Journalists
Posts about journalists and the way they work.
Will traditional journalism survive? Paid Members Public
Nick Carr pokes some pointed holes in the “bloggers will replace journalists” idea [http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2006/10/easy_as_pie.php]. Of course, that’s not to say that bloggers won’t replace some journalists. Are you sure your copy is good enough for people to choose
links for 2006-01-24 Paid Members Public
* [The citizen journalism debate from Guardian Unlimited: Organ Grinder](http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/organgrinder/2006/01/the_citizen_journalism_debate.html) It’s interesting how the interaction between amateurs (bloggers and photographers, mainly) and the mainstream media is moving further and further up the latter’s agenda.(tags: [blogs]
Channel 4 News in your iPod Paid Members Public
Oh, look. Channel 4 News is podcasting [http://www.channel4.com/news/podcasts/index.html]. Interesting.
Good advice for the critical blogger Paid Members Public
Some excellent advice from Mysterium Tremendum [http://thinklings.org/jared/index.php?p=209&more=1&c=1]: > If you’re going to be railing against the poor state of public education, the poor quality of teachers, and the general stupidity of the average student/teacher/school
Credit where credit's due Paid Members Public
Interesting entry in the blog: Anders Jacobsen’s blog: Journalist = bad blogger? [http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/2003/08/26/journalist_bad_blogger.html] In essence, the blogger submitted some information to a journalist, but was uncredited in the article that was published. He asks the question: >
I have been remiss Paid Members Public
As Eric has pointed out, I haven’t been very good at replying to comments of late, so I thought I’d better get to it, post haste. He said: > But what is an editorialist (the focus of the piece) that sets him or her above any random non-expert
The new man at the <i>New York Times</i> Paid Members Public
Here’s an interesting interview with the new head of the post-Blair (the other one) New York Times: MediaGuardian.co.uk | Media | The quiet American [http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,7558,1006963,00.html]
What is a journalist? Paid Members Public
Eric, a thoroughly good chap from the other side of the pond, has directed a question at me. It’s in his post point5b: Scary Media Thought [http://www.livejournal.com/users/point5b/29927.html] on his Livejournal. In it he refers to an article [http://www.poorandstupid.com/2003_