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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Fact-checking culture
Craig Silverman at the Columbia Journalism Review writes that American’s newest pastime is “fact checking,” an obsession with (sometimes) objectivity and transparency fed by the easily availability of information on the Web. Silverman points out that the term “fact checking” it getting thrown around so often that it’s in danger of losing its meaning. In [...]
Print headlines don’t always work online
What comes to mind when you read the following headlines? Crime spree under investigation Access debate may not be over Snow plays havoc Area News Briefs BLM removes 3 miles of fence Laughter as medicine, again I’m thinking that they leave you with more questions than answers. Right? These are six of the headlines that [...]
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Dabblers go home; journalists need to be social media leaders
Gina Chen, who I admire for her clear-headed and sensible writing about how journalists can use social media technologies, reminds us today that, for many modern readers, if the news is important enough, it will find them. It’s on journalists and news organizations to make it possible for the news to find its audience, which [...]
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Web first or not?
The Chronicle newsroom is grappling with new issues. Until now, the paper’s Web site has been updated once a day — at night, after or during the process of laying out the print edition’s pages. Most days, the Web site didn’t change at all unless some really big news made it impossible not to update [...]
Doctored Language : CJR
A sheriff said a suspect in the killing of a family may have some injuries, including “include cuts, lacerations, bruises, contusions, abrasions, and/or loss of hair.” When was the last time you fell off your skateboard and told your friends the next day that you were “covered in contusions”? Or you sliced a finger with [...]
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