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Karen Dalton-Beninato: I Heard the News Today, Oh Boy: Times-Picayune Down to Semi-Weekly

2012-05-24T13:21:50Z

Here's my take on where print and web journalism seem to be headed, for what it's worth.

Read more: New Orleans, Journalism, NOLA.Com, New Orleans Times Picayune, Times Picayune, Nola, New Orleans Times-Picayune Cuts, New-Orleans-Times-Picayune, Media News

Jerry Lanson: Memo to The New York Times : The Public Editor Needn't Wear a Bow Tie

2012-05-23T11:53:57Z

I confess. I am a man of words and thus, increasingly, a dinosaur. The New York Times' public editor, conduit to America's most influential news organization, should be more.

Read more: Public Editor, New York Times, Obmudsman, Arthur Brisbane, Journalists, The Gray Lady, Journalism, Diversity in the Workplace, Media News

Dan Rather: Thoughts on Mike

2012-05-22T19:10:47Z

If you want to know the key to how television news is supposed to work, I offer you the example of Michael Rosenbaum, for decades a dear friend and colleague who lost his battle with brain cancer this past Thursday.

Read more: Television News Production, Michael Rosenbaum, TV News, Television News, CBS News, Journalism, Media News

Tom Allon: Sunshine Protects Child Abuse Victims

2012-05-22T10:53:11Z

Great journalism -- our society's sunlight which shines on our darkest places -- is helping parents and children get justice in Brooklyn. For that, I say, amen.

Read more: Ultra-Orthodox Child Abuse, Hasidic Jews, Charles Hynes Ultra-Orthodox, Ultra-Orthodox Sex Abuse, Charles Hynes, Journalism, New York News

Bob Schieffer Tells Grads 'Something Wrong' With Politics

2012-05-19T15:10:00Z

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Clad in purple socks, a nod to Louisiana State University's trademark purple and gold, and standing beneath a shimmering disco bal...

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Jeremy Harris Lipschultz: Warren Buffett and the Future of Journalism

2012-05-17T15:09:22Z

The Berkshire Hathaway offer to buy the Media General newspaper chain should offer the industry a shot of long-term optimism. Buffett expects a profitable future for newspapers during the next couple of decades.

Read more: Curriculum, Buffett, Journalism, Education, Media, Newspapers, Omaha, Social Media, New Media, Warren Buffett, Future of Journalism, Education News

Nigel Hamilton: Dad's Books

2012-05-16T15:41:08Z

They'd stood there, in those distinctive dust covers, gathering dust, for so many years. By rights they should have comprised a complete set of first editions, each one inscribed and signed by Ian Fleming to my father. And now they are all gone!

Read more: Roy Thomson, Daily Mail, Ian Fleming, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Kemsley Newspapers, Thomson Newspapers, Journalism, Sir Denis Hamilton, Bond Novels, Publishing, Biographers International Organization, General Montgomery, Fleet Street, Casino Royale, Thunderball, First Editions, Sunday Times, Bloomsbury Book Auctions, Arnhem, World War II, Book Auctions, James Bond, Books News

District: News Mobs Engage Community Through Hyperlocal Coverage

2012-05-09T17:30:17Z

A news mob is, at its core, a swarm of journalists and community contributors converging on an event to cover it from every possible angle. Sharon gathered 91 editors, videographers, graphic editors, designers and reporters across different beats to cover the event from every perspective.

Read more: Student Journalism, Hyper Local, News Mobs, Local News Coverage, Hyper Local Coverage, Local Newspaper Coverage, Journalism, Online Journalism, Local Newspapers, College News

Maurice Chammah: Should Journalists Be Protected?

2012-05-07T12:01:48Z

It is tragic when journalists are killed going about their work, and it is natural to want someone or something to blame. But if every protester can hold up a camera or write a blog and then claim protection, how can journalists demand protection?

Read more: Egypt Protests, Violence, Egypt, Egyptian Revolution, Arab Spring, Journalism, Egypt Journalists, Egypt Media, World News

Chris DeVito: Today, We Are All Journalists

2012-05-03T18:14:56Z

It's time to start paying attention to what can be done to both reduce the dangers of reporting and increase, if not simply safeguard, basic freedoms. This is important on all days, but especially today, World Press Freedom Day.

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David Tereshchuk: Mike Wallace -- Media Man Putting News in Perspective

2012-05-03T15:20:02Z

Among the many references during the ceremony to Mike's high-profile performance-skills in his long tenure at 60 Minutes, there was, thank God, some recognition that sheer journalism lay at the core of his work.

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Kiran Nazish: Dragons of Freedom: In the Most Dangerous Place for Journalists

2012-05-03T13:48:33Z

2011 was one of the worst years for journalists everywhere, and Pakistan was called the most dangerous place. Growing militancy, political and military instability, a deteriorating economy -- journalism is the first to suffer directly from these ailments.

Read more: Blogger Rights, International Journalism, Journalist Safety, Pakistan, Pakistani Taliban, Free Press Day, Pakistani Journalists, Pakistani Politics, Press Freedom Day, Journalism, Media News

Muqtedar Khan: Did the Pulitzer Prize Miss the Season of Change in the Middle East?

2012-05-02T13:36:06Z

I believe that the Pulitzer Prize this year missed a season of change. Awards like the Oscars, Nobels and Pulitzers determine how we frame history. Hossaini's picture has now become another episode in the never-ending Western fascination with the horrors of the Muslim world.

Read more: Afghanistan, Journalism, Massoud Hossaini, Pulitzer Photography, Massoud Hossaini Pulitzer, Pulitzer Prize, Arts News

David Ropeik: Be Grateful for the Good Journalists

2012-05-02T11:37:20Z

My father, a journalist, died a few days ago. He taught me that journalism is not just a job but a calling, a high form of public service.

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Frances Moore Lappe: Will Oxford Students Speak Out to Protect the Integrity of Their University?

2012-05-01T12:37:41Z

Ultimately, the question before Oxford University students right now is whether they will demand that their university's press hold to the same standards that are required of them.

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John Shore: Dan Savage, Bullying and the Truth about Gays and the Bible

2012-04-30T11:21:35Z

Besides the fact that he was raised in a devoutly Catholic home and is the country's leading gay activist, who is Dan Savage to say anything at all about the ages-old Christian condemnation of gay people?

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Andy Plesser: (video) AOL Launches Big Video News Video Portal with AP, BBC, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, others

2012-04-30T07:43:29Z

AOL Video/HuffPost Media, has become a major player in video news, passing both CBS News and Fox News in video views, according to February comScore...

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Larry Atkins: Student Photojournalist Beaten and Arrested While Taking Photos of Police in Public

2012-04-26T16:12:03Z

Asserting his First Amendment right to take photos of police action in public, Van Kuyk refused the officers' request for him to stop taking the photos, but the officers arrested him and charged him with obstruction, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct.

Read more: Photos, Citizen Journalism, First Amendment Rights, First Amendment, Police, Journalism, Photojournalism, Temple Student Arrested, Ian Van Kuyk, Photographing Police, Media News

Edward Wasserman: Cruelty and Truth-telling in the NFL

2012-04-24T12:14:14Z

Inside the question of whether gratuitous mayhem is a strategic element of pro football is a question of a different kind. It involves former Saints standout Steve Gleason and a filmmaker, Sean Pamphilon, who's making a documentary about Gleason's struggle with ALS.

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Priscilla Guo: Profile of a Girl Writer

2012-04-24T08:31:55Z

Sometimes, I learned, journalism isn't just headlines like, "Roadside Bombing in Baghdad" or "Romney wins Illinois." Sometimes journalism is just a conversation between the writer and the reader.

Read more: Girls Write Now, Young Writers, Journalism, Female Writers, Teen News

David Johnson: Correction: Climate Change Is a Fact

2012-04-23T12:29:45Z

If journalism can't help save the world, then why in the world should the world care about saving journalism -- at least this kind of journalism? Prove that you are smart enough to be trusted with the shield of humanity that you say you deserve.

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Jerry Lanson: Is It Time to Consider New Standards for News?

2012-04-20T13:35:03Z

I've been thinking about whether the journalism profession should consider something else: attacking the speed at which rumors spread by taking these rumors apart in special news sections and teasing out what's true and false.

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Jeremy Harris Lipschultz: Facebook, Social Media Friends and Everyone Else

2012-04-19T14:12:12Z

There is a widening gap in my face-to-face world between those sharing life on Facebook and those who do not.

Read more: Journalism, Open Graph, Facebook, Education, Social Media, College News

Christopher Holshek: Citizen's Watch

2012-04-19T12:27:06Z

For all practical purposes, it's game on between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Get ready for an unprecedented deluge of TV ads and other media storms. So are we helpless in the face of this onslaught? Not necessarily.

Read more: Citizenship, Education, National Security, 2012 Election, Super PACs, Propaganda, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Political Ads, Media, Journalism, Barack Obama, Thomas Jefferson, Media News