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31 Aug

How to teach social media in J-school

<p><span style="font-style: italic;">Social media is so new, it's easy to claim you're an expert on the subject. But some journalism professors are finding ways to teach the new medium as part of the curriculum, writes <span style="font-weight: bold;">Alfred Hermida</span>. </span><br />

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31 Aug

Traditional media gets second life

Traditional media are scrambling to create online communities. A report on who’s doing it right—and who’s doing it wrong. This week we feature Rodney Barnes‘ story from the spring issue […]

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31 Aug

How is the Internet changing the way you think?

Every year for the past 13 years, John Brockman, founder of online publication Edge, poses a question to a diverse group of movers and shakers. In an essay for Nieman […]

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31 Aug

Why we don’t cover Pakistan

With 17 million people now homeless – and a looming food crisis – the floods in Pakistan is an important international story. Why isn’t it being treated like one? Claude […]

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31 Aug

Are we headed for an information obesity crisis?

From articles slamming Sarah Palin to celebrity gossip to pieces that confirm what you knew all along – in a world of information obesity, we only consume messages we most […]

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29 Aug

NY Times boss outlines accountability measures

The New York Times‘s various mechanisms for accountability to readers and subjects, include, according to its executive editor, not just the public editor but a managing editor and associate editor […]

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27 Aug

A journalist by any other name…

It’s becoming harder to define who – and what – a journalist is. What should we call this new breed of information gatherers? And why does it matter? In an […]

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27 Aug

Why data sites need journalists

An article in the UK’s Guardian explains why data needs journalists (and vice versa). The Guardian‘s John Keenan writes: “According to Alfred Harmsworth, founder of both the Daily Mirror and […]

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27 Aug

How the media covered the BP spill

A new study examines 2,900 American media stories about the Gulf oil spill disaster, from the day of the oil rig explosion to the day after BP CEO Tony Hayward’s […]

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27 Aug

Listen live: journos-turned-entrepreneurs

From 11 to noon today listen to CIUT’s “Career Buzz” to hear two journalists explain why they become entrepreneurs. Career Buzz writes: “One journalist becomes an entrepreneur, another supports music […]

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