Austin American-Statesman’s The Scene: Breaking the rules of journalism: Six reasons why sources should see stories before publication. 1. Every story can be improved by having insiders vet it–whether they come off as good, bad or indifferent in the story. “I’ve never been disappointed,” Dobie says. “Every story gets better.” 2. Any disagreement over whether […]
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The top year-end lists
The Christian Science Monitor serves up the most interesting websites of 2003. And for the ultimate aggregation of 2003 lists, Fimoculous.com has gathered more than 300 year-enders into 23 categories and placed them all on a single page. Entries include: • Independent Press Awards from Utne Reader • The P.U.-Litzer Prizes for 2003 from AlterNet.org […]
Auletta looks inside the business of news
Penguin Group USA has a Q&A with the profoundly wise Ken Auletta, author of the new book Backstory: Inside the Business of News. He says, “Increasingly, journalistic divisions are part of giant companies who demand profit margins … that often war with good journalism.” He’s right. Thanks to IWantMedia for the pointer.
Some thoughts on the leaked Fox News Memo
Today Jim Romenesko broke the Fox News Memo, written by an ex-staffer about the way it really works over at the Rightward Ho Network. Jay Rosen has some thoughts on it all over at PressThink. In a view probably shared by many, one blogger wrote: “FOX has every right to spin the news any way […]
Thinking Clearly: a new book on journalism
I’ve written chapters in four books related to new media subjects. The latest arrived in my mailbox yesterday. Thinking Clearly is a compendium of journalism case studies edited by Tom Rosenstiel and Amy Mitchell, who head the Project for Excellence in Journalism. It contains chapters on McCarthyism, the Columbine school shootings, Watergate, and John McCain’s […]