Australian Broadcasting Corporation: ABC responds to CSG industry complaint – Coal Seam Gas: By The Numbers
Thursday, 15 December 2011, 11:07
“The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) lodged an official complaint about the ABC’s website, Coal Seam Gas: By The Numbers. Following is the ABC’s public response to that complaint. …”
Sydney Morning Herald: New form of journalism must adhere to old rules
Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 16:27
Pollster Mark Textor: “Too often, data journalists suddenly pretend to be experts. But a journalist is a not a mathematician or statistician. With data journalism that is exactly what they pretend to be. They imagine they are something way beyond the p…
The Verge: Drone Journalism Lab takes reporting to the sky
Sunday, 4 December 2011, 11:44
“The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Journalism and Mass Communications is starting a lab to educate students on what it sees as one of the new frontiers for newsgathering and reporting: drone journalism. The lab will look at the ethical, l…
The Awl: The Intolerable Evolution of Poynter’s "Romenesko+"
Friday, 11 November 2011, 11:09
Choire Sicha: “Romenesko’s entire practice was about giving credit, in ways that virtually no other blog has been, a position that “Romenesko+” does not embrace as strongly. Poynter has worked systematically to erode a fairly noble, not particularly mo…
ITV National News Blog: Phone Hacking; the Movie.
Friday, 11 November 2011, 10:50
Tom Bradby: “I told [Princes William and Harry] what I thought was going on and suggested it might be a good idea to talk to the police. They did. And an avalanche was triggered. Five months later, Clive Goodman was arrested. So how did I know that thi…
Mashable: Why Burberry Is Now as Much a Media Company as a Fashion Company
Thursday, 22 September 2011, 11:31
"Burberry staged a 'Tweetwalk' earlier this week during which the London-based fashion house premiered every look on Twitter moments before the models hit the runway. … Part of the initiative’s success was driven by a series of “Tw…
Joanna Geary: Privacy and social media investigation: how I tracked down an entire family from one tweet
Wednesday, 3 August 2011, 22:48
"It’s easy to say it’s incumbent on the individual to protect their own privacy, but it’s hard to see how we can always stop this type of jigsaw identification of people online. Sometimes people are mentioned online without them even knowing…
Guardian: Independent writer’s admission highlights news copyright issues
Wednesday, 29 June 2011, 08:12
David Banks: "[When] interviewing someone, a journalist uses skill and labour in recording quotes accurately and selecting those most appropriate for publication. So the quotes in an interview are protected by copyright. If any are to be used by a…
MediaGuardian: PCC seeks to regulate press Twitter feeds
Friday, 6 May 2011, 15:01
"Reporter and newspaper Twitter feeds are expected to brought under the regulation of the Press Complaints Commission later this year, the first time the body has sought to consolidate social media messages under its remit."
Dave Lee: Is your impartiality compromised by who you follow on Twitter?
Tuesday, 26 April 2011, 11:09
Dave Lee: "how you interpret what the plain act of ‘following’ someone actually means arguably has an important knock-on effect to consider, particularly for journalists and news orgs keen to emphasise their impartiality. … [D]oes following …
Ben Goldacre: If you don’t link to primary sources, you are dead to me
Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 11:41
Ben Goldacre: "If you don't link to primary sources, you are dead to me, I do not trust you. There is a high risk that you chose not to link it, because you're hiding something"
Bad Science: Why don’t journalists link to primary sources?
Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 11:40
Ben Goldacre: "Why don’t journalists link to primary sources? Whether it’s a press release, an academic journal article, a formal report, or perhaps (if everyone’s feeling brave) the full transcript of an interview, the primary source contai…
SF Weekly: Britain’s Daily Mail Rips Off SF Weekly Cover Story
Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 11:32
The SF Weekly accuses the Daily Mail website of churnalism and poor attribution after the tabloid's site rehashed one of its stories: "There is absolutely no original reporting in the entire Daily Mail piece. Apparently the reporter thought …
New York Times: Some Newspapers Shift Coverage After Tracking Readers Online
Monday, 6 September 2010, 10:38
"Looking to the public for insight on how to cover a topic is never comfortable for newsrooms, which have the deeply held belief that readers come to a newspaper not only for its information but also for its editorial judgment. But many newsrooms now seem to be re-examining that idea and embracing, albeit cautiously, a more democratic approach to serving up the news, particularly online."
