FeatureAmerican reporters face an increasing threat of being subpoenaed to testify in federal court. Congress has tried to remedy the problem by proposing reporter’s-privilege legislation, the Free Flow of Information Act of 2006. Alicia Armbruster of Vanderbilt University’s First Amendment Center interviewed 11 media law experts to gauge how well the proposed law would protect…
Two university professors in Minnesota are using a graphically-sophisticated computer game, produced by a Canadian gaming company, in which the students transform the medieval wizards and rogues into news editors, reporters, and other modern characters. They role play their way through a major news event.
Commentary The judge handling Robert William Pickton’s murder trial has issued rulings on what journalists can and can’t report, such as the names of undercover police officers and evidence discussed when the jury is not in the courtroom. But these routine publication bans are leading to silliness in the coverage, now that blogs allow anyone…
A select list of links from the Investigative Reporters and Editors to some of the best courses in computer-assisted and investigative reporting.
An article, from the Poynter Institute, about how computer-assisted reporting enriches newspaper stories.
More from the Online Journalism Review about launching online journalism courses at the university level, which includes interviews with Canadian as well as American instructors.
A broad collection of links to a variety of university-level computer-assisted reporting courses.
The Online Journalism Review published a list of resources for teaching online journalism in 2004, which includes a links to course syllabi, including Canadian ones.
A collection of resources for anyone looking for thought-provoking television journalism from PBS.
An article from Poynter Online about how one print reporter learned to write better, tighter and shorter from following the advice of radio reporters.