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
Great piece in today’s New York Times about SNOPES. Debunkers of Fictions Sift the Net SNOPES is a great place to get hard-core info about all those rumors and urban legends. (I subscribe to their daily updates. It well worth the read.) Why is SNOPES so good and why is it needed? Considering all the […]
Just saw the best example of how local issues have an international component. Fairfax County (Virginia) sent out a tweet today encouraging everyone in the country to fill in and return the 2010 census forms along with a link to see the full message. One line in the attached notice tells the underlining reason all […]
The Beeb as a great series on its web site called Superpower: Exploring the extraordinary power of the Internet. Lots of interesting stories about how the Internet can and does affect society. For example, Jiyar Gol looked at how Iraqis are using the Internet to rebuild their country and heal ethnic and religious wounds. (And […]
From a friend who has been there and done that… Colleagues: What a difference a character makes, and the AP is to blame (I just checked). My own daily newspaper, despite my tip-off yesterday, incorrectly spelled the name of the newly inaugurated Chilean president as Sebastian “Pinera.” It is “Piñera.” So newspapers all over the […]
This week Tribune Co. CEO Randy Michaels, got down and dirty in the editing process. He issued a memo of 119 words and phrases he no longer wanted used on the company’s radio station, WGN. It really is hard to argue with him over the use of most of these trite and useless phrases. I […]
