Whenever I conduct seminars in enterprise reporting, I provide examples of what I call the “journalism of reminder.” It’s a simple but often ignored aspect of journalism. It reminds the reader or viewer or listener of key historical facts about a story, but it does so at a time when that context is crucial. For…
“Like any good journalist, I won’t bury the news – this is the last edition of the Stillwater Courier or Lake Elmo Leader that you will receive.” Two more communities no longer served.
This recently launched site is dedicated to looking at the future of newspapers, but there is a notable twist. It is being led by a group of newspaper executives. “The Newspaper Project was launched in 2009 by a small group of newspaper executives who wanted to support a productive exchange of information and ideas about…
“That, improbably, was the title of a Senate Commerce Committee hearing, chaired by John Kerry , at which I testified yesterday alongside David Simon , the former Baltimore Sun reporter who went on to create “The Wire”; Ariana Huffington, who presumably needs no introduction; Alberto Ibarguen, who runs the Knight Foundation, which has been making…
For the first time ever, the number of online journalists jailed last year exceeded than those working in print, the Committee to Protect Journalists reports. Of 125 journalists in jail worldwide as of Dec. 1, 2008, 55 worked online, 53 worked in print and 17 worked in broadcast media or film. China continues to be the world leader in…
People followed the swine flu story closely last week. Although most “learned something” about the flu from local TV news and, to a lesser extent, cable news, the Internet came out on top when people were asked which medium was “most useful,” according to a Pew research survey.
A prank played by an Irish student who laid a trap for lazy journalists on Wikipedia — and caught some big prey around the world — proves again that journalists should check, double-check and check again all sources — especially sources on …
“As faltering brands look for new strategies, and the newspaper industry desperately searches for a way to keep a portion, if not all of its print business alive, traditional media companies are using social media to engage their audiences.”
Canwest Global Communications Corp. received another two-week extension, until May 19, in talks with debt obligations with senior lenders and U.S. bondholders. Noted the Hollywood Reporter, “The latest extension came as Canwest Global faced a Tuesday night deadline to make an overdue $30.4 million payment to 8% U.S. bondholders.” The Canwest press release is here.
“Judge Douglas Cunningham, the associate chief justice of Ontario’s Superior court, began the O’Brien trial by ruling that TV cameras feeding live to the Internet would not be permitted in his courtroom – but that the public and media in attendance can live-blog the proceedings in real time.”