Saturday July 05, 2008

Links of the Week



Global Investigative Journalism Conference
Highlights from the 2007 GIJC annual conference

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IRE's guide to some of journalism's best recent investigative work

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Talking Journalism

  • E&P Special Report: Web Editors Reveal Online Flops or Failures
    <p>E&amp;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.
  • Small Market TV Difficult But Doable
    The president of one of the oldest continuously independent broadcast groups in the country talks about what it takes for small-market TV stations to be journalistically and financially successful.
  • The Book as an Investigative Vehicle for News
    Missouri School of Journalism professor Steve Weinberg says news organizations too often fail to treat investigative discoveries by book authors as headline grabbers.
  • Playing on TV's Turf
    CCJ Trainer Deborah Potter examines the issue of whether or not newspapers' online video offerings might endanger local TV news.
  • What Does 'Confidential' Mean Now?
    AJR's Lori Robertson examines the evolution of the journalist/source relationship in the wake of legal decisions making it harder for journalists to truly grant sources anonymity.
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