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Several more good posts showed up in my Twitter feed today, talking about the Boston bombings and covering breaking news. I excerpt them here for your edification and enjoyment. Here is an earlier collection.
Mon, April 22 2013 » Main Page, Media » 1 Comment
The Boston Marathon bombings of April 15 are the most significant terrror attack on U.S. soil since the super-terrorism event of 9/11 more than a decade ago. Much has changed on the media landscape since then, and that was reflected in how the tragedy was covered — with smartphones, crowdsourcing and Twitter, to name a [...]
Sun, April 21 2013 » Main Page, Media » 1 Comment
As if print journalism’s future wasn’t challenged enough, there’s always these types to hurry its demise – dumb bit.ly/XWQQje — John Paton (@jxpaton) February 26, 2013 And that, folks, is my introduction to one of the most bizarre and gutless corrections in the history of newspapers. From JimRomenesko.com: The Cherokee Scout in Murphy N.C. apologized [...]
Mon, February 25 2013 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
The New York Times had a big scoop within a story on drone strikes: The CIA was operating a drone base in Saudi Arabia. However, as NYT public editor Margaret Sullivan notes, the paper had the information more than a year before they published it. They withheld publication at the request of the CIA, which [...]
Sat, February 9 2013 » * Big Picture Stuff, Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Two journalists in Kyrgyzstan are out of a job after they kidnapped a female broadcaster and threatened her life at gunpoint as part of some ill-conceived practical joke. The broadcaster is Nazira Aytbekova.
Fri, November 2 2012 » Main Page, Media, Minutiae » Comments Off
Readers of the NBCNews.com website learned something startling on Saturday afternoon: The story contained the following editor’s note: An early headline on this story briefly misstated Neil Armstrong’s name.
Sun, August 26 2012 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
National Post columnist Andrew Coyne had a pre-written column about the Alberta election, one that turned out to be wildly at odds with the final result. It was un-published.
Wed, April 25 2012 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Toronto Star public editor Kathy English has thrown quite the hissy fit over her paper’s story about Mayor Rob Ford being caught exiting a KFC outlet with the dirty bird in hand. Before I go much further, you can see the video and read the April 18 story: Laughing woman stands by Rob Ford KFC [...]
Fri, April 20 2012 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
The RCMP in British Columbia are offering some enterprising reporter a chance to follow an investigation from the inside.
Thu, April 19 2012 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Here is a ‘Storified’ collection of tweets from Guardian editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger setting out operating principles for the practice of “open journalism.”