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- Posted Feb 07, 2013
- Use the Smell Test To Separate Fact from Fiction Online
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John McManus writes on PBS MediaShift: "With professional journalism imploding and an exploding infosphere online, on cable, and on air that's bursting with questionable news and information, how can a consumer or citizen become informed without being misled? This new information landscape is as vast as the Sahara, but full of mirages. You can look up almost anything on the Internet. But most of what's offered is really trying to sell a product, service, or point of view."
- Posted Jan 25, 2013
- NYT Buyouts Push Veteran Journalists to The Exits
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Michael Calderone, Huffington Post. Jim Roberts, Joe Sexton and Jon Landman have several things in common. They each joined The New York Times in 1987, held some of the highest positions at the paper and are among the group of newsroom veterans leaving in a round of voluntary buyouts, submitting their papers before Thursday's 5 p.m. deadline. The Huffington Post reported Thursday morning that Sexton, the paper’s sports editor and former metro editor, is leaving for the investigative non-profit ProPublica, while Roberts, an assistant managing editor, announced his departure plans hours later on Twitter. .
- Posted Jan 24, 2013
- Commentary: Are Journalists Joking Too Much On Twitter?
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Craig Kanalley writes: "A 'journalist' has a serious job. Some duties: relay critical information in a timely manner, hold public leaders accountable, serve the general public. These are some of the reasons I went into journalism in the first place and they're not the most hilarious things in the world. Why then is Twitter so often filled with snark? So many jokes from journalists? Sometimes about serious matters, but supplemented with wit, puns and creativity?... But words can have consequences. If you make the wrong joke at the wrong time, maybe you don't even intend to come across a certain way but it does anyway, you can be in a lot of trouble."
- Posted Jan 10, 2013
- Award-Winning Journalist, Richard Ben Cramer, Dies
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Source: Associated Press. Richard Ben Cramer, a fearless and dedicated author and reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize for his journalism and wrote the classic presidential campaign book "What It Takes," has died. He was 62. Cramer died Monday at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore from complications of lung cancer, his agent, Philippa Brophy, said. Cramer lived with his wife, Joan, on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Cramer won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting from the Middle East while with the Philadelphia Inquirer, where he worked for seven years. He was known for an in-depth reporting style that involved spending significant time with the subjects he profiled and recreating scenes with vivid color and dialogue.
- Posted Jan 03, 2013
- Al Jazeera Completes Deal to Buy Current TV
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Joe Flint, Los Angeles Times. Current TV, the small cable news channel that was co-founded by former vice president Al Gore, has been sold to Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based media company. The acquisition gives Al Jazeera, which is funded by the Qatar government, the opportunity to establish a footprint in the United States, where it already has an English-language version of its Qatar service -- called Al Jazeera English -- but only limited reach.
- Posted Dec 26, 2012
- Illegal for NBC's Gregory to Show Empty Gun Magazine on TV
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Dylan Byers, Politico. A Washington Metropolitan Police Department spokesman tells POLITICO that it was illegal for NBC's David Gregory to show an empty gun magazine on television last Sunday, even if it was empty. The spokesman also said he could not confirm a report by TMZ, the Hollywood gossip site, alleging that a D.C. police official told a member of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives just the opposite, leading Gregory and his team at NBC's "Meet the Press" to believe he could legally show an empty magazine on television.
- Posted Dec 21, 2012
- Jake Tapper Leaving ABC News for CNN
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Brian Stelter, New York Times. CNN said on Thursday that it had hired Jake Tapper, the senior White House correspondent for ABC News, as new programming for the cable news channel was announced. Tapper, widely seen as one of the most aggressive reporters in the nation’s capital, will be the anchor of an afternoon program for the channel and will be its chief Washington correspondent. The new program will start sometime next year.
- Posted Dec 17, 2012
- Update: NBC News' Richard Engel Released in Syria
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Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor. NBC Chief Correspondent Richard Engel and three members of his production crew were released safely from captivity last night, five days after being kidnapped in Syria, the news network reports. It is unclear who is responsible for the kidnapping, but the episode highlights the dangerous nature of reporting in war-torn Syria, a country the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) dubbed the deadliest place for journalists this year.
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Where Journalists Risk Their Lives to Report
This past week, it was reported that American freelance journalist Austin Tice was captured and is being held by the Syrian government--further evidence of just how dangerous the Syrian civil war has become for those who report on it.
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Tips for Investigative Reporting
Organized chaos. That’s how Lee Zurik of WVUE in New Orleans describes his work days. And no wonder. He anchors two prime time newscasts every night and also serves as the station’s chief investigative reporter. How does he manage to keep producing award-winning work? Source: Newslab.org.
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A Journalist's Descent Into Madness
Susannah Cahalan's life was nicely falling into place. She'd landed a great job at a revered newspaper and was pursuing her dream as a journalist. Almost overnight, however, it all came crashing down as she felt her mind slipping away from her. In “Brain on Fire,” Cahalan documents her panic to define what was ripping her life apart, and her struggle to overcome it.
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Internet Gains Most as Campaign News Source
With the election less than two weeks away, Americans are following the presidential campaign more closely on nearly every news platform than they were earlier in the year, including print newspapers. The biggest gains have come on the internet-both to the websites of traditional news sources and those native to the web.
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How to Make a TV Story Memorable
How would you define a memorable TV news story? For reporter Boyd Huppert, it’s a story that connects with viewers, that goes beyond the facts to touch people in some way. To achieve that goal, Huppert looks for a character and a concept that will tie his story together. And when he writes the script, he makes sure the viewer knows early on who and what the story is really about. Source: Newslab.org.
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Future of Mobile News
The percent of Americans with mobile access to the internet has jumped dramatically in the last year -- a trend that has major implications for the news industry. A new survey by the Project for Excellence in Journalism examines how tablets and smartphones have changed news consumption habits.
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