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Accuracy is more important than ever for journalists
Accuracy has always been right at the top of the list of journalism values and priorities. Except when I saw friends lose their jobs (and sometimes, had to deliver that news myself) or had to write...
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Does AP plan “protect” its members?
The Associated Press is giving me an uneasy feeling again. I want to read the full AP “Plan for Reclaiming Content Online” for myself before I draw firm conclusions. I first read of it at the Eastern...
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AP contradiction: Move forward but restore
When I read the Associated Press “Protect, Point, Pay” plan, I think of the Hummer. General Motors thought it was moving forward when it trotted out the massive sport-utility version of a military...
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Video: Social Media Revolution
I used to get regular comments on this blog from people taking me to task for my embrace of social media, particularly Twitter. I haven’t heard from that crowd much lately. Don’t know if that means...
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Newspapers blow a huge opportunity to use data to provide answers
Journalists love stories. Give us a good anecdote and we know what our lead is going to be. We’re not as comfortable with data. We know a good story is hiding in there somewhere, but most of us don’t...
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Time for journalists to update views on Wikipedia
Journalists pride ourselves in being accurate and on being current with the latest news. So let’s update our inaccurate views of Wikipedia. A 10,000 Words post by Mark S. Luckie today offers lots of...
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Publishers optimistic for 2010 (but they missed 2009 by a mile)
Whew! Publishers are expecting the plunge in newspaper advertising revenues to level off next year. Maybe now we can stop the bleeding and not feel so much pressure to change. Or can we? Alan Mutter...
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Old media find comfort in study of Baltimore media (they didn’t look very close)
I followed this up with a subsequent post on Saturday, Jan. 16. The reaction to How News Happens may tell us more about the news industry than the study itself does. The study of the news ecosystem in...
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Pew doesn’t understand news ecosystem well enough to study it
Note: I have added an update, in bold below, since originally posting this. A study of Baltimore news sources was more deeply flawed than I initially realized. I blogged Monday about weaknesses in the...
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5 big problems with ‘Navigating News Online’ study
You might find some valid research in the Navigating News Online study published Monday by the Project for Excellence in Journalism, a project of the Pew Foundation. But the study needed lots of...
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