flying
 A meeting at work this morning reminded me of something I noticed on the flight over to Florida at the tail end of last year and
censorship
Adrian Monck is chairing a media panel, and inevitably we’re focusing on WikiLeaks. We’ve always had leaks, says Julio Alonso of Weblogs S. “The WikiLeaks phenomenon is not new, but it has a different form. ” The closing of Amazon and PayPal accounts , the problems with wikileaks DNS, are
Blogging
Judith Townend [http://posterous.com/people/4wjLiFjs3sWt], she who has given up life at journalism.co.uk for PhDing, is running a survey around media law and online publishers/bloggers [http://fromtheonline.com/2010/08/20/whats-a-journalist-and-do-they-understand-law/] . Help academia flourish by filling it out [https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=
bloggers
Isn’t it interesting how the broadening of the communication channel causes gatekeepers of all stripes (in this case, the Tory press office) to tie themselves into knots trying to define who is “media” and who isn’t? Incidentally, I think they’ll live to regret that attitude on display
anti-social media
Social is the new default.
Journalism
Andy Ihnatko on why the term “Mainstream Media” is meaningless [http://ihnatko.com/index.php/2009/06/28/the-mainstream-media/]: > You waste your shot by blaming it on The Mainstream Media instead. When I get to the end of your heroic screed I’m tempted to click the “Comment On
Local News
Ah, the fuss around Digital Britain is growing, isn’t it? And I don’t just mean the report – I mean how Britain looks in a digital future. Events like a judge giving The Times approval to reveal the identity of an anonymous police blogger [http://www.guardian.co.uk/
Journalism
Not to be alarmist or anything: Well worth watching all the way through. [via Suw [http://twitter.com/Suw/statuses/2030071348]]
hyper-local
Time Out‘s Big Smoke blog makes [a valid point about London blogging](http://www.timeout.com/london/big-smoke/blog/7685/Why_are_London-s_best_bloggers_from_south_of_the_river.html): > However, if we are looking at north vs south, one thing stands out: when it comes to
Barack Obama
[![WATERFORD, MI - JUNE 02: Democratic president...]()](http://www.daylife.com/image/077o42b7hPeFx)Image by [Getty Images](http://www.daylife.com/source/Getty_Images) via [Daylife](http://www.daylife.com)Welcome to this month’s [Carnival of Journalism](http://carnivalofjournalism.com/), a monthly celebration of the best in blogging about
Journalists
Some links for your enjoyment
media
This is interesting: