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War 2.0: Israel’s post-journalism campaign in Gaza
Whatever ones views of the rights and wrongs, Israel‘s media operation to accompany its Gaza offensive has been an object lesson in the uses and limitations of War 2.0. Talking to a senior Middle Eastern diplomat yesterday, and to a friend reporting from (or stuck) in Jerusalem, there is a (very) grudging – respect is…
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Unrequired Reading {6.1.09}
These are some of the things that have caught my attention lately. It’s a more eclectic mix than just the news business, but then so’s life:
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Newspapers: recreated not reinvented online
Jack Shafer has a great piece on the history of newspaper presence online. It’s an interesting addendum to the debate on journalism’s contribution to its own demise. It would be easy to accuse editors and publishers of being clueless about the coming Internet disruption and to insist that the industry’s proper reward for decades of…