journalists

Chronicle of Journalist Arrests Wins Storify Award

Stevie Converse — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:52:19 -0500

Full article: SavetheNews.org
Amy Kroin
Josh Stearns, whose documentation of press arrests on social media platform Storify has earned him the sites nod as "Storify of the Year," says he'll continue to chronicle journalists arrests. He hopes to shine a spotlight on the impact of press suppression and journalist arrests.

The Rules on News Coverage Are Clear, but the Police Keep Pushing

Stevie Converse — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:40:40 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Michael Powell
In late November, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said police officers must "respect the public's right to know about these events and the media's right of access to report." Recent events suggest that the commissioner should speak more loudly.

Media Minutes: December 30, 2011

Candace Clement — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:03:45 -0500

Media Minutes presents its countdown of the year in media. Among the important media stories of 2011: An appeals court ruled against further media consolidation, the Senate slapped down an attempt to kill Net Neutrality and the Occupy movement highlighted police mistreatment of journalists.

Media Minutes: November 25, 2011

Candace Clement — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:26:58 -0500

Several telecom and cable companies earned huge profits but paid next to nothing in taxes by exploiting loopholes in the tax code to avoid paying their fair share. And at least 26 journalists have been arrested while covering Occupy Wall Street protests across the country. One reporter kept his camera rolling as he was arrested.

It's Not Just Nice for Media to Be Social -- It's Imperative

Stevie Converse — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 08:52:06 -0400

Full article: GigaOM
Mathew Ingram
Traditional media entities have been slow to embrace social media as a way to engage with their readers, or what journalism professor Jay Rosen has called "the people formerly known as the audience." It's clear that engaging with those readers in as many ways as possible is one of the only ways to try and reverse that state of affairs. If traditional media are failing, it's because they got complacent and stopped evolving.

Student: I Want to Tell the Truth About Journalism that Nobody Wants to Say

Stevie Converse — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:29:45 -0400

Full article: Poynter Institute
Jim Romenesko
It's not the fault of Craigslist or the blogosphere that newspaper journalism has been turned upside down. All of that stuff is on us, the journalists. It's our fault. Our job was to report the news, and we did that. But we got complacent, and we stopped evolving, and soon the concept of a news article became far removed from what we valued. Now we find ourselves in an awkward position where an indispensable component of democracy is slipping away, and we're scrambling.

NABJ, UNITY Set Date for Talks About Reunifying

Stevie Converse — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:25:21 -0400

Full article: Poynter Institute
Mallary Jean Tenore
NABJ and UNITY are scheduled to begin talks on Sept. 14. The presidents of both organizations will attend the meeting in hopes of starting a process of reunification.

Covering 2012, Youths on the Bus

Stevie Converse — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:01:55 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Jeremy W. Peters
For decades, campaign buses were populated by hotshots, some of whom covered politics for decades, from Walter Mears to David S. Broder to Jules Witcover. Now those once-coveted jobs are going to young journalists so news organizations can save money.

Journalist and Author Kari Lydersen at the National Conference on Media Reform 2011

Stevie Converse — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:15:24 -0400

Full article: Mica Uetricht
<em>In These Times</em> contributing editor and former <em>Washington Post</em> staff writer Kari Lydersen at the National Conference for Media Reform in Boston on new media and old-school reporting.

AP Staffers Picket Bureaus Across the Country

Stevie Converse — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:09:15 -0400

Full article: Columbia Journalism Review
Joel Meares
AP staffers in 39 bureaus across the country picketed outside their bureau offices early this week, pressuring the news wire to back off a plan to freeze pensions for some 1,250 workers.