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What is it like covering local news in a city that is home to the federal government? It's no walk in the park, as Holly Gordon explains.

Students at the Columbia School of Journalism have created a rap video explaining required reading, "The Elements of Style." Now, to find someone to sum up the CP Stylebook so eloquently.

Ken Auletta addressed the digital revolution in a Q&A with IJNet. 

J-Source talked to Chris Boutet, the deputy editor of digital operations at The Globe and Mail about how newsrooms can use analytics to guide web editorial content, how some analytics tools differ from one another and how they have influenced the emerging field of digital storytelling. 

AddThis just released an infographic that gives an idea of how news and information was shared online in 2011. Facebook came out on top, accounting for over 50 per cent of sharing, up from 44 per cent last year.

The trend toward using people who tweet as legitimate sources in stories, and using stand-alone tweets as quotes, counteracts a primary function of the profession and promotes reactive reporting, says Stephanie Brooks. She looks at why this trend is problematic and how she thinks journalists should be using the social media platform to enhance their…

"We are journalists. We are proud of what we do. We are tired of bad press about the press."

How dangerous can the retweet be? The Guardian has launched an interesting interactive feature detailing how misinformation spread on Twitter during the London riots this summer. 

Take a look at the map and let CJR know your favourite place to get together with fellow journalists to celebrate filing a big story or drown your sorrows when a bad interview leaves you questioning humanity. 

Is experience a commodity that can be bought and sold? What are the concerns if young people start having to pay for their internships?