Online - Centerpieces About a week ago, my editor and I started a Facebook group. We had been reading a lot about Facebook, mostly about how “old” people had launched an invasion on the site. My editor, Bill Mitchell, is 58, by no means old, but surely long past his college years. Since Facebook opened itself to the public last September, it has grown a lot. But despite the growth and the hype, Bill and I wondered: What’s in it for journalists? So we established a Facebook group called “Journalists and Facebook.” Seemed to make perfect sense. By the time we posted this story on Poynter Online, the group had mushroomed to more than 800 members, journalists and non-journalists from all over the world. Here’s the story of what we learned. NOTE: I posted a draft of this piece to the Facebook group at 2 p.m. But after reading all of the comments this morning, I chose not to fold them into the piece. To read all the comments in their entirety (and to add some of your own) visit the Facebook group. But then it hit me.
Protest.Net: A calendar of protest, meetings, and conferences. The Working Reporter The Survival of Investigative Journalism : CJR: Amid the hand-wringing about the downward spiral of print economics, one recurring fear has been the fate of expensive, time-consuming investigative journalism. With less money, fewer reporters and the need to feed the twenty-four-hour news monster, will newspapers and magazines still be willing and able to invest in investigative projects that tackle the tough issues of mismanagement and malfeasance in their own backyards or in the world at large? A recent Harvard journalism roundtable featuring prize-winning investigative reporters who have uncovered health scandals from Iraq to China suggested that while a few big papers-at least for the moment-are still putting a premium on investigative coverage, other regional and local papers are struggling to do so. But veteran investigative reporter Loretta Tofani had a tough time getting support for her freelance investigation of hazardous Chinese labor practices that expose workers to everything from toxic chemicals to limb amputations.
Fourteen Propaganda Techniques Fox "News" Uses to Brainwash Americans There is nothing more sacred to the maintenance of democracy than a free press. Access to comprehensive, accurate and quality information is essential to the manifestation of Socratic citizenship - the society characterized by a civically engaged, well-informed and socially invested populace. Thus, to the degree that access to quality information is willfully or unintentionally obstructed, democracy itself is degraded. It is ironic that in the era of 24-hour cable news networks and "reality" programming, the news-to-fluff ratio and overall veracity of information has declined precipitously. My curiosity about this question compelled me to sit down and document the most oft-used methods by which willful ignorance has been turned into dogma by Fox News and other propagandists disguised as media. The good news is that the more conscious you are of these techniques, the less likely they are to work on you. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. One final observation.
Six Must-Know Online Resources for Journalists « Communicate: The Diederich College of Communication blog Posted by the Diederich College of Communication It’s no longer enough to just be a great writer; today’s well-prepared journalist must be well-versed (if not fluent) in using social media and emerging multimedia technology to gather sources and get the story out to the public. Luckily, there are some helpful resources designed to help navigate the new frontier of journalism in the digital age. Below are six must-know websites for anyone working in the profession. 10,000 Words.net According to the site description, 10000words.net is a place “where journalism and technology meet.” Society for Professional Journalists: List of Influential Journalists to Follow on Twitter SPJ has compiled an ever-expanding Twitter list of people offering insight into the field of journalism. AP Style Guide Update Long considered the journalist’s bible, the AP Style Guide now includes information about incorporating social media and online terminology into writing and reporting. Like this: Like Loading...
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Unravelling: Promo Two Hourglass: Promo One Unravelling: Promo Two Assange: Official trailer Episode Two: Teaser Warning: Assange! Controversy! Cypherpunks: Episode Eight, full version, pt.2 Cypherpunks: Episode Eight, full version, pt.1 Ibrahim: Episode Eleven Chomsky-Ali: Episode Ten Khan: Episode Nine Cypherpunks: Episode Eight, pt.2 Cypherpunks: Episode Eight, pt.1 Occupy: Episode Seven Correa: Episode Six Begg-Qureshi: Episode Five Rajab & Abd El-Fattah: Episode Four Marzouki: Episode Three Horowitz-Zizek: Episode Two Nasrallah: Episode One Revealed: Assange pre-show full interview
Gulf oil spill: A hole in the world Reprinted from The Guardian Obama cannot order pelicans not to die (no matter whose ass he kicks). And no amount of money not BP's $20bn, not $100bn can replace aculture that's lost its roots.' flickr image by kbaird Everyone gathered for the town hall meeting had been repeatedly instructed to show civility to the gentlemen from BP and the federal government. These fine folks had made time in their busy schedules to come to a high school gymnasium on a Tuesday night in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, one of many coastal communities where brown poison was slithering through the marshes, part of what has come to be described as the largest environmental disaster in US history. "Speak to others the way you would want to be spoken to," the chair of the meeting pleaded one last time before opening the floor for questions. And for a while the crowd, mostly made up of fishing families, showed remarkable restraint. "Put it in writing!" The showdown was cathartic, if nothing else. We do know this.
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Occupy Wall Street Demands The Sovereign People's Movement, represented nationally through the people occupying the various Liberty Square locations across this great country, have laid out and democratically submitted and are currently voting on the list of following Demands to then be distilled into one Unified Common demand of the people. First of all. There are no Official Demands of the Occupy Movement. that being said, multiple factions of the movement have been assembling to discuss and vote on the output and message for the movement. Corporations are not People Participate in Democracy and Vote on Occupy Wall Street Demands Here to Have Your Voice Heard *NOTE* Many have been vocal about the demands of the Demands of Occupy Wall Street. Vote HERE for All Proposed #Revolution Demands to be included in The Formal Document below. Revise the intrepretation of the famous 1886 case where the U.S. Ammendment Dated September 30, 2011 for reasons of consolidation Recently ammendments to consolidate in this demand U.S.