Using sources to uncover secrets
Cecil Rosner examines how two renowned investigative journalists handle sourcing and concludes that whatever the approach, relying on a single source is always a risky venture.
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Carleton’s j-school gets a new director
Chris Waddell, who has been the associate director of Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication for the last three years, is set to take over as interim director in July. He replaces Karim H. Karim, who has been the director for the past three years. Karim is stepping down…
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10 steps to saving newspapers
From his hospital bed, Mark Glaser, of PBS MediaShift, had time to think about 10 fundamental ways newspapers can change to save themselves.
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Recapturing the place of major metro newspapers
“Proliferating blogs and micro-sites are producing so much local news, hard and soft, that the continuing shrinkage and even death of metro papers will leave no troubling void in metro coverage, Mark Potts concludes in an extensively linked post on his Recovering Journalist blog. Potts comes close to putting metros collectively in the past tense.…
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How to save newspapers? Get out from behind the desk
“If newspapers are to rise from the obituary page, the people in charge better learn how to sell them as an important advertising vehicle and an irreplaceable voice in their communities. That means they need to embrace new media to avoid getting eaten by it. Reporters must get out from behind their desks and do…
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Twitter and journalism: a synopsis
Karthika Muthukumaraswamy gives a thorough analysis of Twitter’s role in journalism in this article, citing scholars and journalists. Notably, she emphasizes the importance of verification as being a major difference between tweets provided by anybody and those provided by journalists.
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Local content could save newspapers, survey says
More local content is the key to saving newspapers in the SunMedia chain, according to a study done by Communications Workers of America released on June 25. “Publishers and newspaper companies complain that the financial model for the media industry is broken and papers are endangered because of competition from the Internet. This poll shows…
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Teen media usage not so different, study argues
For many in the traditional media business, attracting young readers and viewers is like searching for the Holy Grail, a quest that never quite succeeds as hoped. However, according to How Teens Use Media, a new “myth-debunking” study by the Nielsen company, teens really aren’t that different from other people in how they interact with mass media. “The fact is, teens are unique, but they are not…
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Two Sun Media community weeklies in Alberta suffer cutbacks
“Sun Media’s Alberta weeklies continue to experience the wrath of Quebecor cutbacks, the latest being the Pincher Creek Echo and the Crowsnest Pass Promoter.”