NewsIn a move hailed as a step toward greater press freedom, Mexican President Felipe Calder??n has approved amendments to decriminalize libel, slander and defamation. Mexico joins El Salvador as the only two Latin American nations to wipe criminal libel off the books. Read Editor & Publisher‘s April 17, 2007report.
If you want feedback from students about your teaching or find out whether they understood aspects of a lesson or lessons and you don’t want to wait for the formal course evaluations at the end of the term, you might want to consider using The Free Assessment Summary Tool or FAST. FAST is an anonymous…
NewsVideo blogger Josh Wolf was freed on April 3, 2007after spending more time behind bars for contempt than any other American journalist in recent history. The 24-year-old, whorefused to comply with a grand jury subpoena for his testimony and video outtakes, spent 226 days in a California prison. Read the Reporter’s Committee for Freedom of…
NewsBritain’s House of Lords has refused to review a landmark ruling that has been criticized for protecting privacy at the expense of free expression — and could restrict how journalists cover celebrities and public figures. The March 30, 2007 decision endorses a lower court’s finding that a former friend of Loreena McKennitt breached the Canadian…
This is a site full of provocative ideas about newspaper layout and design from a Virgina-based design company. It includes lots of visual examples and thought provoking content.
An interactive website rich with tips, advice and resources for educators and others interested in learning how to use Flash to create intereactive, multimedia content for news websites.
This page provides links to the increasing number of podcasts available of CBC Radio’s most popular news and information programs.
Ira Glass, longtime radio producer for National Public Radio talks on camera about the two most important elements in any good piece of journalism.
Ira Glass has built a reputation for being one of America’s great radio storytellers and is now the producer of National Public Radio’s This American Life. In this three part series, Glass describes how he learned his craft and shares his ideas about what makes a great story and what doesn’t. The series is full…
An online quiz (with answers) for journalists and journalism students to test their ability to do the kinds of basic calculations they are often required to do for their news stories. It was prepared by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.