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What’s it really like to head up a world class news organization? The New York Times’ Bill Keller shares with readers the loneliness of command:
Q. I think a lot of young journalists and editors, myself included, are curious about what a day in the shoes of Bill Keller is like. Can you walk us through a […]
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Things we won’t miss about declining political coverage c/o John Robinson:
From the front page of the New York Times today:
President Obama’s order freezing the salaries of his senior aides and the pen he used to sign it. Doug Mills/The New York Times
Answering the burning question, how many news photographers does it take to shoot a pen.
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I‘ve been pondering the relationship between journalism and democracy of late, and so too have the academic commenters gathering at the blog of Social Science Research Council boss, Craig Calhoun.
Calhoun asks the question Sam Zell has already answered - What is the future of newspapers? And when social scientists smell blood, they’re mostly rubbing their […]
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Which countries does the New York Times cover most and least? The Gene Expression blog set out to provide an answer. Here it is:
[HT: Tyler Cowen]
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What value do newspapers add to information? A couple of days ago, I bookmarked this piece on product placement, from the New York Times. Basically, it’s about coffee cups appearing on the desk during a local morning news show in Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas Sun reported it first on Monday:
Oooooooh, they’re calling out your name.
Two cups of McDonald’s […]
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Great interview with Harold Evans in the Independent:
“Should The New York Times be redesigned? Absolutely,” he says. “To give you one simple example of newspaper design. If you have one very attentive ear, you can hear rows in New York as people try to follow a section jump, from the first section to C section.
“If your […]
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British writer Nick Davies is an inspiration to a lot of young journalists, and rightly so (you can read more of his writing on social issues here). But now he has moved from covering drugs and criminal justice to report on journalism. And in doing so, he commissioned some research to back up his criticisms […]
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“Let there be no doubt that whatever sacrifices we journalists make, they are not made for our own glory or enrichment: they are made for you. Whether you deserve their sacrifice is another matter.”
Lasantha Wickrematunga
