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Geoffrey R. Stone: Freedom of the Press and Criminal Solicitation

2013-05-21T16:45:55Z

Striking the right balance between the government's legitimate need for confidentiality, the press's legitimate need to obtain information about government action, and the public's "right to know" what its representatives are up to, is a difficult and delicate task.

Read more: Freedom of Speech, First Amendment, Freedom of the Press, Free Press, Journalism, Free Speech, Politics News

Daoud Kuttab: Fighting for Media Freedoms in Arab region

2013-05-20T16:07:55Z

Thirteen years ago, the Vienna-based International Press Institute held a regional conference in Amman to deal with press freedom issues in the Arab r...

Read more: Jordan, Internet Radio, Press, Investigative Journalism, Journalism, Foreign Affairs, Ipi, Media, Media News

The New York Public Library: The Big Story That Happened In His Backyard

2013-05-20T10:05:40Z

Journalist Renowned for his Coverage of Fracking Discusses His Book, Which Is Nominated For Prestigious NYPL Award.

By ANGELA MONTEFINISE

When veter...

Read more: Tom Wilbur, Bernstein Awards, Fracking, Slidepollajax, Journalism, Nypl, New York News

Craig Kanalley: Rising Stars You Should Watch In Social Media & Journalism

2013-05-17T18:35:23Z

These are the Millennials. They grew up with computers, instant messaging on AIM, using Facebook in school, they're not afraid to communicate in GIFs or acronyms, and they're poised to do great things in the future. That's why they're worth watching. And that's why I thought I'd put together a list of them.

Read more: Future of Journalism, Social Media, Young Adults, Craig Kanalley, Young People, Rising Stars, Journalism, Technology News

Democracy Now!: Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark Decries Government's "Big Brother" Seizure of AP Phone Records

2013-05-14T11:47:39Z

The Associated Press says the U.S. Department of Justice has secretly obtained a trove of journalists' phone records in what its chief executive calle...

Read more: Democracy Now!, Ramsey Clark, Freedom of the Press, Doj, Journalism, Ap, Ap Phone Records, Video, Media News

Patty Culhane: What Is Wrong With Us?

2013-05-08T18:17:48Z

I've now watched the taped phone call between Amanda Berry and her grandmother and I wish I had never seen that. She deserves for that to be a private and a protected moment.

Read more: Network Television, News Business, Abduction, Media, Cleveland, Spectacle, Journalism, Media News

Jayson DeMers: How Social Media Is Supporting a Fundamental Shift in Journalism

2013-05-08T14:49:44Z

As daily Internet usage becomes increasingly ubiquitous, suddenly people have started going online, specifically to social media networks like Reddit or Facebook, to get their news and print media syndications have begun to die off as a result.

Read more: Print Media, Social Media, Journalism, Media News

Vivien Chang: An Ode to Washington

2013-05-06T10:47:36Z

I lived in a Washington as it should be, a Washington of the mind, the Washington of my youth and dreams. The District has fused with my idea of perfection, but it was far from being perfect.

Read more: Internships, Washington DC, College, Journalism, DC News

Christophe Deloire: President Obama, what will you do to end the torment of Mexico's journalists?

2013-04-30T19:00:32Z

Dear President Obama,

Your official visit to Mexico on May 3 coincides with World Press Freedom Day. As the General Director of Reporters Without Bor...

Read more: Mexico, Freedom of the Press, Journalism, Barack Obama, Mexico Drug Cartels, World News

Julie Leininger Pycior: Some Tips For Journalists Covering The Catholic Church (Hint: It's Complicated)

2013-05-01T11:24:59Z

"The Catholic Church: What Everyone Needs to Know" makes clear that this institution is less monolithic than it seems; no wonder the book's mantra is: "It's complicated."

Read more: Catholic Church, Media, Love, Journalism, Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal, Catholic Women, Catholicism, Clergy Sex Abuse, Covering the Catholic Church, Religion News

Marco Cáceres: Freedom of the Press at Stake in Honduras

2013-04-29T13:34:52Z

Regulating speech is much more delicate and problematic because it's such a potentially dangerous, slippery slope. How far do you go in restricting freedom of speech, and who determines those restrictions?

Read more: Honduras, Freedom of the Press, Censorship, Journalism, Media, World News

Dr. Scott D. Miller: What's Changed -- and Hasn't -- in the Coverage of Breaking News

2013-04-26T22:33:20Z

Fifty years ago, in 1963, the media landscape was still dominated by the printed word, and by the imperative of getting the story right before it was published in early and final editions of America's newspapers.

Read more: Scott D. Miller, News Coverage, Communications, Journalism, Breaking News, Bethany College, Boston Bombings Suspect, Boston Marathon Media Coverage, Media News

Rob Hiaasen: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

2013-04-26T16:12:39Z

Here's the self-inflicted curse of writing: Everywhere writers look or land, there is better writing.
I'll prove it.

Read more: Writing, Journalism, Public Space, Living in the Moment, Annapolis, Eastport, TKF Foundation, Green Space, Gratitude, Public Art Project, Fifty News

K.J. Wetherholt: The Photo Book White Pride : Confronting the Dangers of Blanket Characterization

2013-04-22T11:45:54Z

Oscar Wilde once said, "The truth is rarely pure and never simple." He also said, "Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a m...

Read more: White Supremacists, Kkk, Discovery Channel, Books, Westboro Baptist Church, Boston Marathon Bombing, Photojournalism, Journalism, Ebooks, Anthony Karen, Extremism, Fotoevidence, Media News

Todd Gitlin: Is the Press Too Big to Fail?

2013-04-25T10:49:26Z

Will it do for journalists and editors to remain thoroughly tangled up in their own remarkably unquestioned assumptions about what constitutes news? It's long past time to reconsider some journalistic conventions.

Read more: Media, Press, Journalism, Digital Media, Newspapers, Online Media, New Media, Old Media, Media News

Carl J. Shultz: Not Just an Underdog: BUnow & Its Media Empire

2013-04-24T17:22:52Z

We've all heard it before: the tale of the meek, trivial protagonist rising up against all odds and expectations to grow bigger and achieve things non...

Read more: Bunow, College Journalism, Journalism, Media News

Lisa Chau: The Immediate and Unmitigated Flow of Journalism

2013-04-24T12:27:12Z

In a crisis, how do we keep individuals from publicly sharing sensitive information which can endanger lives within minutes? Verification of facts is of utmost importance, but is it immediately possible given the scope and instantaneous nature of the internet?

Read more: Boston, Twitter, Terrorists, Boston Bombing, Citizen Journalism, Speculation, Mobile, Terrorism, Eye Witness, Facebook, Journalism, Fact Checking, Watertown, Reddit, Television, Social Media, Internet, Information, Boston Marathon Explosions, World Trade Center, Bombing, Security, News, Ground Zero, Media News

Nicco Mele: Twitter, the Suspected Killers and Us: Radical Connectivity and the Week in Boston

2013-04-24T12:26:10Z

There is a growing gap between our traditional institutions -- like the news media and law enforcement -- and the growing power of social media. That gap is wide, and growing -- as last week's events reminded us.

Read more: Boston Marathon Bombings, Boston, Politics, Social Media, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Twitter, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Boston Marathon, Crowdsourcing, Facebook, Journalism, Technology News

Michael Hobbes: Is the Anthony Weiner Article in the New York Times a Feature, or an Advertisement?

2013-04-23T15:51:50Z

It's clearly a professionally produced feature, well-written, easy to read, captivating subjects, check check check. But it's also clearly a marketing vehicle for Weiner.

Read more: Politics, New York Times, Anthony Weiner, Journalism, Media News

John Harden: The Public Needs Ethical Journalism More Than Ever

2013-04-19T13:53:45Z

When something breaks and we make mistakes (little or big), we're no better than the people who distribute fake images on Twitter and spread rumors on Facebook. We're better than this.

Read more: Facebook, Boston Marathon, Journalism, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion, West Texas, Cnn-Boston-Marathon, Ethical Journalism, Cnn Fail, Boston Marathon Ny Post, Boston Marathon Media, Ny Post, Media News

David L. Phillips: Actions Speak Louder Than Words

2013-04-17T12:10:49Z

Marginalized groups in Darfur, East Sudan, Blue Nile, Middle and the far North are deeply skeptical about the regime's intentions. While Bashir talks about reconciliation, his military forces are attacking using cluster bombs.

Read more: Elections, Sudan, Human Rights, Journalism, Peace Building, Sudan Human Rights, World News

Andy Plesser: VICE Readies Global Video News Operation in "Biggest Commitment"

2013-04-12T12:15:56Z

CANNES -- VICE, the fast-growing, New York-based video programmer of edgy lifestyle and entertainment, is readying the launch of a global news organi...

Read more: Television, Vice, TV News, Online Video News Reporting, Journalism, Video, Media News

Kevin K. Murphy: The IRS and Nonprofit Media

2013-04-10T17:32:29Z

Even a man of Thomas Jefferson's brilliance could scarcely imagine the collapse of the newspaper industry, which was the only way that journalism was distributed in his time.

Read more: Nonprofit Media, Thomas Jefferson, Columbia University, Journalism, Knight Foundation, Media News

Monique Villa: Reshaping the business of social change

2013-04-10T08:30:41Z

Profit and social progress go hand in hand, not their own ways. They happen together. There is no reason why a company cannot boost its competitiveness while also creating value within society.

Read more: Corruption, Women's Rights, Philanthropy, Human Rights, Women's Issues, Corporations, Human Rights Watch, Corporate Social Responsibility, Business, Journalism, Humanitarian Aid, Impact News

Lisa Wade: Animal Abuse, Oil Leaks, and the Freedom of the Press

2013-04-09T18:14:23Z

Corporations, and governments too, have an incentive to limit the freedom of the press. These are powerful entities, often in cahoots, that can and will ignore the First Amendment when they can get away with it.

Read more: Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights Activists, Freedom of the Press, Animal Rights, Exxon Mobil, Oil, Environmentalism, Environmental Disaster, Oil Companies, Journalism, Media News