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30 Jun

New company finds way to make people pay for news online

“Journalism Online, the brainchild of Court TV founder Steven Brill and former Wall Street Journal publisher Gordon Crovitz, has announced its first partnership, marking a step in the direction of […]

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30 Jun

YouTube launches citizen journalism site

While YouTube has accepted various news-style reports and information from contributors, it has created a separate page to highlight reports and to teach people how to become citizen journalists. “Ever […]

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29 Jun

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 […]

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2 Jun

Journalists can embrace emotions AND remain neutral

ByRoland Legrand Very recently I did something weird. Normally, when moderating our online community at Mediafin, I first read the news articles before I read the comments left by community […]

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16 Jan

Twittering tips for newbies

New York Times tech columnist David Pogue admits for a long time he was “exasperated” by the hype surrounding Twitter, and felt the world didn’t need another “ego-massaging, social-networking time […]

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