links for 2007-06-17

“Many go to journalism school because they like to write. They don’t think of themselves as techie-types and certainly not as math-types. But these two skills – understanding of technology and comfort with math and statistics – are ever more important for

Peter Preston: Daily growth has not come on a weekday. It has arrived with the weekend, and reading time to spare. The five days of the toilsome week are crisis time for circulation managers. It’s the 24/7 nature of rolling news that casts an immediate sh

Ex-Panorama man Tom Mangold slams the programme in the Independent on Sunday. Apparently the WiFi episode was its most “embarassiing” “turkey”. An interesting statement, given the paper it’s published in…

Alicia Shepard, author of a new book, explains the myth of “Woodstein”, explains why the Washington Post reporters get too much of the credit for the Watergate story.

“The BBC is institutionally biased, an official report will conclude this week. The year-long investigation, commissioned by the BBC, has found the corporation particularly partial in its treatment of single-issue politics such as climate change, poverty,

Rex Hammock: “I challenge anyone to provide a link to research showing that … youth today do not rely on TV or magazines for any of their information.”

“Network Map is a new Facebook application built by Sami Fouad, to show a visual representation of Facebook’s network stats on a Google map.”

“It’s the worst nightmare for executives at Sun-Times Media Group Inc.: Conrad Black, the company’s former chief executive, is acquitted of criminal charges and regains his position as the company’s controlling shareholder.”

Safire: “Whether you’re a blogger or whether you’re The New York Times or CBS or The Wall Street Journal, if what you are doing is aimed at informing the public, then you’re a journalist, whether you get paid for it or not.”