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Chi-Town Daily News Founder Launches Chicago Current

Chicago Public Radio | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Current, Chitown Daily News, Chicago Journalism, Journalism, Dougherty Chicago Current, Geoff-Dougherty, Chicago Tribune, Web, New Media, Online News, Chicago News

Next month, the former Chicago Tribune reporter will start another journalistic endeavor, Chicago Current. ...

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Iranian Women's Voices

Mahnaz Afkhami | Posted 10.26.2009 | Books

Read More: Women's Rights, Censorship, Islam, Iran, Journalism, Gender Discrimination, One Million Signatures Campaign, Iranian Women, Grassroots, Oppressive Government, Books, Books News
Mahnaz Afkhami

In the flood of news and information that surrounds us every day, we may take for granted the constant ripple of voices around the globe whose struggle to be heard often ends in violence, imprisonment or death.

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Female Journalist Sentenced To 60 Lashes For Sex Show On Saudi Arabia TV

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 10.24.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Rights, Islam, Lashes, Punishment, Journalist, Bold Red Line, Journalism, Religion, Lash, Mazen Abdul Jawad, Womens Rights, Taboo, Lbc, Abdul Jawad, Prison, Saudi Arabia, Sex, Lashing, Tv, Sex Toys, Jiddah, World News

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi court on Saturday sentenced a female journalist to 60 lashes after she had been charged with involvement in a TV ...

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Left, Right & Center: CEO Pay, Public Option, Obama vs. Fox, Saving Journalism

Huff Radio | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Fox News, Executive Pay, Public Option, Journalism, Barack Obama, Politics News
Huff Radio

The public option is sneaking its way back onto the table; the administration takes a hardcore stance regarding Fox News; and Len Downie of the Washington Post proposes public funding for journalism.

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Found On Twitter: Fake AP Stylebook

Twitter | Posted 10.23.2009 | Books

Read More: AP Stylebook, Tweeting, Ap, Journalism, Internet, Writing, Twitter, Grammar, Books, Online Writing, Fake Stylebook, Books News

We know this isn't exactly a piece about books, but it is about writing, and we thought it was funny -- for all the journalists and grammar geeks out ...

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Old Enough to Know Better, Young Enough to Pretend: Can the Chicago News Cooperative Succeed?

Daniel Sinker | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Media, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Journalism, Chicago Reader, Old Media vs. New Media, Creative Commons, Chicago Politics, Chicago Olympics, Death of Newspapers, Wbez, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Budget, Mayor Daley, New York Times, Cnc, Chicago News Cooperative, Chicago News
Daniel Sinker

If there was a better day to announce the News Cooperative, I can't think of it. After Mayor Daley's budget address, the two major papers ran the same cover: a 24-year-old kidnapping.

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Democrats Should Stay Off Fox Until It Confesses

Cenk Uygur | Posted 10.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Partisan Press, White House, Conservative Propaganda, Republican, Conservative, Media, Press, Fox News Channel, Barack Obama, Journalism, Media News
Cenk Uygur

Does anyone really believe that ACORN is the top story? Every day? Or is it possible that is Fox's obvious, ham-handed way of attacking the president daily? I can't believe we're having this argument.

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News

Norman Horowitz | Posted 10.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Abc, Msnbc, Nbc, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Keith Olbermann, Cbs, Cable News, Wolf Blitzer, Journalism, Media News
Norman Horowitz

News as defined by dictionary.com is the presentation of a report on recent or new events [intelligence; information] in a newspaper or other periodi...

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With News Jobs Vanishing, Why Are Journalism Schools Still Enrolling Students?

Peter Scheer | Posted 10.22.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Online Newspapers, Journalism, Newspaper Industry, Media News
Peter Scheer

Traditional news media will continue to shed jobs, even in a general recovery, faster than digitally-based replacements for those businesses can be invented and built.

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Columbia Axes Environmental Journalism, and Malcolm Gladwell Is Okay With That

Alex Pasternack | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Environment, Malcolm Gladwell, Journalism, Green News, Journalism School, Columbia University, Columbia Journalism School, Media News
Alex Pasternack

The media needs to get over the superficial, celebrity-soaked fad approach to environmental journalism and deliver something that people want: more and better in-depth environmental news.

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How Sex Could Save Newspapers

Cory Silverberg | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Death of Newspapers, Media, Sexuality, Print Media, Newspaper Decline, Journalism, Sex, Media News
Cory Silverberg

Nowhere is the disconnect between mainstream news production and the lives and experiences of those of us who consume it more apparent than in content about sexuality.

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Prosecutor Defends Going After Northwestern Students' Notes, Class Material

Chicago Tribune | Daarel Burnette II | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Wrongful Conviction, Anthony McKinney, Dan Kirk, Journalism, David Protess, Medill Cook County Subpoenas, Press Freedom, Northwestern University, Medill Innocence Project, Anita Alvarez, Chicago News

Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez defended subpoenaing Northwestern University journalism students' notes and recordings of witness interview...

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Balloon Dad to Pose for Playgirl

Marty Kaplan | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Taliban, Jessica Simpson, Baloon Boy, Journalism, Cnn, Afghanistan War, Balloon Boy, Media News
Marty Kaplan

When Big Pharma buys Congress for hundreds of millions of dollars, it depends on the media being bored by old news about special interests and being floored by breaking news about John & Kate Plus 8.

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Why the White House Is 100% Right to Challenge Fox News

Cenk Uygur | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: 2000 Election, Think Progress, Gay Rights March, Daily Show, Barack Obama, Propaganda, Opinion, Fox News, Dan Moody, Tea Party, News, Fox News Channel, Journalism, Media News
Cenk Uygur

If Fox News rises up to the challenge of confessing their real identity and real purpose, then -- and only then -- should Obama take on that conservative voice in an interview on their air.

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Ted Turner Would Fire Lou Dobbs

Linda Milazzo | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Latinos, CNN/US, Turner Enterprises, Cable News Network, Lou Dobbs, Immigration, Fox, Southern Poverty Law Center, Turner Broadcasting, Journalism, Ted Turner, Cnn, Acorn, Bias, Walter Cronkite, John Stossel, Reese Schonfeld, Glenn Beck, Jonathan Klein, Media News
Linda Milazzo

If Jonathan Klein were as responsible an executive as Ted Turner, and as conscientious a citizen as Ted Turner, he would be as concerned as Ted Turner about the danger of Lou Dobbs.

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Prosecutors Subpoena Notes, Grade Information Of Northwestern Journalism Students

Chicago Tribune | Jeff Long | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Anthony McKinney, David Protess, Wrongful Conviction, Medill Cook County Subpoenas, Press Freedom, Northwestern University, Medill Innocence Project, Journalism, Chicago News

After spending three years investigating the conviction of a Harvey man accused of killing a security guard with a shotgun blast in 1978, journalism s...

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Downie Study: Government Should Subsidize Local Journalism

Washington Post | Leonard Downie Jr. And Michael Schudson | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Nonprofit Journalism, Len Downie, Journalism, Michael Schudson, The Reconstruction of American Journalism, Media News

American society must now take some collective responsibility for supporting news reporting -- as society has, at much greater expense, for public edu...

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Wall Street Journal Expanding Live Web Video News Programming

Andy Plesser | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Beet.TV, Online-Video, Alan Murray, Wall Street Journal, Journalism, Media News
Andy Plesser

Executive online editor for the Wall Street Journal Alan Murray sees high value in the immediacy of news video on the Web.

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Joe Foote's Plan to Save Journalism

Al Eisele | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media

Read More: University of Oklahoma, Journalism School, Old Media, New Media, Carl Albert, Oklahoma, Journalism, Joe Foote, Gaylord College, Media News
Al Eisele

While we ink-stained wretches agonize over the uncertain future of journalism, Joe Foote and the University of Oklahoma are trying to make sure that it survives and thrives in the 21st century.

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Traditional Media Falters While Non-Profit Journalism Grows

John Mecklin | Posted 10.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Bay Area News Project, Evan Smith, Nonprofit Journalism, Herb Sandler, Warren Hellman, Propublica, Journalism, Texas Tribune, Knight Foundation, Media News
John Mecklin

What sustains a not-for-profit magazine is a balanced approach to revenue that includes advertising, subscriptions, charitable donations and, as goody-goody as it may sound, a real belief that the journalism being done is important, and would not be done otherwise.

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A Journalism Lesson from King Abdullah's University of Science & Technology

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 10.12.2009 | World

Read More: Freedom of Speech, University, Islam, Al Watan, Education, Newspapers, Research, Kaust, Saudi Arabia, Science, King Abdullah, Jeddah-Saudi-Arabia, Media News, Media, Freedom of Press, Muslim, Journalism, World News, World News
Faisal J. Abbas

KAUST is the first university in Saudi Arabia to allow a mixed-gender environment. This has triggered a 'showdown' between the press and a senior member of the clergy.

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The Era of Media Objectivity Is Over. Deal With It.

John McQuaid | Posted 10.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Mainstream Media, Washington Post, Media, Journalism, Media Objectivity, Newspapers, Media Bias, Media News
John McQuaid

The era of the media-as-honest broker is over. The Washington Post and other establishment outlets just haven't realized it yet. But this is actually a good thing.

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Wikileaks To Allow Anonymous Document Leaks Direct To Journalists

tech.yahoo.com | Posted 10.09.2009 | Technology

Read More: Wikileaks Journalism, Wikileaks Documents, Wikileaks.org, Journalist, Information Leaks, Wikileaks, Document Leaks, Journalism, Technology News

Wikileaks.org, the online clearinghouse for leaked documents, is working on a plan to make the Web leakier by enabling newspapers, human rights organi...

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"Identity Crisis"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Plastic Surgery, Sammy Davis Jr., Gas, Car, Ipod, Humor, Identity Theft, Bank, Atm, Debit Card, Newspaper, Itunes, Journalism, Popeye, Jerry Zezima, Lol, Living News
Jerry Zezima

At the risk of being sued by Popeye, I am what I am. Unfortunately, what I am can't be printed in a family newspaper. I don't even know who I am anymore. That's because my identity was recently stolen.

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So You Want To Be a Journalist?

Sara-Ellen Amster, Ph.D. | Posted 10.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Journalism School, Original Reporting, Journalism, Media News
Sara-Ellen Amster, Ph.D.

If they want to stick with their profession, young journalists must grow accustomed to the fact that most people still can't stand them -- often they tell people what they don't want to hear.

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