Interesting commentary on the Mediating Conflict blog on why journalists need to reconcile themselves to what it calls “link journalism,” that is, helping readers to find useful resources and interesting stories on the Web. Helping readers find information that will enhance their lives is the very definition of good journalism, so nobody would ever object [...]
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We do not need a newspaper bailout!
Part of the ongoing wave of government bailouts might be a measure to help newspapers survive, if some in Congress have their way.
The idea is to recast them as nonprofits so they can benefit from tax breaks. That’s better than just handing them cash to piss away, but still: No! No! No!
Newspapers are going down [...]
Gripping account of a firefight in Afghanistan
This New York Times article puts the reader in the center of an ambush of American soldiers by the Taliban. The article shows why we do, in fact, need newspapers — or at least the news-gathering organizations currently known as newspapers. Because they can tell us what happened and give it meaning better than any other [...]
Newspaper Death Watch: A blog that both laments and celebrates journalism's revolution
Newspapers in their current form are dying. Only the most desperately optimistic old-guard print journalist can deny this now. And what’s more, they did it to themselves.
I’ll be writing at length about this, because I was on the front lines when it started, working at a daily newspaper as the Internet burst onto the scene. [...]
CNN grammar
“Troops goes door to door in frozen Kentucky”
And then they knocks on the door and they says, “Is you okay in there?”
Jabbing at CNN.com for poor grammar and typos in headlines is like shooting fish in a barrel.
So let’s lock and load!