Is There Anything I Didn’t Ask You That I Should Be Asking? #journalism

Embargo Watch: "Keeping an eye on how scientific information embargoes affect news coverage" #journalism #media #embargo

RT @PeterBale: Guardian database on #Wikileaks cables is amazing piece of 21stC #journalism..

Can journalism survive in the digital era? (via @oli2be) #Journalism

Can journalism survive in the digital era? (via @oli2be) #Journalism

My favourite word at the Scripps National Spelling Bee this year was “Omphalaskepesis”: the act of looking at one’s navel. It’s a great word for what’s going on in the newspaper industry right now. The choices are so frightening, the solutions so radical, no one wants to face up to the reality of what needs to be done. So they retreat away from reality. They are lying to themselves and it will only serve to speed their demise. Here are the Top 10 lies as I see them. I’ve saved the biggest, fattest one for last. Lie #1: We can...

Journalists are using Twitter to engage with their audience, connect with sources and continue building their personal brands.

The State of the News Media 2007 is the fourth edition of our annual report on the health and status of American journalism.

But while computers enable easier and better photo manipulation, it is hardly a new phenomenon. Here is a sampling of some of the more famous altered photographs from the last century

no one seems to be fact checking any more

la note finale d'un manuscrit ou d'un imprimé, contenant les références de copie ou d'impression

Le terme a pour origine le surnom donné à l'imprimeur, au XIXe siècle, Ce dernier, juridiquement responsable de ce qu'il publiait, était tenu de mentionner son nom, celui de l'imprimerie et son adresse, sur les livres et journaux.

1. Ask a Question 2. Share an Anecdote or Quote 3. Invoke the Mind’s Eye 4. Use an Analogy, Metaphor or Simile 5. Cite a Shocking Statistic

This blog is intended to provide local news, media and perspective of Thailand Coup Event on 19th September 2006 to the world.

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's army commander staged a coup Tuesday night and ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra while he was in New York, circling his offices with tanks, declaring martial law and revoking the constitution.

The whole thing is pointless to the point of being stupid but also devastating. Thailand is already recovering. The new election committees have been recently selected by the people and EVEN the Opposition parties are supportive of them and believe they w

A Thai here, reporting live from the capital.

The San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper has printed a list of stories we in the media seem to have largely ignored over the past year. The story is gleaned from an annual list developed by Project Censored, a media research group out of Sonoma State Univ

Newspapers need to stop the story-centric worldview.

Let’s just say it: This was a very bad year.

The e-mail interview has become an increasingly popular technique. It eliminates endless rounds of phone tag, and it gives sources a chance to provide well-thought-out answers rather than top-of-the-head responses. But critics warn that it’s hardly a su

As a prologue, Seed first came to us in June, looking to develop a blog.

First, most of what we call "news" today starts out as a press release, which then becomes a headline, a sound-bite, and eventually a story.

A chance meeting in a White House waiting room sparked Bob Woodward's relationship with his Watergate source Deep Throat, the reporter has revealed.