Tag: Journalism
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From Feder: Who Is the Journalist Show at Medill
Who Is the Journalist? The Past, Present, and Future of News, on display through September 2 at Northwestern University Library in Evanston. If the powers that be had gone to such lengths to devalue the word “journalism,” how would they reflect my beloved profession and its heritage to the masses? The developer and curator of…
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Mother Jones magazine on Tumblr – The best journalism-job want ad ever ever.
The best journalism-job want ad ever ever. You should, like, strongly consider applying to work for this guy: We want to add some talent to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune investigative team. Every serious candidate should have a proven track record of conceiving, reporting and writing stellar investigative pieces that provoke change. However, our ideal candidate has…
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J-Lab’s Jan Schaffer on the Future of News
In this future, both professional and amateur journalists will need to engage in more than just journalism, however. They must engage in new kinds of “news work” to serve their audiences. News work? Fact entrepreneurs? Credit goes to Columbia University doctoral student Chris Anderson for these new terms. They help us understand that journalism in…
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Wikileaks proposal for journalism haven goes to Iceland MPs Feb. 16
Image via Wikipedia Measures in the IMMI include legal protection for sources and whistleblowers and the protection of communications between sources and journalists. 'Transparent nation' The proposals also include steps to end so-called “libel tourism”, the practice of pursuing libel actions in the most favourable legal jurisdiction irrespective of where the parties are based. But…
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Attention Young Journalists: Here’s Opportunity Knocking in Chicago
Image via Wikipedia Well, they don’t mention money, but it doesn’t say these are without remuneration either. I’m heartened to see that the Tribune is now defining reporting today pretty much the same way I would. They are asking for 12-15 clips. If you are short some clips, I encourage you to submit some stories…
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EPA finds air pollution in Granite City poses high cancer risk – STLtoday.com
Image via Wikipedia The EPA released a report on data from 2002 that listed the areas of the country where cancer rates were the highest because of toxic air. I did expect LA, but not Madison County, IL. This story by Kim McGuire of the ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH presents a very balanced view of the…
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Poynter Online – Romenesko
We will begin to move away from putting all of our newspaper content online for free. Instead, we will explore a variety of premium offerings that apply real value to our print content. We are not trying to invent new premium products, but instead tell our existing print readers that what they are buying has…
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The Press Deathwatch and Value of Content
What I’m working on is an explication of how we can never afford to pay for the kind of news, hard news, that our democracy needs. However, we can produce this news, distribute it, but we have to think outside the norms of money and the economics of scarcity and the Industrial Age. More to…
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The daily roundup: a second dose of link journalism from bloggers | BeatBlogging.Org
And it’s a very simple post that any journalist can do. It doesn’t take much time, can drive serious traffic and provides additional content and insight for readers. With sites/tools like Publish2, link journalism has become incredibly easy. Most journalists and bloggers eventually call it a day (except, it seems, for a few tech bloggers).…
Barbara K Iverson 