Category: Journalism

At Gannett, Furloughs but Nice Paydays for Brass There’s a dissonance between furloughs and layoffs for employees while chief executive compensation doubles. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/business/media/11carr.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Mr. Dubow had agreed to lower his salary by 17 percent through 2011, but then again, last month he received a cash bonus of $1.75 million for 2010 and Ms. Martore…

Qaddafi’s Handling of Media Shows Regime’s Flaws For journalists cloistered in Tripoli at the invitation of the government, its management, or rather staging, of public relations provided a singular view. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/world/africa/11tripoli.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss “This is not even human blood!” the escort erupted to group of journalists, making a gesture with his hands like squeezing a tube.…

What is legitimate “newsgathering” and what is “piracy”? Zunguzungu’s got an excellent, nuanced piece on the creation and attribution of value in newsgathering and reporting. Zz reminds us that the current arrangement is perfect arbitrary and conti… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2011/04/06/what-is-legitimate-n.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+boingboing/iBag There’s certainly a lot of do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do in the current round of future-of-news handwringing:…

All the Aggregation That’s Fit to Aggregate How much more of itself can the media consume? Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/magazine/mag-13lede-t.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss “Aggregation” can mean smart people sharing their reading lists, plugging one another into the bounty of the information universe. It kind of describes what I do as an editor. But too often it amounts to taking words…

Reporting While Female In many countries, women journalists must enforce a particular kind of crowd control. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/weekinreview/20logan.html women reporters face another set of challenges. We are often harassed in ways that male colleagues are not. This is a hazard of the job that most of us have experienced and few of us talk about.

At Media Companies, a Nation of Serfs Facebook, Twitter and The Huffington Post have done well for themselves using unpaid contributors. It’s enough to make a professional writer nervous. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/14/business/media/14carr.html at the beginning of last week, The Huffington Post agreed to be sold for $315 million to AOL. The funny thing about all these…

Not Quite a Reporter, but Raking Muck and Reaping Wrath A community blogger posted photos of adolescents throwing things at people on Halloween. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/nyregion/24gerritsen.html?partner=rss&emc=rss His blog, GerritsenBeach.net, was at the center of the controversy. The day after Halloween, Mr. Cavanagh posted photos from the day before, of adolescents throwing rocks, potatoes and other things…