October 4, 2011 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
News editors may blog about kids, not so much about news-making. With positive perceptions of news credibility continuing to wane, providing public explanations for news decisions is generally considered a meritorious step in the right...
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October 4, 2010 •
Digital News •
by Kate Nacy
Polis report discusses new media communication tools and the concept of networked journalism. Released this past summer, “The Value of Networked Journalism” sprung from four years of research at Polis, the journalism think-tank...
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April 15, 2010 •
Digital News, Specialist Journalism •
by Kate Nacy
The 210-year-old Library of Congress will begin archiving Tweets. Twitter, the blogging service responsible for popularizing 140-character microblips of “information” (define loosely), will join the ranks of culturally...
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June 4, 2009 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Die Furche, May 28, 2009 In his latest book, American media activist Robert McChesney envisions a dark future for American newsgathering. The author devises a U.S. government demanding “the reduction of international reporting, the...
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July 4, 2008 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Schweizer Journalist, 6+7, 2008 Among the dozens, probably hundreds of US blogs focused on journalism and the media, one distinguishes itself with a rather macabre title: newspaperdeathwatch.com. U.S. media critics are engaged in ...
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