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Needs a title, doesn’t it?

By Michael Becker | Published: August 19, 2010
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JESS3 / The State of The Internet

By Michael Becker | Published: February 28, 2010
via vimeo.com Posted via web from Becker’s Online Journal
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Survey shows nearly one-third of journalists don’t use social media or read blogs

By Michael Becker | Published: February 25, 2010
- 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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Reflections of a Newsosaur: Maybe others should copy early LAT deadlines

By Michael Becker | Published: February 22, 2010
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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Opinions on holding content for print

By Michael Becker | Published: October 21, 2009
I posted a question to the Web site WiredJournalists.com, after a newsroom discussion a few weeks ago. We were debating when we should post news online, right away or later. The concern at the time was that the local television station would use our Web site as their daily playbook. (That concern is still there [...]
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Doctored Language : CJR

By Michael Becker | Published: October 5, 2009
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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