Chicago Sun-Times Wants Journalists to Work More for Their Money
How’s this sound? The Chicago Sun-Times wants its journalists to work 10 hours a day before they can qualify for overtime pay, according to Jim Romenesko. They’re also calling for the “creation of a...
View ArticleJournalists Worry About Publishing Too Much Information
Jeff Jarvis tackles the question of how ethical and shrewd it is for the media to publish things like a map of gun permit applicants. Some journalists, like David Carr and Jim Wilse (who Jarvis says...
View ArticleSnarky Tweets Might Be Damaging Serious Journalism
One of the Huffington Post’s senior editors, Craig Kanalley, has written an article he’s thought about writing a few times before: Are Journalists Joking Too Much On Twitter? Kanalley is careful to...
View ArticleNew Twitter Tool Vine Shares Short Videos
Twitter just added a tool called Vine that shares video clips with your followers. Poynter’s Jeff Sonderman thinks Vine could be a good reporting tool, suggesting that bystander coverage of spontaneous...
View ArticleSocial media can make you a better writer
Poynter covered a South by Southwest panel of media gurus who discussed how social media has affected the way we write and speak. The panelists included Fast Company’s Neal Ungerleider; McKinney’s Gail...
View ArticleMSNBC’s Chris Hayes maintains diversity on show
MSNBC host Chris Hayes has figured out a way to increase diversity on his show: he makes sure that not all of his guests are white men. Columbia Journalism Review’s Ann Friedman interviewed Hayes after...
View ArticleBoston Marathon explosions remind journalists how to handle social media
The explosions at the Boston Marathon Monday revealed once again how new forms of social media allow for immediate, shot-from-the-hip reporting during emergencies and breaking news. While reporters...
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