links for 2007-06-09

Saturday, 9 June 2007, 13:21

• The End of Journalism? : The ‘Diana Effect’ – censorship in the name of sensitivity
  Despite the innocence of the photographers, the ‘Diana effect’ which dampens criticism, scrutiny and a free exchange of ideas in the name of protecting privacy and sensibilities was starting to dominate our culture back then and continues to haunt it
  (tags: diana photography censorship journalism ethics press_freedom)
• UK Freedom of Information Blog: Freedom of Information (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill
  Now this FOI amendment is one we should support: This one, from Lib Dem Tom Brake, would introduce time limits on public interest tests and scrap the ministerial veto.
  (tags: foi foia parliament)
• One Man & His Blog: Blogging is like sex: the more you do it, the better it gets
  “If there’s one thing that this job has taught me, it is that it’s harder to teach many journalists to be good bloggers than it is a random member of the public. They have too much to unlearn first, too many long-established mindsets to let go of.”
  (tags: journalism blogging blogs)
• SacredFacts: Facebook
  Richard Sambrook: “There are over 10,000 members of the BBC [Facebook] group (for which you have to have a bbc email) alone. That’s about half the entire organsiation.”
  (tags: facebook bbc)
• reportr.net: The digital dilemmas Facebook poses for journalists
  Alfred Hermida has written a paper on the ethical dilemnas that Facebook and ‘digital doorstepping’ poses for journalists.
  (tags: facebook digitaldoorstepping journalism ethics)
• Terry Heaton’s PoMo Blog: Modernist fears of postmodern behavior
  A Jason Fry article in the Wall Street Journal highlights that digital immigrants’ worries about young people’s self-exposure on social media sites is a case of “modernist fears of postmodern behaviour”.
  (tags: socialnetworks privacy semipublic moralpanics)
• Talking Biz News: The PR strategies behind the Dow Jones saga
  “PRWeek writes about the varying public relations strategies being used by the players in the bidding for Dow Jones.”
  (tags: pr dowjones rupertmurdoch)
• The Future of News: Finally, something journalists and bloggers might agree on. “Citizen journalist” phrase should go
  Steve Boriss: “’Citizen journalist’ implies that the truly legitimate position is ‘journalist’ with the adjective ‘citizen’ used as a qualifier to diminish status, as in Vice President”
  (tags: citizenJournalism)
• Wall Street Journal: Murdoch’s Role as Proprietor, Journalist and Plans for Dow Jones
  WSJ interview with Rupert Murdoch, about the Dow Jones acquisition but also covering Google, MySpace and Facebook.
  (tags: newspapers wsj dowjones rupertmurdoch facebook myspace google)

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