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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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!