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October 10, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Andreas Sträter
Reporting on tragedy requires thick skin. The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma offers help to journalists who find themselves in grievous circumstances. When the Duisburg Love Parade went from celebratory to hysterical, reporters,...
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October 7, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality, Specialist Journalism •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Modern wars are fought on at least two frontiers. There’s the military battlefield, and then there’s the media front, where the visceral darkness of war (collateral damages, tragedy, human suffering) must be distorted in order to...
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October 5, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Piero Macri
More speed, more news, more traffic. How the click-per-view logic changed journalism. The cover story of the latest issue of the Columbia Journalism Review, “The Hamster Wheel,” penned by Dean Starkman, analyzes and openly criticizes...
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October 1, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
Most reasonable humans can agree that material published in tabloid magazines is likely to canker your brain into a noxious puddle of wasted potential. Sure it’s something to do on the subway, a way to keep up with Kevin Federline...
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September 20, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
At first glance, the progress made in journalism education over the last few decades culminates in an unprecedented success story expanding beyond Europe and the United States. Educational opportunities have mushroomed across all...
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September 11, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Kate Nacy
How a mustachioed outlier learned to use Twitter and suckered the media. An otherwise unknown loon takes control of the newscycle, gives more than 150 interviews prior to being awarded a formal press conference, and in the end, reneges on...
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September 7, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Benjamin Schulz
Journalism is more than thorough research and investigation. It also includes the open handling of sources. How transparently do U.S. and German quality daily papers work? Access to information is easier than ever before. Journalists are...
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August 16, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics •
by Kate Nacy
New research tracks coverage of gay marriage debate. Are you for “family values” or “human equality”? Not that you actually have to choose one over the other, despite the prevalent belief that the two are mutually...
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August 15, 2010 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Marcello Foa
Reflections on Wikileaks’ Afghan War Diary. Swaying the media is much easier than academics and reporters are willing to admit. Knowing that 80 percent of the news comes from institutional sources, the transparency of information...
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