Journalists
Posts about journalists and the way they work.
Journalists: in love with excluding people Paid Members Public
Fleet Street Blues [http://fleetstreetblues.blogspot.com/2011/03/difference-between-promoting-yarn-and.html] : > Are ‘community moderators’ and other such *multimeeja *types really journalists at all? Or is it an entirely different skill?And is it time we stopped pretending otherwise? That’s exactly equivalent to asking if ‘page designers’ and other
Newsroom rivalry. There's nothing like it Paid Members Public
I almost feel sorry for the guy…
A foghorn for lies on a giant scale Paid Members Public
Journalists are often their own worst enemies.
Hacks & Hackers & RBI Paid Members Public
Judith’s just posted the news to the Scraperwiki blog [http://blog.scraperwiki.com/2010/10/19/scraperwikirbi-launch-first-in-house-hacks-hackers-event-for-b2bs/] : RBI’s hosting a Hacks & Hackers sessions here in Quadrant House. For those unfamiliar with the concept, the hack days are designed to bring together “hacks” – journalists – and “hackers” – developers – to
Fact-checking, Wikipedia and basic journalistic credibility Paid Members Public
When I was in my early 20s, and working in my first proper journalism job, my features editor and boss at the time, Andy [http://www.ridgwaymedia.co.uk/whychooseus.html], took me for a pint. But he didn’t take me to the usual pub, he took me to
How journalists limit themselves Paid Members Public
Kevin Anderson [http://charman-anderson.com/2010/09/27/journalists-identity-as-a-barrier-to-tech-adoption/] : > The other issue is really about professional identity. Journalists are very tribal, meaning that they have always been very sensitive about who is and isn’t a journalist. Economic uncertainty has only heightened this sensitivity. Many journalists still define themselves
Reasons for journalists to blog Paid Members Public
Paul Norman of [http://www.estatesgazette.com/blogs/olympics/2010/09/olympics-exclusives-two-major-schemes-come-forward.html] Estates Gazette [http://www.estatesgazette.com/blogs/olympics/2010/09/olympics-exclusives-two-major-schemes-come-forward.html] on his Olympics blog: [http://www.estatesgazette.com/blogs/olympics/2010/09/olympics-exclusives-two-major-schemes-come-forward.html] > I have a couple of exclusives on the Olympics site
Just after politicians and bankers... Paid Members Public
These lists roll around fairly regularly, and we’re number 3 least trusted profession [http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=511645&in_page_id=2] : > 1. Politicians > 2. Bankers > 3. Journalists > 4. Car Salesmen > 5. Estate AgentsThat’s us,
