You're only a journalist if Twitter and Facebook say so.
The social media platforms decide if we are journalists or not. Howā¦ odd.
Journalism
Posts about the skills, ethics and practicalities of being a member of the fourth estate.
Blogging
A blogger defines journalism
Dave Winer [http://scripting.com/2016/10/25/journalismInThisElectionSeason.html] : > You can look at journalism as a process that yields a result. It begins with an interest or a question. Are young blacks voting for Hillary? Begin with interviews, find young blacks, ask them. Talk to a few pollsters
ethics
Viral videos: financial reality trumps ethics?
What happens when you have a video go seriously viral [http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-37222375]? > A media frenzy ensued and ultimately Kimās video was seen by tens of millions of people around the world. A slew of news organisations sought Kimās permission to use the footage,
data
Journalists: update your iOS devices now
Todayās security update for Appleās iOS devices [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/technology/apple-software-vulnerability-ios-patch.html] is a serious one: > One of the worldās most evasive digital arms dealers is believed to have been taking advantage of three security vulnerabilities in popular Apple products in
Blogging
Blogging after Gawker - still not dead
Dave Winer reiterates his distinction between blogging and journalism [http://scripting.com/2016/08/25/reportersNeverUnderstoodBlogs.html], in the wake of Gawkerās end: > Blogs are what sources write, not what reporters write. An irreverent scandal sheet written by professional reporters is not a blog. The piece that triggered
cyberattacks
Journalists under personal cyberattack
CNN is reporting that there have been cyberattacks targeted at major newspaper journalists [http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/23/politics/russia-hack-new-york-times-fbi/index.html] : > Hackers thought to be working for Russian intelligence have carried out a series of cyber breaches targeting reporters at The New York Times and other
completion
Newsletter editors: the new newsroom power players
The inexorable rise of newsletters ā and the newsletter editor [http://digiday.com/publishers/newsletter-editors-new-important-person-newsrooms/] : > Publishers are rediscovering that email newsletters are a reliable way to reach readers ā and serve a critically important direct connection to audiences that serves as a counterweight to the mercurial algorithms of Facebook. The popularity
data journalism
How to use Google Trends data in journalism
How to use Google Trends data in journalism [https://medium.com/google-news-lab/what-is-google-trends-data-and-what-does-it-mean-b48f07342ee8#.26otqk455] An excellent piece by Simon Rogers explaining how Google Trends data is collected, and the context for understanding it. In short ā itās relative rather than absolute data, and youāre looking for spikes and changes
apple
Apple has embraced the new niche media - and you should be paying attention
Thereās a number of interesting things that journalists can take away from last weekās Apple keynote. Iāll return to things like the changes to Apple News and the possibilities opened up by Messages as a developer platform later in the week. But right now, Iām most
digital journalism
Om Malik on daily journalism
Some good advice for journalists from Om Malik [http://om.co/2016/05/10/lets-stop-chicken-mcnugget-reporting/], even if it swims against the āvolume over allā tide: > At Gigaom we didnāt push our reporters to do 10 posts a day. I always advised folks to write on an average 1,
algorithms
Don't be a journalism algorithm
Gizmodoās Michael Nunez delved into the lives of Facebookās contract journalists [http://gizmodo.com/want-to-know-what-facebook-really-thinks-of-journalists-1773916117] in a well-shared piece: > Over time, the work became increasingly demanding, and Facebookās trending news team started to look more and more like the worst stereotypes of a digital media content
cats
Face it: cats have always had a place in news
Why BuzzFeedās Exploding Watermelon Wonāt Destroy Journalism [http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/journalism-future-buzzfeed-watermelon-new-york-times-stories-cats-213820#ixzz46ehIKe1d] Next time you hear a journalist criticise an online-only outlet for its cat gifs, bear in mind that the New York Times got there first: > The paper documents a Timesian