VIDEO: The story of The Three Little Pigs, as told in modern news: The Guardian
The Guardian uses the story of The Three Little Pigs to demonstrate how it covers the evolution of a story, in this new advertisement.
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Steve Buttry on why linking is good journalism
In response to a Twitter conversation that occurred over the weekend, Steve Buttry, Director of Community Engagement and Social Media for Digital First Media listed a number of reasons that news organizations should include outbound links.
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Book Review: “Intersections of Media and Communications: Concepts, Context, and Critical Frameworks”
Intersections of Media and Communications: Concepts and Critical Framework offers the thought-provoking and intriguing entry points to a field undergoing a most fascinating transformation, but students of communication will not get ready-made recipes and solutions for treating the world of media. They will get something more valuable.
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What role does Facebook ‘creeping’ play in news coverage?
What do you think? When a family makes a request after losing a loved one, how should a news organization approach its coverage? Should they respect their wishes, or strive to provide a public snapshot of a life?
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It’s time to kill investigative journalism
In what he calls the "post-newspaper age", Richard Mostyn, former editor of Yukon News, is worried about newspaper-style reporting. That is, the writing of good, old-fashioned, patient and tenacious journalism in an era where quick and easy news breaks 24 hours a day. That is why he says we must drop the moniker "investigative journalism"…
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Good reads: Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher ‘robocalls’ scoop
Postmedia's Stephen Maher and Glen McGregor have quite the scoop — they are reporting that Elections Canada has traced automated phone calls made in an attempt to confuse voters during the last federal election to a firm with Conservative ties.
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Lara Logan on Marie Colvin’s death: ‘I feel guilty. I feel a little bit responsible’
Lara Logan, CBS chief foreign correspondent, appeared on CBS This Morning to speak about Marie Colvin, a foreign reporter for the Sunday Times who was killed yesterday in Syria, and about the challenges foreign reporters face in cases of extreme civil unrest.
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Discussing the relationship between citizen journalists and professionals
Is collaboration the key to making the most out of the relationship between citizen journalists and those professionally trained?
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Behind-the-scenes at CTV News Southwestern Ontario
CTV News Southwestern Ontario is offering viewers a web-only behind-the-scenes look at what goes into daily reporting.
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Three points of view on an instance of repackaging others’ work: Romenesko
To further the discussion on the role of summarizing, curating and repackaging other peoples’ work, Jim Romenesko has asked the three parties involved in a recent case to weigh in.