by Sydney Smith on Oct 06, 2010
Buried News? New York Post Won’t Report on Michael Wolff?
All Things Digital's Peter Kafka spotted what he considered buried news in an Oct. 4 New York Times article. He detailed...
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by Sydney Smith on Oct 06, 2010
Jon Stewart Tells NPR’s Terry Gross How “The Daily Show” isn’t like Journalism, but can be like Glenn Beck
Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" told NPR's Terry Gross in a "conversation" at New York's 92nd...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 06, 2010
Mexican Journalists Still in Danger
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at University of Texas - Austin, reported that gunmen attacked Mexican newspaper...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 05, 2010
MaineToday Media Fact Checks Watchdog’s Reporting, Questions Accuracy
Rebekah Metzler wrote for MaineToday Media Oct. 2 that a political news watchdog website has been "faulted" for not reporting the...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 05, 2010
The Herald’s Anonymous Sources, Rumor RE S. African Mayor Criticized
A South African newspaper has been criticized for publishing an article on the mayor of a metropolitan district, Zanoxolo Wayile....
by Sydney Smith on Oct 04, 2010
Slate Updates Corrections Policy After Being Criticized in July
Craig Silverman reported Sept. 24 for Columbia Journalism Review that it "appears" Slate has fixed its corrections problem. Slate's Jeremy Singer-Vine looked...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 04, 2010
In Touch & Call Girl Sued over David Beckham Affair Story
Is this signaling the end of libel tourism? In an interesting twist, The Daily Express reports that Irma Nici, who...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 04, 2010
Is Comic Book Journalism a Thing?
Comic Book Journalism posted Sept. 30 an interview with Tom Spurgeon of The Comics Reporter. Spurgeon has written books about comics...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 04, 2010
LA Times Creates Interactive Crime Database
The Los Angeles Times announced Sept. 30 the creation of an interactive crime database for Los Angeles County. The database is...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 04, 2010
24/7 News Cycle Creates Problems for Journalists’ Role as Fact-Checkers
Edward Wasserman, Knight professor of journalism ethics at Washington and Lee University wrote in a guest column for The Miami Herald...