A group of journalists and educators in the United States hopes to help young people figure out what to believe and how to thoughtfully read the barrage of media messages now available to them.
http://www.thenewsliteracyproject.org/
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Can journalism be taught in universities?
Read one journalist's point of view on the link between journalism, academia and professions or trades:
http://www.journalism.co.uk/13/articles/537537.php
http://www.journalism.co.uk/13/articles/537537.php
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Learn social media or quit, BBC says
How important is the phenomenon known as "social media" in the journalism world? According to the honchos at the BBC, if journalists aren't conversant with social media tools and aren't using them, they should leave:
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Who will publish the new news?
Check out this take on the future of newspapers as the main conveyor of news. Probably not, suggests this piece in the Montreal Gazette.
Estok exits
Folks at the Ontario Press Council are well acquainted with David Estok, editor-in-chief of the Hamilton Spectator. David's moving on, as this story in The Spec reports:
The rules of "athlete journalism"
Former Olympian Alison Korn offers a different perspective on the issue of bloggers and journalists in this post. Korn, who will be at the Vancouver games, notes Olympic officials have laid down stiff rules about when a blog written by an athlete is more than a blog:
Thursday, February 4, 2010
A senator speaks to the media
Conservative Senator Hugh Segal is a sharp observer of the news media. In this article in the most recent edition of Policy Options, he urges newspapers to resist the urge to "get it first" and instead, ensure they "get it right." Access "The Media Through a Looking Glass" at this site:
http://www.irpp.org/po/
http://www.irpp.org/po/
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