Journalism, the World and the Future
Discussion of the future of journalism from GMU
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dkubiske
Freelance journalist currently living in Brazil. Taught journalism at Mason 2006-2008. And am still interested in helping new journalists understand the importance of looking at how global and local events are linked.
Homepage: http://worldjournalism.wordpress.com
A while back (April 7, to be exact) I wrote about a piece in Foreign Policy about WikiLeaks and the future of journalism. At that time I expressed the same concern as the FP author: Is WikiLeaks the future of journalism? I, and other journalists, are concerned that the use of WikiLeaks material is feeding […]
NPR Morning Edition did a decent story about Yoani Sanchez, author of Generation Y blog in Cuba. (Spreading Digital Revolution In A Cuban Living Room) Sanchez has won numerous awards for her blogs that point out the anti-democratic nature of the Cuban government. I have a link to the Sanchez blog on my personal site. […]
By now we’ve all seen the dramatic pictures of the Apache gunship attack of the journalists in Iraq. The film got into the wild thanks to Wikileaks. The non-profit organization has its server in Sweden and its registration in the United States. It depends on whistle blowers and other anonymous sources to get information out. […]
I was cleaning up my computer files today and ran across this piece from 2007 from the Roanoke Times. We all know the importance of getting the quote right. But does that mean running a quote such as: “Well, like, we were heading down the street and like we were having like a good time, […]
There has been a lot of buzz about finding the right model for the future of news organizations. It seems the London Financial Times has found a method that works. It actually made a profit last year. As expected, it was not one silver bullet that did it. The combination of paywalls, increased subscription rates […]
