News stories are increasingly becoming the point of departure for discussion, rather than the final word on the subject, thanks to the “comments” feature on many news media sites. Comments are both a boon for and the bane of media …
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Media-Wise, Current Prez More Successful Than the Last Two in his First 100 Days
April 29, 2009 – 8:42 am
While the news media is dissecting President Obama’s first 100 days in office, a new study examines how the media have covered the prez since he took office. According to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, …
Blogging has Truly Become a Profession
April 22, 2009 – 1:10 pm
There’s dispute over the exact figures, but a sizeable amount of people are making a living blogging, as this column in the Wall Street Journal points out.…
What the Media Can Learn from the Past
April 13, 2009 – 1:25 pm
As the traditional news media debate how to survive, an article in the Wall Street Journal about a book on its own history points out that you really can learn from generations before you. As the story explains, “Restless Genius: …
It’s Official: Journalist Workload is Increasing
April 6, 2009 – 12:19 pm
Most journalists say their workloads have increased in the past year, and the need to provide online content in addition to their traditional work is the main reason. That’s one of the findings in the 2009 PR Week/PR Newswire Media …
A Speech We Like
April 1, 2009 – 3:11 pm
We wish we’d been in the audience to hear this speech, but reading it is a pleasure (for the quality of its writing) and more cause for rumination about the future of what its author calls a very American …
Getting It Right, or At Least Fixing it Fast
March 31, 2009 – 1:04 pm
To err is human … and reporters are human … thus, reporters make mistakes, and newspaper readers are accustomed to seeing those “correction boxes,” usually tucked inside the front section on the second page. According to Washington Post ombudsman Andrew …
Old & New Media Views at Yale
March 27, 2009 – 1:40 pm
Some interesting comments by a former New York Times reporter and the founder of the Huffington Post at a get-together at Yale University, as reported by the Yale Daily News. Thirty-year NYT veteran Linda Greenhouse, who has won the …
The Anonymous Source
March 25, 2009 – 2:15 pm
Blogger Vivian Paige faced an interesting issue recently, when she received an anonymous letter raising concerns about goings-on, apparently political in nature, in her city of Norfolk, Virginia. Vivian did some investigating and the matter seemed to check out. Still, …