December 22, 2010 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
Media prophecies, 2011. As the familiar lists of wrap-ups and predictions spring from every conceivable angle, the future of the news media is, once again, condensed in 10 convenient points. Deeming 2010 the year of “mobile for...
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December 21, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
EU and US join forces, launch website, battle piracy. The new site – the Transatlantic IPR Portal – was devised to help small software and hardware developers protect their intellectual property from counterfeiters. According...
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December 16, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Since the publication of Wikileaks’ latest wave of documents, the world seems to be spinning upside down. Not only has the U.S. diplomacy been snubbed, but the Wikileaks servers along with those of mega companies like Mastercard, Visa,...
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December 7, 2010 •
Digital News, Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
Anyone who’s done a bit of freelancing is aware that news editors are surprisingly un-Googleable. Email addresses along with other relevant contact info appear sparsely, if at all. In Googling ourselves we uncover the old standbys...
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December 7, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
An alliance of news organizations unite for accuracy. The Report an Error Alliance, formed by Scott Rosenberg of MediaBugs and Craig Silverman of Regret the Error, is designed to improve accuracy in news coverage by giving readers the...
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November 30, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Wiebke Schoon, a researcher from the University of Hamburg, spoke euphorically of the “cosmopolitan turn” taken by media and journalism research. Indeed, only a few years ago it would have been unthinkable: Nearly 1000 researchers...
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November 23, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
A California company tackles online plagiarism politely. Attributor, a company based in San Mateo, California, devised the first Web-wide monitoring and enforcement platform, created to monitor licensed use and protect against unauthorized...
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November 18, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
At first sight it appears that we, the media users, are the big beneficiaries of the Internet and media convergence. We continue to access much content for free, or at least at prices much cheaper than before. Upon a second glance,...
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November 11, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
MediaBugs releases first survey of U.S. media correction policies. MediaBugs – an online service providing the public with tools to reports errors in media coverage – takes a look at the websites of 40 major U.S. newsrooms, including...
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