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29 Jul

Better to drip than to leak

Slate’s Jack Shafer offers some unsolicited tips for how WikiLeaks could make the most out of its next big scoop – and explains why the current leak has fallen flat. […]

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29 Jul

Citizen vs. mainstream journalism

The credibility of what is called “citizen journalism” took a big hit this week, according to Eric Morse, a former Canadian diplomat who is now vice-chair of the Security Studies […]

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29 Jul

Arts journalists forced to become artists

Like an actor who waits tables for a living, underemployed arts journalists are becoming more like artists in terms of the “piecemeal way that they are scratching out their existence […]

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29 Jul

Blatchford faults media for believing friendly-fire reports

In a column for the Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford writes that the Canadian media were too quick to jump on reports that friendly fire had killed four Canadian soldiers. […]

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28 Jul

Why is mainstream media pretending there’s no oil in gulf?: Mother Jones

In an article titled “Mainstream Media Helps BP Pretend There’s No Oil“, Mother Jones quotes various news outlets that have falsely reported that there is little oil left to clean […]

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28 Jul

New Yorker editor doesn’t like the e-word

Elitist? The New Yorker? Hardly. Editor-in-chief David Remnick doesn’t like the word, saying it doesn’t reflect what they do at the magazine. In an interview with Market Watch, Remnick is […]

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28 Jul

Citizen Journalism We Need

No sooner had British Petroleum put a cap (for now) on its blown-out gulf oil well than another leak was in the news. On Sunday three prominent publications – the […]

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28 Jul

iNeedaGreatStory.com sells ready-made stories

A new website offers editors access to a bank of ready-written stories with illustrations, designed for filling gaps on deadline. iNeedaGreatStory.com described itself in a press release as “a new […]

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28 Jul

Facebook offers tips for media

Facebook developers studied 100 media sites to come up with a list of useful tips for media to make the most out of the social networking site, including how to […]

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27 Jul

Scandals at the Telegraph-Journal

Wafergate, plagiarism and unexpected firings: 2009 was full of scandal at the Irvings’ flagship daily. Why Neil Reynolds has been called to the rescue—again. This week we feature Chelsea Murray‘s […]

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