It was a great lede (or, since some have complained, lead): small town pastoralism meets sexy social media in The New York Times:
Category Archives: Sociology/culture
The Future of Journalism today
The future of journalism relies on going outside the newsroom, partnering with computer scientists, business leaders, said Emily Bell, a Columbia Journalism School professor and journalist Thursday. Bell was the opening keynote for the Future of Journalism 2011 conference in Cardiff, Wales. I’m here to present a paper on nonprofit news.
All is fine, several military sources tell The Gazette
Usually, a single-source story is simply that – where journalists have one source. But, The Gazette has done something even better: They have a multiple, one-source story. Continue reading
What’s with the “what-ifs”?
What if football star Michael Vick was white, not black? What if Princess Di was alive, not dead? Continue reading
Media ethics: When there are none
As I have written before, I wonder how much room there really is in journalism for ethics.
This story from last night’s KGAN report on a local film screening is further evidence that, when it’s necessary, we cast journalistic ethics out the window. Continue reading