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craigslist…
Craig Newmark has this advice for journalists… The central requirement for news organizations has to be trust. Which version of a story can be trusted? As a consumer of news, this core issue of how to establish—and maintain—trust can be frustrating. For example, when I watch interviews and can tell when a reporter knows someone…
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Attack of the demablogs
Here’s a recent piece from Press Gazette: Were I writing a demablog – a polemical rant against the MSM (the ‘mainstream media’) – I’d probably start the piece like this: Journalists risking their lives to report on the world’s most dangerous places now have a new enemy. They risk being shot in the back by…
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Recommend John Nichols‘ essay on the future of newspapers in The Nation. Don’t be put off by his weak-sounding conclusions: Civic-minded families may well have a better record of running newspapers than distant investors, but there aren’t enough wealthy philanthropists to go around, and besides, they aren’t all “civic minded.” Foundations and trusts, which control…
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Lehrer’s rules
I seem to be stuck in a recycling ancient wisdom groove, but Jim Lehrer who presents NewsHour recently gave a speech where he laid down his journalism guidelines. I know it might sound a tad sanctimonious, but I like it! Do nothing I cannot defend. Cover, write, and present every story with the care I…