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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Silverman’s Counter-Plagiarism Handbook
Craig Silverman, writing at the Columbia Journalism Review, provided us this week with a post full of practical tips on how to avoid and detect plagiarism.
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Survey shows nearly one-third of journalists don’t use social media or read blogs
- More than 30 per cent of journalists do not use social networking sites. - 52 per cent of journalists don’t use Twitter. - One-third of journalists do not read blogs. - More than half don’t watch videos online. - 75 percent of journalists do not listen to podcasts. Yet 91 percent “agree that new [...]
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Pew releases its ‘Millenials’ report
Pew Research released its report on the “Millenial” generation today. I’ve downloaded it (you can too) and I look forward to reading it and commenting on it tonight.
Good Web heads today
Our Web headlines looked pretty good today. Good keywords in all the headlines: High fives and smiles at Moonlight Basin Special Olympics MSU posts record spring enrollment Muslims in America seek understanding Bozeman commissioners back less strict sign code Yellowstone Club forms new foundation Woman arrested after allegedly assaulting Wal-Mart employee Bozeman man convicted of [...]
Reflections of a Newsosaur: Maybe others should copy early LAT deadlines
As revolutionary as forethought might be in some newsrooms, the smart front pages produced at the LAT since the tighter deadlines were implemented suggest that early closes could lead to more of the deep, interpretive coverage that newspapers are uniquely equipped to deliver. By playing to print’s singular capability to illuminate complex and subtle subjects, [...]
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More gremlins
Here we go again: Similar to the last time I mentioned this issue: Or the time before that: Or, god help us, the time before that . Would we let errors like this slip into the print version?
What Makes A Good Video Story
We are always looking for opportunities to add multimedia features to our stories, and the most popular kind of feature we can add is video. Eventually, it would be great if the reporters would pitch video ideas on their own initiative. To this end, here’s a link to a post on Net Worked, What Makes [...]
To Catch A Plagiarist
Journalists often talk and write about how bad it is, which makes me wonder why we find it acceptable to do almost nothing to prevent it? The general attitude towards plagiarism checking seems to be, “Let’s save our money and let readers and other people catch the culprits.” via cjr.org This comes from Craig Silverman [...]
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