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Twitter as a news resource…
Jeff Jarvis writes on the newsgathering potential of Twitter, and I see a problem: Developers at the BBC and Reuters have picked up on the potential for this. They are working on applications to monitor Twitter, the Twitter search engine Summize, and other social-media services – Flickr, YouTube, Facebook – for news catchwords such as…
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Riffing on trust
Some of the latest reactions to Can You Trust The Media? Peter Preston “Trust just got busted” Martin Belam “Can You Trust A Media Blogger?” Steve Borriss “Trust in media is about credibility not truth, placing journalists at a disadvantage vs. bloggers” Philip Young “Trust and Flat Earth News” Neil Henderson
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The UK Defence Ministry and public information
How good is the UK Defence Ministry (the MOD) at releasing information to the public? Let’s look at its news releases for 13 May, 2008. Army launches ‘The Pipers’ Trail’ 13 May 08 – History and Honour – British Army Army Officer survives Taliban grenade attack 13 May 08 – People In Defence – Ministry…
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The origins of ‘Churnalism’
Nick Davies has put ‘churnalism’ on the map, but where did the word first appear? Thanks to the miracle of Nexis, you can go back to the beginning of the 1990s to find it in yet another media jeremiad, this time from the late Boston Globe columnist, David Nyhan.