New site focuses on sports journalism
The National Sports Journalism Center at Indiana University has just launched sportsjournalism.org, a website devoted to the subject of sports journalism and sports media.
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Pew survey: U.S. media credibility at all-time low
The latest Pew survey into the credibility of U.S. news media paints a bleak picture, with the news media’s reputation reaching or matching all-time lows for accuracy, neutrality, independence and willingness to admit mistakes. Also notable is the pervasive partisan divide between how Republicans and Democrats view specific news organizations.
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Comments as critique
Someone dubbed “Neocynic” is out to embarrass the Globe and Mail for its priorities. The commenter is repeatedly posting sarcastic comments saying that 12 staffers are covering the Toronto International Film Festival — and acerbically asking how many are covering the Afghanistan war. The comments are under unrelated news stories, like this. Oddly, none of…
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Scrap “news media”
OK, it’s time to abolish that meaningless term “news media.” I’ve long advocated that we differentiate between different kinds of media, from “junk media” to “quality media” — just as we differentiate kinds of food, from “junk food” to healthy nutrition. It’s time to get serious about this. Why? A new Pew Research Center report…
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Students are journalists
The launch of globalstudentjournalists.net reminds us that students are more than students – they are working journalists. Sometimes they out-scoop the seasoned pros, or uncover sensitive defense contract information. They’ve also been known to get fired for hitting nerves – and they even go on strike from time to time. Students publish groundbreaking articles in…
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Tributes pour in for Margaret Philp
Beautiful tributes have been pouring in for Margaret Philp, a Globe and Mail reporter for more than 20 years who died last week at 43. Her family has planned a memorial service for Sunday Sept 27 at 1 pm at the Ward’s Island Club House in Toronto. Dan Westell, who worked at the Globe from…
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Military media monitoring
Canadian government agencies from the military to the Prime Minister’s Office extensively monitor and distribute the work of correspondents covering Afghanistan, reports The Canadian Press. No surprise there, especially with a government notable for its extreme tendencies to control information. But good on CP for obtaining documents proving it and for reminding us — and…
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Turkey and the press
Of the (too many) ways to silence journalists Turkey has added another: censorship by court fine. The New York Times calls a contentious $2.5 billion fine against a media company a “particularly chilling example of another way to shut down independent voices … that appears to be designed to put a major media company out…
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Student support for investigative work
How many investigative journalists could benefit from some free research support? Quite a few, judging from the way many media organizations appear to be retreating from this field lately. In Britain, a unique program offers support from students at London’s City University journalism department. Journalists fill out an online application, and if approved, get free…
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A new model in California
A decade ago there were more than 80 reporters based in Sacramento, scrutinizing the state government. Now the number has declined to about 25. That is why a new non-profit organization called California Watch was founded. Created by the Center for Investigative Reporting, it hired a dozen journalists with the help of foundations and sponsors.…