Tag Archives: journalism

Why Christie Blatchford Won’t Blog

August 22, 2008 – 6:44 pm

Christie Blatchford wrote an excellent piece in Thursday’s Globe and Mail entitled, “I’m not blogging this, mark my words.”
Her article is basically a rant about the challenges of blogging in Beijing, of the challenges of journalists blogging and of the effects that new media tools like blogs and podcasts are having on journalistic quality. I [...]

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Twitter Becoming A Source, Not Just News

August 19, 2008 – 10:47 pm

Is Twitter moving beyond being a news story and towards becoming a credible source for them?
Not too long ago I got excited whenever I saw Twitter mentioned as the subject of a news article. Recently, though, I’ve noticed an increasing number of mainstream news articles using Twitter as a source rather than a subject.
The [...]

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Citizen Journalists Break Toronto Explosion Story

August 10, 2008 – 12:34 pm

I got home from my run today to see a Twitter message from Jeremiah Owyang about an explosion and subsequent large-scale evacuation in Toronto’s north end.
Yes, through the wonderful power of the web, the news traveled down to San Francisco and back up to me. A tremendous demonstration of the power of online communications, and [...]

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Don’t Believe Everything You See

July 10, 2008 – 4:52 pm

Multiple newspapers including The Los Angeles Times, The Financial Times and NYTimes.com published a photograph of Iran’s recent missile test today. The photograph shows four missiles moments after their launch. The problem? It appears only three missiles were successfully launched.

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Study Examines The Impact Of PR On News

June 9, 2008 – 10:36 pm

The pressure to produce three times as much content as they did twenty years ago means that journalists are heavily reliant on pre-packaged information and have little time to follow-up on it.

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International Olympic Committee Allows Beijing Athletes To Blog

February 16, 2008 – 2:22 pm

The International Olympic Committee has ruled that athletes at the Beijing Olympics will be allowed to write about their experiences during the games.
They’re referring specifically to blogs. If you’re not familiar with blogs, in this context they’re essentially journals that are available on the web.
According to the BBC, this is the first time the [...]

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