Viewing journalism Links
- Photographers Recorded Mumbai Rampage in Stark Detail
- The New York Times - Added:December 31, 2008
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- The story of two absurdly brave photographers who followed the Mumbai rampage up close.
- The Year in Media Errors and Corrections
- Regret the Error - Added:December 31, 2008
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- Another of my favorite year-end roundups.
- Multimedia projects you may have missed in 2008
- Poynter Online - Added:December 29, 2008
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- Great roundup of cool multimedia journalism.
- How Amazon cons the press
- Slate - Added:December 28, 2008
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- Timothy Noah points out some overly credulous business reporting.
- Your Guide to Alternative Business Models for Newspapers
- PBS Mediashift - Added:December 19, 2008
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- A very good overview.
- Sean Penn for Senator!
- The New Yorker - Added:December 16, 2008
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- George Packer neatly eviscerates Sean Penn's journalistic moonlighting (and Caroline Kennedy's plans for political moonlighting): "Politics demands certain skills honed by experience, just as journalism does, just as acting does. I’ll make a deal with Sean Penn and Caroline Kennedy: you two stick to what you do well, and I’ll stay off the big screen and withdraw from consideration by Governor Paterson."
- Citizen journalism will shape the new face of the Oakland Press
- Oakland Press - Added:December 16, 2008
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- Every newsroom should hold classes for citizen journalists, as the Oakland Press is doing.
- Questions about Decherd's 140% raise
- Reflections of a Newsosaur - Added:December 12, 2008
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- Alan Mutter posts a devastating Q&A -- without the A -- after Belo's chief exec gets a 140% raise.
- One Man's Military-Industrial-Media Complex
- The New York Times - Added:December 6, 2008
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- You'd think a retired four-star general would show a better sense of honesty and ethics (not to mention less shamelessness). Oh well.
- Crowdsourcing can lead newspapers through buyout blues
- By Daniel Victor - Added:December 3, 2008
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- Part I of a great three-parter on how newspapers can (and must) embrace crowdsourcing.