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Demablogs 2 – journalism strikes back
DEMABLOG: “To accept that these are anonymous Iraqis blogging for McClatchy, a notoriously anti-Bushie news service, requires a profound leap a faith. You must believe that every lefty preconception about the war and its aftermath turned out to be true.”I mentioned McClatchy‘s Inside Iraq blog back in January. It’s where the U.S. newspaper group’s Iraqi…
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Get blogging, get plagiarising…
Chris Cobler‘s injunction to journalists to get blogging has attracted some attention. He’s just become the managing editor of US website Poynter Online, which aims to raise standards in journalism (it’s one of my personal faves). He was also, until recently, in charge of the Greeley Tribune, which has just admitted ripping off stories from…
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Andrew Tyndall: now blogging, and yet more required reading.
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Newspaper advice from Wall Street
The ever readable Philip Stone passes on a few hoary but worthwhile tips, care of Wall Street analyst Lauren Rich Fine (does she have to include the Rich bit?): Editorially…newspapers have gone astray by using the front page for stories that readers don’t really want there – they’ve seen or heard most of that breaking…