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Romenesko's Resignation Still Discussed Weeks Later

AP | By TAMARA LUSH | Posted 01.23.2012

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A popular blogger employed by a destination website resigns after being accused of something improper. The popular blogger's f...

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Romenesko Speaks

Dan Kennedy | Posted 01.21.2012

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Dan Kennedy

Those of us who have been reading Romenesko for years never really thought of what he was doing as "writing." It was ridiculous to accuse of him plagiarism or something like it because he didn't claim that anything he was posting was his original work.

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Famed Media Blogger Quits After Site Publishes Post Critical Of Attribution

The Huffington Post | Melissa Jeltsen | Posted 01.10.2012

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Just weeks shy of his planned semi-retirement, famed media blogger Jim Romenesko has resigned from his position at Poynter after being accused of impr...

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In Praise of Ombudspeople

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

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The mission of the ombudsperson is to watch the standards and performance of your publication, with an eye to keeping it scrupulously top-notch as a service to your readers. That's a service that shouldn't be outsourced for free to random people on the internet.

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Boston Phoenix Basks In The Spotlight

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

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What makes a trend again? Today the Boston Phoenix is getting the media love, with not one, not two, but three stories getting link love in medialand....

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Dan Rather Talks To College Coed About Female Reporters "Sleeping Their Way To The Top"

Romenesko | Jim Romenesko | Posted 05.25.2011

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Caroline Page sat next to Dan Rather on an Austin-to-New York flight and, after thirty minutes, got up the nerve to begin a conversation. "He was cand...

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