Tom Rosenstiel, director of the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, discusses the future of journalism. The gatekeeper role may be gone, but there are other roles for the Press to play, like "sense-maker." (via...
Topics: Adversity is a mean teacher, journalism, journalismneedstochange

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E.W. Scripps CEO Rich Boehne is getting some kudos for focusing on editorial quality and training even as the economics of the media business have forced painful cutbacks.A large training program focused on storytelling has launched amid the media...
Topics: Newspapers, quality, training

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Fascinating blog post from Jeff Jonas about all the data that little cell phone you're carrying is collecting:.The data reveals the number of co-workers that join you Thursdays after work for a beer, and roughly where you all go. It...
Topics: mobile, privacy, Ramblings

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I'm liking this title cut and other tunes from the new  I And Love And You Avett Brothers album more with every listen....
Topics: Music

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I've been doing a lot of research, thinking and writing about online comments for a Nov. 5 webinar on comment management for news sites for the Poynter Institute and APME.So the story about a libel suit against the owner of...
Topics: lawsuits, libel, Online Media

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