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The East African Community

by Sam Mundua, Freelance Social and Development Journalist - Global Journalist Magazine

Aug 29, 2007 -

Global Journalist's Sam Mundua writes that one of the biggest challenges facing the newly formed "East African Community" is defining the role of the countries' diverse media.

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E&P Special Report: Web Editors Reveal Online Flops or Failures
<p>E&P's Joe Strupp reports that in a decade-plus of Web exploration, nearly every daily newspaper has felt the growing pains that new news tools require.</p>
Blogs: All the Noise that Fits
Michael Skube argues that even blogs that turn up news tips and are more than partisan rants are no substitute for patient, time-intensive fact-finding by reporters.
Murdoch Moves Recalled: Will Dow Jones Fare Better?
Poynter Institute distinguished fellow and CCJ trainer Gregory Favre recalls what it felt like to have Rupert Murdoch buy his newspaper, and speculates about what might be in store for Wall Street Journal staff.
Nine Steps to Citizen Journalism Online
Knight International Journalism Fellow Stephen Franklin offers advice on how to become a responsible, interesting, and effective citizen journalist.
Publisher Murdoch's U.S. Track Record
PEJ's Dante Chinni and Jessica Goldings take a critical look at Rupert Murdoch's record in the American newspaper business.
Walking Fine Line with Sources
Chicago Tribune Public Editor Timothy McNulty discusses the ethical lines journalists should be cognizant of in building relationships with sources.

Distorted Picture
AJR examines the impact of misuse of Photoshop, software which makes it easy to manipulate photos in a way that could threaten photojournalism's credibility.
Powers: In Praise of Paper
Media columnist William Powers argues that reports of the death of newspapers and journalism are greatly exaggerated.
Web User Spending More of Their Time with Content
Recent OPA report suggests Web users now spend half their time visiting content, far outpacing time spent with search, communications, and commerce.
Press Explores Bush's Iraq/Vietnam Link
E&P explores major American newspapers' coverage of President Bush's remarks in which he compares the U.S.'s involvement in Iraq with its involvement in Vietnam.
San Jose Station Adds On-Air Chat Room Exchanges With News Anchor
San Jose's NBC11 recently initiated on-air, online chats with 5pm news anchor Jessica Aguirre as a way of increasing interaction with viewers.

Who Creates Reality?
CCJ Founding Chairman Bill Kovach's 2007 Baccalaureate Address to Boston University students invites graduates to view the world around them skeptically - to see it as it REALLY exists and not merely how those in powerful positions would have them see it.
Cronkite: Corp. Ownership Places Unrealistic Expectations on Working Journalists
Transcript of legendary broadcast journalist Walter Cronkite's address to the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism's Forum on Media Ownership.
Cronkite: Profit Quest Threatens Democracy
Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite says today's journalists face greater challenges than those from his generation because their employers can no longer be trusted to provide the resources necessary to expose truth and weed out corruption.
Snob Journalism: Elitism Versus Ethics for a Profession in Crisis
CCJ Vice-Chairman Tom Rosenstiel examines the question, "Why do professionalism and a thorough discussion of ethics and high standards in journalism scare people?"
Newspaper Cuts Threaten Journalists' Abilities to "Bear Witness"
Los Angeles Times reporter Henry Weinstein discusses the impact of staff cuts at his paper and around the newspaper industry on journalists' abilities to provide readers the coverage they need and deserve.

Harvard: Internet Redistributing News Audience - Daily Newspapers At Risk
Harvard's Shorenstein Center recently released a report suggesting that the Internet is redistributing news audience in a way that benefits large national papers but hurts daily papers without nation-wide readership.
Changes and Challenges for Local TV Stations
Hank Price, Sr. Fellow at the Media Management Center, discusses the implications for local TV news stations of recent research findings on how news media build emotional connections with audiences.
Study Finds Significant Crossover in Newspaper Readership and Usage of Newspaper Sites
A recent NNN study finds that 81% of newspaper website users also read the print edition of their newspaper.
Young People and News
A Harvard University Shorenstein Center report on how young people use news finds that news consumption is not a routine part of their days and that they're more likely to use TV and the internet to find news than older Americans.
CPI Makes Media Tracker Available for Non-Commerical Use
The Center for Public Integrity released a license for the non-commercial use of its Media Tracker, a free online database containing records of government sources, corporate disclosure documents and original research on media ownership and lobbying activities.

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