Information Technology / Volume 52, Issue 21, Page A34Scribes of the Digital Era A library-scanning project brings public-domain materials online and offers an alternative to Google's model By

PLAIGERISM: When in doubt, attribute -- SPJ PressNotes roundups

2006-01-23T00:34:00.000-05:00

Cross posted (copied!) from:SPJ PressNotes for Thursday, January 19, 2006http://www.spj.org/pressNotes.asp?ref=13598Compiled by Gene Perry, Ward Neff Intern, Gaylord College of Journalismand Mass Communication, The University of OklahomaBELOW FROM:Jemima Kiss, journalism.co.ukhttp://www.journalism.co.uk/news/story1679.shtmlETHICS: Honolulu reporter fired for plagiarizing WikipediaA Hawaiian

EDUCATION: Hartford Courant finds journalism enrollments stable

2006-01-20T00:02:00.000-05:00

http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/hc-jschool0119.artjan19,0,3992333,print.story ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Print Pressed Journalism Students Facing A Changing Media Landscape By JOANN KLIMKIEWICZ | Courant Staff Writer January 19 2006 To hear the news industry report on itself, times are

NETWORK NEUTRALITY: Bell South says it isn't interested in being "content police"

2006-01-13T23:22:00.000-05:00

http://www.freepress.net/news/13354http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=86495&WT.svl=news1_2BellSouth spokesman Jeff Battcher says that his company isn.t interested in being the content police or trying to limit what people can do on the Net. Rather, he says, they.re trying to provide a service in the video world that.s analogous to what companies get when they buy a 1-800 telephone

Orlando daily's columnist likens some bloggers to "Lord of the Flies" children

2006-01-12T15:17:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/editorial/13541732.htmPosted on Wed, Jan. 04, 2006St. Paul Pioneer Press | 01/04/2006 | KATHLEEN PARKERLord of the blogsBy KATHLEEN PARKERTribune Features ColumnistOf all the stories leading America's annual greatest-hits list, the one that subsumes the rest is the continuing evolution of information in the Age of Blogging.Not since the

Re: AUDIO: Can freedom of the press survive media consolidation?

2006-01-11T23:08:00.000-05:00

Excerpts from the 'Can freedom of the press survive media consolidation?' conference run in June, 2005, on the campus of the University of Illinois. This segment features presentations by John Nichols, Len Hill and Orville Schell. The audio is from WILL-AM's "Media Matters" radio program with host Robert McChesney.http://www.will.uiuc.edu/willmp3/mediamatters050731.mp3June 26, 2005 This week we

AUDIO: Can freedom of the press survive media consolidation?

2006-01-11T22:38:00.000-05:00

FREE SPEECH: Reporters Without Borders chronicles international censorship

2006-01-10T23:21:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL POST:http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=161106 January 2006HEADLINE:Do Internet companies need to be regulated to ensure they respect free expression ?Reporters Without Borders. proposalsThe recent case of Microsoft closing down a journalist.s blog under pressure from the Chinese authorities once again shows that some Internet sector companies do not respect freedom of expression

Microsoft shuts down Chinese blog critical of government

2006-01-10T11:53:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL: http://www.globalethics.org/newsline/members/issue.tmpl?articleid=01090620291893Company says it is obligated to follow laws of nations in which it operates; critics say Microsoft is undermining free speech in return for share of Chinese market BEIJING Microsoft Corp. has shut down a popular Chinese language blog that criticized the government and carried news of events

FIRST AMENDMENT: Dvry professor's firing after blog post in Denver echos around Internet

2006-01-08T18:28:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3381544By Jennifer BrownThe Denver PostDENVER, Colo. -- Meg Spohn says she was fired from DeVry University because of comments she posted on her Web blog. Since she blogged about her firing, her site has drawn much more interest, she says. The professor at DeVry University in Westminster who says she was fired for criticizing the school on her blog

QUOTES: Time for new "stewardship" in newspaper executive ranks?

2006-01-07T12:44:00.000-05:00

QUOTES: Time for new "stewardship" in newspaper executive ranks?An expert on the newspaper industry says its time for management to take seriously the concept of "stewardship" to the public. And another says papers may be better able to transition from print to web than some businesses faced with changing technology.Roy Peter Clark, senior scholar at The Poynter Institute, and Tom Rosenstiel,

NETWORK NEUTRALITY: WSJ says BellSouth seeking broadband toll

2006-01-07T09:19:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/06/technology/phones_internet/ANALYSIS BY DAN GILLMOR:http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/01/06/phone-and-cable-companies-dangerous-to-citizen-media/Report: Bells to push for Web feesPhone companies want Internet content providers to pay for data moving over networks, paper says.January 6, 2006: 7:14 AM ESTNEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Large phone companies are

ISSUE: Do readers really care about serious issues?

2006-01-05T06:53:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL (links to all stories)http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/003172.phpPOSTED: December 30, 2005 at CyberJournalist.NETHorse sex and fluff are online hitsSeattle Times editors published a list of the most clicked online stories of the year and found that the top story -- and five of the top 20 -- were about a man who died from a perforated colon while having sex with a horse."I don't

NEWSPAPERS: Ex-magazine editor suggests newspapers take the high road -- but to oblivion?

2006-01-03T07:37:00.000-05:00

COMMENTARY ABOUT THIS ARTICE IS AT:http://medianation.blogspot.com/2006/01/epstein-on-death-of-newspapers.htmlORIGINAL URL:http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article.asp?aid=12101048_1 http://www.identitytheory.com/interviews/birnbaum122.html http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/authordetail.cfm?authorID=4500 Author Joseph Epstein was born and educated in Chicago. He was a lecturerin

POLITICS: Governments, politicians experiment with podcasting to reach citizens

2006-01-03T07:25:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/13519613.htmPosted on Sun, Jan. 01, 2006POLITICSSavvy leaders say hi to techSome politicians are using podcasts -- audio recordings posted on the Internet -- to carry their message directly toconstituents.BY TODD WRIGHTThe Miami Heraldtwright@MiamiHerald.com Davie Mayor Tom Truex is more likely to be seen listening to an eight-track tape

FUTURE: Blog feedback goes on offensive, making MSM think more; MacKinnon quoted

2006-01-02T22:51:00.000-05:00

http://medianation.blogspot.com/2006/01/talking-back-to-media.htmlDan Kennedy writes: "Katharine Seelye has a good overview in today's New York Times on how those covered by the media are using technology to put their own version of reality before the public."Here's the piece:ORIGINAL URL:http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/02/business/media/02source.htmlPublished: January 2, 2006Answering Back to the

FIRST AMENDMENT: 1995 Newshare CDA challenge on pipes vs. content

2005-12-20T22:00:00.000-05:00

http://www.newshare.com/News/parent2.htmlNewshare Corp./American Reporter censorship statementOnliners pose triple-barreled challenge to proposed muzzle bill;Urge congressional reversal, presidential veto and Internet challengeLOS ANGELES, Calif., Dec. 8, 1995 -- The editor of the nation's first all-digital daily newspaper threatened on Thursday to deliberately defy the language of a U.S. House

BOOKNOTE: Joe Trippi: "The revolution will not be televised"

2005-12-13T22:58:00.000-05:00

"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," by Joe TrippiReviewed by Sara SmithJoe Trippi served as Howard Dean's campaign manager when he ran for the Democratic nomination in 2004. He currently works as a political and technology consultant. He wrote The Revolution Will Not Be Televised after Howard Dean conceded from the 2004 presidential election. The book recounts his extraordinary experiences

TELEVISION: Networks reinvent TV news for a digital age with blogs/streams

2005-12-11T17:21:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL: http://www.sptimes.com/2005/12/10/Artsandentertainment/Networks_reinvent_TV_.shtmlThe St. Petersburg (Fla.) TimesPublished December 10, 2005Networks reinvent TV news for a digital ageIt will take more than new anchors to find fresh viewers, networks agree. But will it take Web logs? Cell phones? IPods? By CHASE SQUIRES, Times TV columnist ____________________________________

A Little Sleuthing Unmasks Writer of Wikipedia Prank - New York Times (fwd)

2005-12-11T17:01:00.000-05:00

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/business/media/11web.html?adxnnl=1&oref=login&emc=eta1&adxnnlx=1134337982-g+6Z7TXlLZSDRF8ZFVs39w The New York Times ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ December 11, 2005 A Little Sleuthing Unmasks Writer of Wikipedia Prank By KATHARINE Q.

BOOK REVIEW: Do McChesney-Nichols blame government for media crisis?

2005-12-10T11:06:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/gossip/13369230.htmOr search "Book blames government for media crisis" at news.googlePosted on Fri, Dec. 09, 2005By FRAZIER MOOREThe Associated PressNEW YORK - As with lots of pressing issues people grapple with, complaints about the media invite a partisan clash: liberal vs. conservative; Democrat vs. Republican. Or some

MoveOn.org opens campaign to curb news-industry layoffs; group says it is rebuffed by Tribune Co.

2005-12-08T10:55:00.000-05:00

THIS NEWS RELEASE ORIGINALLY AT:http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/1207-02.htmDec. 7, 2005, 2:01 p.m.The following is a news release from MoveOn.ORG, a political advocacy group. Their reporting of Tribune Co.'s response has not been verified with the company.CONTACT: MoveOn.org, Trevor Fitzgibbon or Alex Howe,Fenton Communications, 202.822.5200HEADLINE SUPPLIED BY PR FIRM:Readers Confront

AP: WikiPedia tightens submission rules after Seigenthaler incident

2005-12-06T07:00:00.000-05:00

http://news.tmcnet.com/news/-online-encyclopedia-tightens-rules-/2005/dec/127331.htm [December 05, 2005]Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules (AP) Online Encyclopedia Tightens Rules By DAN GOODIN Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO -- Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that allows anyone to contribute articles, is tightening its rules for submitting entries following the

BUSINESS MODELS: American Journalism Review story considers: Is paying for content inevitable?

2005-12-06T06:57:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=4004from the American Journalism Review From AJR, December/January 2006 The New York Times joins the ranks of news organizations charging for some of their online content. Is paying for Internet news inevitable, or will the Webs information wants to be free culture prevail? By Lori Robertson Lori Robertson is a former AJR managing

CLASS NOTES: Nov. 29, 2005 -- Martin Langeveld, NAT publisher

2005-12-06T06:48:00.000-05:00

Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 18:55:10 -0500 (EST)From: Matt NolanMartin Langeveld, publisher of the North Adams Transcript, visited today. Class began a discussion of the Orwell Film which brings together theserious critics of mainstream media today. We found that 90% of the media that is discussed is television. It is important to reach the right people. Online people dont spend as much time

CLASS NOTES: Nov. 22, 2005: Orwell Rolls in his Grave

2005-12-04T18:15:00.000-05:00

Posted for kft56NOTES from watching the film: "Orwell Rolls in his Grave."Conflict of Interest- Mainstream media has changed political powers, from a democratic standpoint. One view is that not many people are aware of the enormous conflicts of interests, (GE, NBC, ABC, Disney, etc.)- GE takes advantage of corporate welfare, as a result there are certain issues talked about,

QUOTES: from Columbia Journalism School event

2005-12-04T00:44:00.000-05:00

Here are some excerpts from comments at a Columbia Journalism School one-day conferenc Oct. 5, 2005, called: "The Changing Media Landscape, 2005."URL: http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=32&aid=92918 Hosted by Sree Sreenivasan Columbia Dean of Students & Poynter Visiting Prof Sreenath Sreenivasan Speakers:Len Apcar, editor in chief, NYTimes.comAndrea Panciera, editor

NEWSPAPERS: Slashdot columnist/editor tells newspapers how to survive on the web

2005-11-30T15:55:00.000-05:00

Robin Miller has been the editor of Slashdot.com, the most-trafficked news site for technologists on the web. In this post, he explains why he things daily newspapers have missed the Internet opportunity badly, what they can do to recover, and the promise of local online communities.http://slashdot.org/articles/05/11/27/1645214.shtml?tid=166&tid=149Posted by Roblimo on Wednesday November 30, @11:

AUDIO: eDemocracy simplified, by Steven Clift

2005-11-30T15:37:00.000-05:00

Steven Clift of eDemocracy Online in Minneapolis, Minn., has developed a 30-minute talk about building community life and democracy in the 21st century. "The Internet allows citizens to become everyday citzens anywhere, anytime, by deeply connecting them to things local, not just global," Clif says.Clift, who has spoken in 25 nations -- including Mongolia, Iceland, Lebanon, and South Korea -- on

FILM NOTES: Part 2: Orwell Rolls in his Grave, shown Nov. 22, 2005

2005-11-28T23:04:00.000-05:00

Notes:Why did GE buy NBC? To influence public policy, or to make a profit? -- Insider trading and Harkin Energy -- was it really not covered?-- Glossing over the coverage of George Bush's military record?-- Chuck Lewis: "And that's where we are as a country -- it is very grim to watch. It is really depressing."-- Mark C. Miller -- Lockheed Martin all around.-- What about somber music?-- Joe at

OPINION: Mainstream media not under corporate control, CBS news chief says

2005-11-28T09:07:00.000-05:00

Here's a view about the extent to which mainstream media's news agenda is set by its so-called corporate owners. That's a view expressed repeatedly in the Robert Kane Pappas film documentary, "Orwell Rolls in His Grave."The comments below are from Andrew Hayward, president of CBS News. He was on an Oct. 5, 2005, panel at the "We Media: Behold the Power of Us," conference at The Associated Press

Tyler Resch and the Anthony Haswell case

2005-11-27T10:12:00.000-05:00

Here is a self-profile by Tyler Resch, librarian at the Bennington Museum, and expert on one of the most important, and little know applicants of the 1798 Sedition Act. Anthony Haswell was a Bennington printer and publisher who was arrested, charged, tried, convicted, fined, and jailed by the United States government in 1799 and 1800 for publishing criticism of the government. LINK TO ARTICLE:

NETWORK NEUTRALITY: Washington Post story details lobbying effort by "pipe" owners to restrict content on Internet

2005-11-27T07:02:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/23/AR2005112302200.htmlPUBLISHED: Thursday, November 24, 2005; D01SEE ALSO:http://newshare.blogspot.com/2005/07/technology-daily-brand-x-and-focusing.htmlAnother good source:The link is to http://www.fepproject.org/commentaries/grokster&brandx.htmlBy Marjorie Marjorie Heins / Brennan Center for Justice / Free Expression

BLOGS: FEC finds a blog covering public policy is not subject to regulation

2005-11-25T08:21:00.000-05:00

Reposted from SPJ Pressnotes, Nov. 23, 2005 http://www.spj.org/pressNotes.asp?ref=13029ORIGINAL SOURCE:Kaitlin Thaney, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Presshttp://www.rcfp.org/news/2005/1122-prr-fecsay.htmlFEC says political blog exempt from campaign lawThe Federal Election Commission recognized the partisan blog Fired Up! as a press entity that is allowed, like journalists, to cover

CAREER: USAToday roundup finds students still enrolling in journalism

2005-11-24T21:28:00.000-05:00

http://www.usatoday.com/life/columnist/mediamix/2005-11-20-media-mix_x.htm

AP story on report Bush talked about bombing Al-Jazeera

2005-11-24T11:51:00.000-05:00

Posted on Wed, Nov. 23, 2005on the website of the Fort Wayne, Indiana, Journal-Gazettehttp://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/nation/13240484.htm Here's also a link to a Christian Science Monitor roundup on thesituation:http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1123/dailyUpdate.html Paper links Bush, plot on Al-JazeeraBy Robert BarrAssociated PressLONDON . A civil servant has been charged under

CONCEPT: Comparing today's blog-driven media to America's colonial press

2005-11-23T12:46:00.000-05:00

Prof. Norm Sims, of the journalism faculty at UMass-Amherst, offers this observation:---------- Forwarded message ----------Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:26:48 -0500From: Norman Sims To: Subject: Re: UPDATE: Craig Newman still talking about journalismBill,Verrryy interesting. I'm increasingly comparing these developments to the rise of the press in

TECHNOLOGY: Google donates $3 million to "American Memory" digitized Library of Congress materials

2005-11-23T07:39:00.000-05:00

http://wwwnl.technologyreview.com/t?ctl=FE2A41:2ED7CC0 Tuesday, November 22, 2005SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Google Inc. is giving $3 million (euro2.54 million)to the U.S. Library of Congress to help set up a system for creatingdigital copies of rare documents from around the world _ the latest stepin Google's crusade to expand the amount of information that can beindexed by its Internet-leading search

NEWSPAPERS: Editor lists 10 reasons why they'll survive

2005-11-23T07:30:00.000-05:00

The editor of the Modesto, Calif., Bee daily, lists 10 reasons why hethinks newspapers will survive the marketplace turmoil that is chillingadvertising revenues and raising uncertainty about what will pay forjournalism.Source: Mark Vasche, The Modesto Bee, mvasche@modbee.com, 578-2356http://www.modbee.com/opinion/story/11504168p-12241650c.html Mark Vasché, The Bee's editor and senior vice

BUSINESS MODEL: Non-profit newspaper starts in rural Minnesota

2005-11-23T07:20:00.000-05:00

Source: The Associated Press via Editor & Publisherhttp://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001525768NEWSPAPERSResidents get strong response to new, non-profit newspaperWhile charges of U.S.-sanctioned torture and riots in Paris led newspapers around the country during the second week of November, folks in Atwater were reading about a $450 school levy hike

FUTURE: Liberal blogger hiring two reporters for muckraking

2005-11-23T07:10:00.000-05:00

Source: Josh Gerstein, The New York Sunhttp://www.nysun.com/article/23381 As newspapers across America race to shrink the size of their news staffs,a prominent liberal blogger is doing something virtually unheard of thesedays: hiring new reporters. Over the weekend, the proprietor ofTalkingPointsMemo.com , Joshua Marshall, announced that he is seeking twojournalists to work for a new blog that

Craig's List founder working on news recommendation project?

2005-11-23T07:07:00.000-05:00

ONLINE MEDIACraigslist founder talks about launch online news recommendation projectCraig Newmark has already revolutionised classified advertising in the US withhis hugely successful website, craigslist.com. Now he is planning to shake upjournalism, which he says has "lost the trust" of the public. The founder ofthe free classifieds site - the seventh most popular website in the US in termsof

ASSIGNMENTS/SCHEDULE: v3.0 Issues in Journalism running assignments, agenda

2005-11-22T09:18:00.000-05:00

ASSIGNMENT FOR NOV 29: Email by Monday, Nov. 28, 6 p.m. a few brief thoughts about "Orwell Rolls in his Grave" with at least one question for class discussion on Tuesday, Nov. 29.ASSIGNMENT FOR NOV. 29: FINISH Kovach-Rosenstiel (you should have finished over Thanksgiving break. ppgs. 131-198.Tues., Nov. 29 -- Minutes by Matt NolanCLASS VISITOR: Martin Langeveld, publisher, North Adams Transcript,

PROFILE: Media critic Howard Kurtz of The Washington Post

2005-11-21T10:16:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/21/business/media/21kurtz.html The New York Times Business New York TimesJournalist, Cover ThyselfTireless media critic Howard Kurtz writes for The Washington Post and broadcasts on CNN, raising conflict questions.PUBLISHED:November 21, 2005By KATHARINE Q. SEELYEThe New York TimesHere's something you do not see every day: a newspaper reporter

VIDEO: Dan Gillmor on "We the Media" -- discussion at Annenberg-USC

2005-11-20T23:33:00.000-05:00

Students:If you have a high-speed connection, you might like to watch this as youread Dan Gillmor's "We the Media" book:CLICK ON THIS LINK TO RUN STREAMING VIDEO:http://annenberg.usc.edu/events/051011gillmor/gillmor.ram Journalism School Forum: Dan Gillmor, Grassroots Media, Inc.October 11, 2005Annenberg Room 207Journalism School Forum: Dan Gillmor, Grassroots Media, Inc.Join journalism professor

ISSUE: Why doesn't media cover the "facts" of war intelligence

2005-11-18T00:24:00.000-05:00

Students:As you read "The Elements of Journalism," consider this story unfolding right now. Some Democrats are charging Bush with misleading the country about intelligence leading up to the Iraq war. But Bush is countering that Democrats in Congress got the same intelligence briefings he did, and they voted for the war.Kovach and Rosensteil would argue that it isn't enough to just report what

FILM NOTES: Orwell Rolls in his Grave

2005-11-17T09:54:00.000-05:00

NOTES ON THE FILM:"Orwell Rolls in his Grave"showing in .Issues in Journalism. class at MCLAThurs., Nov. 17 / Tues., Nov. 22Documentary filmmaker Robert Kane Pappas presents an argument for the theory that America is under an Orwellian watch with the rise of prominence of the right-wing politics which Pappas suggests has been aided by the mainstream media. Pappas interviews a string of

Reaction to visitors to "Issues in Journalism" -- Sarah Smith

2005-11-17T09:11:00.000-05:00

POSTED FOR SARA SMITHI have had a variety of reactions to the barrage of visitors to our Issues in Journalism class. Eesha Williams spoke to us about his experiences as a reporter and what it was like for him working at small, local newspapers. He emphasized how one must climb the ladder of journalism -- start out at a small publication and work your way up, paying your dues as you go.Williams's

AUDIO: PBS Newshour story about citizen journalism -- 11-16-05

2005-11-17T08:56:00.000-05:00

The 'We Media' PhenomenaBROADCAST: Nov. 16, 2005RealAudio: The Internet has spawned a new wave of journalists created not by traditional newsrooms, but fueled by citizen participation and interactive technologies. Special correspondent Terence Smith reports.STREAMING FILE:http://audio.pbs.org:8080/ramgen/newshour/expansion/2005/11/16/20051116_media28.rm?altplay=20051116_media28.rm

Future of journalism: What is journalism?

2005-11-16T21:39:00.000-05:00

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.From the Houghton-Mifflin dictionary at answers.comjour·nal·ism (jûr'n.-l.z'.m)n.The collecting, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles in newspapers and magazines and in radio and television

Online Newshour (PBS): The "We Media" Phenomena -- Nov. 16, 2005

2005-11-16T21:27:00.000-05:00

******************************************** MEDIA WATCH ALERT* An E-mail Service of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer* and the Online NewsHour*******************************************November 16, 2005* WE MEDIA REVOLUTIONThe Internet has spawned a new wave of journalists created not bytraditional newsrooms, but fueled by citizen participation and interactivetechnologies. Tonight, special

Broadcast TV Networks Say DVRs Boost Commercial Viewing

2005-11-16T20:56:00.000-05:00

Broadcast TV Networks Say DVRs Boost Commercial ViewingSeeking to stem the loss of advertising because of digital video recordingdevices like TiVo, network television execs claim that homes with DVRsactually watch 12% more TV. Some 53% of DVR users go back to watchcommercials they mistakenly skipped, they claim.http://www.smartmoney.com/bn/ON/index.cfm?story=ON-20051116-000800-1229

McChesney & Williams feedback assignment

2005-11-15T14:39:00.000-05:00

---------- Forwarded message ----------Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:48:11 -0500From: Kara TajimaSubject: McChesney & Williams feedback assignmentASSIGNMENT FOR TUESDAY: Use Williams visit and McChesney discussion inChap. 6 to write a 200-word essay describing the U.S. media system youwould put in place if you had complete control to re-design governmentpolicies and regulation and media ownership.

ESSAY: McSweeney -- The future of media

2005-11-15T06:21:00.000-05:00

Emily McSweeneyIssues in Journalism11.14.2005Where is Media Headed? Through the reading from McChesney.s book as well as the Eesha William's visit I have come to a few conclusions regarding where media is headed now, and in the future. Media, in my opinion is headed to a more computerized age, something that will be targeted mostly through computers over the televised news and newspapers that

FUTURE: As Blogs and Citizen Journalism Grow, Where's the News?

2005-11-15T00:00:00.000-05:00

Poynter Online - As Blogs and Citizen Journalism Grow, Where's the News? At the Poynter Institute website, ex-Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Rick Edmonds provides a thorough overview of the the rise of news-oriented blogs and how the mainstream media is reacting to them. The essay includes many useful links to other resources. A sidebar by for San Francisco Examiner editor Steve Outing examines

FYI ONLY: The New York Review of Books: The End of News?

2005-11-14T23:45:00.000-05:00

Michael Massing, a contributing editor to The Columbia Journalism Review, has written the first of a two-part series in the New York Review of Books entitled, "The End of News." In it, he chronicles the rise of right-wing columnists, and then bloggers. He describes the threat to mainstream newspapers posed by the Internet, and how they are responding, and recites concern about whether the

ASSIGNMENT / ETHICS / ADVERTISING: Should students be creating ad campaigns?

2005-11-14T08:53:00.000-05:00

POSTED BY: Bill DensmorePlease consider this question for discussion in class tomorrow (if we have time) during the visit of Fred and Jenny from Hill Country Observer: Is there educational value in asking students to design advertisements?Years ago, when we owned the Williamstown Advocate, we and The Berkshire Eagle daily) both used to do "Design an Ad" special sections. In these sections, we

Eagle columnist says movie shows Murrow's warnings of decadence, escapism went unheeded

2005-11-13T22:05:00.000-05:00

Sunday, November 13A warning that went unheededBill Everhart, Berkshire Eagle Staff'This just might do nobody any good.' So began CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow in his legendary speech to the Radio-Television News Directors' Asso-ciation (RTNDA) Convention in 1958, a speech recreated in part in the brilliant film 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' at Triplex Cinema in Great Barrington, and Images Cinema

FIRST AMENDMENT: Lecture by Patrick Butler, Washington Post

2005-11-12T13:57:00.000-05:00

On Oct. 27, 2005, Patrick Butler, vice president of The Washington Post,lectured at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University on "TheFirst Amendment in the 21st Century." Here the one hour and 15-minutelecture from here:http://uc.princeton.edu/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=177&Itemid=9

NYTimes Nocera column: Trying to Wean Internet Users from Free

2005-11-12T11:08:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL LINK:http://select.nytimes.com/2005/11/12/business/media/12nocera.html?ts_offers=Y&tsType=try&oid=82&oref=login&incamp=ts:chall_article_trial&headline=Trying+to+Wean+Internet+Users+From+Free&--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Today 27 percent of The Times's revenue comes from circulation, and 66 percentfrom advertising. Six percent of all

Ex-Post editor describes failure of press-government relationship

2005-11-12T10:10:00.000-05:00

FROM THE NATION MAGAZINE:http://www.thenation.com/doc/20051121/greider --------------------------------------------------------------------------------ABOUT THE AUTHOR:William Greider, a prominent political journalist and author, has been areporter for more than 35 years for newspapers, magazines and television.Over the past two decades, he has persistently challenged mainstreamthinking on

Columns: Government works best when a little light shines on it

2005-11-10T01:55:00.000-05:00

Columns: Government works best when a little light shines on it After 40 years as a reporter for the St. Petersburg Times, this reporter retires with a farewell ddescription of the important role journalism plays in "shining light" on public officials.

News outlets need to explain how stories are put together

2005-11-10T01:52:00.000-05:00

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0545,schanberg,69779,6.htmlNews outlets need to explain how stories are put togetherVillage VoiceSydney Schanberg says journalism's most serious failure, probably, is its reluctance to explain how reporters go about putting together a news story. "This lack of openness about our tradecraft -- this non-transparency -- is really the mother of most of the press's

FYI: Youth Citizen Journalism and the $100 Laptop

2005-11-10T01:13:00.000-05:00

I, Reporter: Youth Citizen Journalism and the $100 Laptop Read this post by ex-daily and magazine editor Amy Gahran, of Boulder, Colo., who talks about a future in which millions of children around the world may be able "blog" with each other. Will they be doing "journalism" or something else?

PRIVACY: The Patriot Act: Business Balks

2005-11-10T00:39:00.000-05:00

NOVEMBER 10, 2005 NEWS ANALYSIS By Richard S. Dunham The Patriot Act: Business Balks It's joining critics who seek to curb the law's wide-ranging investigative powers. And Capitol Hill is listening Las Vegas Mayor Oscar B. Goodman loves to remind visitors of Sin City's oh-so-discreet tagline: "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." But since the New Year's celebrations ringing in 2004,

SCHEDULE: v2.0 Issues in Journalism running assignments, agenda

2005-11-10T00:28:00.000-05:00

Thurs., Nov. 10 -- Minutes by Jose Vergara-- DISCUSS: What is status of giraffe profiles? Please email me-- ADVICE: Get started reading your optional book now-- Go over emails about visit of iBrattleboro couple-- Discuss ppgs. 9-32 of Kovach and Rosenstiel: "Elements of Journalism" -- Visit by Eesha Williams, "grassroots journalist."-- Discussion: What is journalism? What is "grassroots"

COPYRIGHT: Needless fight threatens Google's online library, USA Today says

2005-11-09T23:23:00.000-05:00

AN EDITORIAL IN USA TODAY: Last week, the giant Internet search company Google made available online thousands of works of literature and history, ranging from Shakespeare plays to obscure Civil War documents. This was just the first batch of many to come. As part of a $150-million collaboration with five major libraries, Google plans to scan millions more books and make them accessible in

QUOTE: Robert Fisk on American journalism's failure to challenge authority

2005-11-09T22:56:00.000-05:00

On November 9, 2005, Amy Goodman, the host of the weekday U.S. news program "Democracy Now!" interviewed Robert Fisk, author of "The Great War for Civilization," and a veteran war correspondent. Fisk has written for the London Independent, and is based in Beirut, Lebanon. Goodman asked Fisk for his views on the American press, and in particular a decision by the editors of The Washington Post not