links for 2006-11-30

Thursday, 30 November 2006, 09:26

• BuzzMachine: No cigar
  Jeff Jarvis: “I thought the Pulitzers existed to award journalism, not printing.”
  (tags: journalism printing pulitzer_prize)
• MagBlog: Press Gazette: A Considered Obituary
  Tim Holmes: “Press Gazette has bitten the dust … This is sad news, particularly for those in need of regular and reliable news about magazines.”
  (tags: press_gazette magazines)
• Open Secrets: No more stories like this one?
  Martin Rosenbaum looks at a story that would not see the light of day if the government has its way on changing the Freedom of Information Act fees regime.
  (tags: foia journalism nursing health nhs bbc)
• BBC: Voluntary code for blogs ‘needed’
  Press Complaints Commission director Tim Toulmin says a voluntary code of conduct was necessary for people angered at online content. Snowball. Hell.
  (tags: pcc blogs ethics journalism)
• A Contribution to the Great Debate: Goodbye Press Gazette
  Ben King: “it seems like a classic tale of the internet eating their lunch, namely recruitment advertising.” Um… yes.
  (tags: press_gazette)
• NewAssignment.Net: A New Business Model Rises With Reader-Funded Journalism
  “A few weeks ago, MyDD.com … asked readers for help in paying its rent. The goal: $100 from 100 people. In a weekend, it raised $11,557.94 from 142.”
  (tags: crowdsourcing citizenjournalism journalism blogs blogging)
• Bad Science: You vexatious TROUBLEMAKERS!
  Ben Goldacre is “deeply freaked out” that so many people heeded his call to submit FOIA requests to Durham County Council.
  (tags: foia journalism crowdsourcing vexatious fishoil)
• Techdirt: You Think Bloggers Would Ever Actually Agree To Follow A Voluntary Code Of Conduct?
  More rants against poor Tim Toulmin of the PCC.
  (tags: blogging journalism ethics pcc)
• BuzzMachine: Brit twit wants to regulate conversation
  Jeff Jarvis lays into Tim Toulmin’s suggestion for a blogger code of ethics.
  (tags: pcc blogs bloggers)
• Mediations: Have bloggers libelled Jackie’s alleged “attacker”?
  Phillip Young looks a the UK libel law implications of blog posts about Jackie Danicki’s alleged tube attacker.
  (tags: blogs libel)
• The Local Onliner » Rob Curley on The WaPo’s Super Local Web 2.0 Site
  The Washington Post’s Rob Curley reveals his plans for the DC area, including local video.
  (tags: washingtonpost hyperlocal video journalism)

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