Poynter articles
Every now and then, I remember to check-in on Poynter. Here are a few articles I found interesting.
- Scripps Howard Finds Many 'Closed' Murder Cases Were Never Solved: "When the Scripps investigators published their findings, including an interactive chart that lets the reader drill down to the county level, it became clear that some police departments were telling the FBI that cases were closed when they clearly were not."
- Preserving Language Standards as You Cover a Raunchy Culture: "Journalists, take notice: We will be seeing more of the C-word and will face interesting and controversial decisions about what to do when it appears."
- FTC Future-of-Journalism Inquiry Wraps Up With Little Momentum for Major Intervention: "Equally important, the exploration of possible government action by the FTC and others turned up a host of problems. Subsidies or anti-trust assistance for newspapers would appear to prop up fading for-profit enterprises over new media alternatives. On the other hand, it is less than clear that government could be skilled and disinterested in picking worthy recipients if it threw money behind new media, non-profit news units."
- Inside the mind of the anonymous online poster: "These users comment on everything from today’s news to hotel rooms. Many are harmless. But some are ruthless. Who are they exactly, and why do they do what they do?"
- Why Can't Journalists Handle Public Criticism?: "Why do so many journalists find it so hard to handle public criticism? If you're an athlete, you're used to it. If you're an artist, critics will regularly take you down. If you are in government, the pundits and now the bloggers will show no mercy. If you're in business, the market will punish you."
- CNN Producer: Audiences Want Religion News, but Journalists Reluctant to Cover it: "When I called CNN Producer Eric Marrapodi last week to ask him about the network's new Belief Blog, he was driving around Louisiana helping to cover the Gulf of Mexico oil spill -- and seeing signs that religion is often the untold story behind today's biggest news. Literally."
- Tip Sheets: Photojournalism
- Nine Tips for Covering Natural Disasters
- Scripps Howard Finds Many 'Closed' Murder Cases Were Never Solved: "When the Scripps investigators published their findings, including an interactive chart that lets the reader drill down to the county level, it became clear that some police departments were telling the FBI that cases were closed when they clearly were not."
- Preserving Language Standards as You Cover a Raunchy Culture: "Journalists, take notice: We will be seeing more of the C-word and will face interesting and controversial decisions about what to do when it appears."
- FTC Future-of-Journalism Inquiry Wraps Up With Little Momentum for Major Intervention: "Equally important, the exploration of possible government action by the FTC and others turned up a host of problems. Subsidies or anti-trust assistance for newspapers would appear to prop up fading for-profit enterprises over new media alternatives. On the other hand, it is less than clear that government could be skilled and disinterested in picking worthy recipients if it threw money behind new media, non-profit news units."
- Inside the mind of the anonymous online poster: "These users comment on everything from today’s news to hotel rooms. Many are harmless. But some are ruthless. Who are they exactly, and why do they do what they do?"
- Why Can't Journalists Handle Public Criticism?: "Why do so many journalists find it so hard to handle public criticism? If you're an athlete, you're used to it. If you're an artist, critics will regularly take you down. If you are in government, the pundits and now the bloggers will show no mercy. If you're in business, the market will punish you."
- CNN Producer: Audiences Want Religion News, but Journalists Reluctant to Cover it: "When I called CNN Producer Eric Marrapodi last week to ask him about the network's new Belief Blog, he was driving around Louisiana helping to cover the Gulf of Mexico oil spill -- and seeing signs that religion is often the untold story behind today's biggest news. Literally."
- Tip Sheets: Photojournalism
- Nine Tips for Covering Natural Disasters