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Links of the Week
 National Lesbian &
Gay Journalists AssociationVisit the NLGJA
website for info on their 2007 convention in San Diego and to apply
for their Excellence in Journalism AwardsPew Internet &
American Life ProjectProducing reports that explore the
impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and home,
daily life, education, health care, and civic and political
lifeNews
UniversityProviding interactive, inexpensive
courses that appeal to journalists at all levels of experience and
in all types of media
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
by Jeffrey Dvorkin, Executive
Director - Committee of Concerned Journalists
May 10, 2007 - CCJ
Executive Director Jeffrey Dvorkin discusses the obligation
news organizations have to report on themselves when they
become part of a story.
Today's Media News
- Everyone listens to Walter Mossberg
Ken Auletta, New Yorker, May 14, 2007
- Extra! Extra! Now the Post Doesn’t Cost That
Extra 25 Cents
Richard Perez-Pena, New York
Times, May 10, 2007
- News Corp. looks to assure investors
Joseph Menn, Los Angeles Times, May 10, 2007
- Zell firm's point man is believer in paper
profits
James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, May
10, 2007
- CBS' Couric stays upbeat on future
Peter Johnson, USA Today, May 10, 2007
- Murdoch Approached Dow Jones March 29
Sarah Ellison and Stephanie Kang, Wall Street
Journal, May 10, 2007
- Prominent in Hong Kong and, Perhaps, in the
Dow Jones Inquiry
Keith Bradsher, New York
Times, May 10, 2007
- For Clues to a Murdoch-Owned Journal, Look to
London
Frank Ahrens, Washington Post, May 10,
2007
Articles
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Berkshire
Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett says Rupert Murdoch's
interest in the WSJ goes beyond the purely economic value of
the business.
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The
cell phone video footage gathered by a Virginia Tech student
during the tragic shooting there in April is being hailed as
another indication that new technology has fundamentally
altered news-gathering.
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The
BBC announced last month that it wants its entire broadcast
archive to be made available online and free of
charge.
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Uri
Dromi on his difficulties in making a point on local
television news programs - where speed, simplicity, and
appearance seem to be the only things that
matter.
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CCJ
Executive Director Jeffrey Dvorkin and others share their
thoughts on how the internet has changed journalism - and
the need for news organizations to make the audience an
active participant in the "discovery and creation of
journalism."
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J-Tools
CCJ has collected some of journalism's best
ideas, strategies and techniques to help journalists and citizens
alike.
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The Elements of
Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should
Expect
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