links for 2007-03-04

Sunday, 4 March 2007, 11:00

• Andy Dickinson.net: Journalism blogs: You bunch of wasters, you.
  Andy Dickinson spots an impressive rant against American journalism, blogs and online journalism generally by a self-proclaimed non-dinosaur journalism educator. I really hope this isn’t what he’s is teaching his students.
  (tags: journalism education blogs online)
• Independent: Now banks are over-charging customers for information about their over-charging
  “Banks have been breaking the Data Protection Act by levying excessive charges to customers who are seeking a refund of their bank charges.”
  (tags: dpa informationcommissioner)
• Society of Professional Journalists: Generation J
  A new site or young journalists from the US Society of Professional Journalists.
  (tags: Journalism newspapers)
• Innovation in College Media: ICM Interview: Rob Curley
  Rob Curley explains what journalism students should be doing to get to grips with new media.
  (tags: journalism newspapers online onlinejournalism education)
• Eat The Press: Best. Headline. Ever.
  Well, it’s pretty funny, anyway.
  (tags: switzerland liechtenstein military ap headlines)
• Sunday Times: It works, so leave it alone
  “One of Labour’s finer achievements has been to introduce freedom of information to Britain. … One puzzling element is why Falconer is so keen to turn a success story sour.”
  (tags: foi foia dca government labour)
• Peter Preston: Yeah, of course we need just one watchdog – perhaps
  Peter Preston buries the key line at the very end: “Simple print numbers in simple tables simply don’t do it any longer.”
  (tags: newpspapers journalism abc abce circulation free)

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