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Journalism is the fact-based reporting of events in the public media. Whether through newspapers, radio, television, film, or the blogosphere, journalists craft the news and provide the masses with information and fodder for opinion.

Historically, investigative and political journalism have been crucial and sometimes dangerous occupations. Journalists have been censored, threatened, jailed and assassinated for their reporting. Yet, intrepid individuals such as Seymour Hersh, Robert Fisk, Amira Hass, Dele Olojede and many others continue to put themselves in risky or uncomfortable situations to make sure that important events are made public.

With the advent of the online age came an increase in both citizen and independent journalism: the ease and effectiveness of publishing online meant that more voices were able to make themselves heard. However, this also led to a decrease in journalistic ethics and standards: reporting became highly opinionated, and punditry came to be considered the norm.

Nonetheless, there are countless brave, dedicated, and ethical journalists currently publishing online, and many websites devoted to independent, international and forthright journalism. Readers of online news are now presented with thousands of information sources, giving them the opportunity to do their own research and find the truth—or any permutation thereof—of their own volition.

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  • MediaPost: Consumers will pay for unique news


    Communications & Legal Studies — Authority Authority: 137
    Loechner, J. (2009, December 2). Consumers Will Pay For News if Unique, Not Yet Known. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved December 2, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=118120&lfe=1 Summarizes research from The Boston Consulting Group Posted in Indymedia, ...
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  • Google News and Pay Walls


    ForkBombr — Authority Authority: 143
    Computerworld : Google said Tuesday it is changing how it grants access to news stories through its search engine to give publishers more control over how much content people can see for free. The move by Google marks a step toward placating the publishing industry, which has raised concerns that the popular search ...
    3 hours ago

  • Green Party rep calls journalists lazy


    Irish Election — Authority Authority: 475
    Green Party National Executive Committee member Andrew Murphy, not content with calling emigrants quitters , now calls journalists lazy . @greenparty_ie I love how you bolded the key points so journos have to do the very least amount of work possible.I’m sure they’re v grateful And I’m sure they’re ...
    4 hours ago

  • “Dinosaur rages against approaching asteroid”


    Freelance Unbound — Authority Authority: 125
    I loved this comment on Tim Luckhurst’s recent journalism-is-so-up-itself-it-believes-it’s-the-cornerstone-of-democracy opinion piece on the Guardian web site. “Dinosaur rages against approaching asteroid. Blog at 11.” There’s almost nothing else to say. But what the hell. One problem with the ...
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  • A Free Press Only Counts if It’s on Dead Trees


    Cato @ Liberty — Authority Authority: 742
    The Associated Press reports : The federal government is wading into deliberations over the future of journalism as printed newspapers, television stations and other traditional media outlets suffer from Americans’ growing reliance on the Internet. With the media business in a state of economic distress as ...
    5 hours ago

  • Only Utusan Malaysia Can Relate "Frog Stepping" to Race and May 13


    amethyst news flash — Authority Authority: 124
    It must be admitted, politics in Malaysia is very much dominated by race. But you seldom see Pakatan and its media fanning racism, except maybe the few exceptions. Raja Petra in Malaysia Today posted a piece of news from Utusan Malaysia, which commented on the recent "frog stepping" by DAP, which RPK said it ...
    5 hours ago

  • Pulitzer or community – daddy or chips?


    Joanna Geary — Authority Authority: 493
    Last night I was part a debate on the regional press at City University . Near the end, talk moved on to the subject of journalism enterprise. When asked for a show of hands, most of the students said they would like to work in the mainstream media. Eighteen out of approx. 70 in the room said they wanted to work ...
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  • How Programmer/Journalists Craft Their Own Study Programs


    learning.now — Authority Authority: 687
    After writing about the skills a journalist/programmer might need , I thought it would be interesting to see what college students are learning. For the most part, journalism education has not caught up with the innovations taking place in the industry. Many programs dont offer more than an introduction to working ...
    6 hours ago

  • Murdoch to undermine journalism some more...


    At-Largely — Authority Authority: 587
    Oh is this interesting: "Good journalism is an expensive commodity,” said Rupert Murdoch at a Federal Trade Commission conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Dec. 1.Yes, good journalism... [Want to read the whole piece? Visit atlargely.com for full links, other content, and more]
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  • AHCJ finds uneven disclosure of H1N1 deaths


    Covering Health — Authority Authority: 475
    An informal poll of AHCJ members from across the country, as well as a review of press releases and news reports, reveals that there is a wide variation in what information local and state health officials are disclosing about H1N1 deaths. In some places, health officials have held press conferences at which they ...
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  • Daily Beast staff ‘happy as clams,’ says Barry Diller


    Summit Notebook — Authority Authority: 496
    The journalists and staff who work at The Daily Beast don’t look at life like you other sad-sack scribes out there who are watching your job market wash out to sea with the ebb tide. In fact, they are happy in a particularly mollusk-like way. “They’re as happy as clams,” said Barry Diller, chief executive of ...
    6 hours ago

  • Daily Beast staff ‘happy as clams,’ says Barry Diller


    MediaFile — Authority Authority: 603
    The journalists and staff who work at The Daily Beast dont look at life like you other sad-sack scribes out there who are watching your job market wash out to sea with the ebb tide. In fact, they are happy in a particularly mollusk-like way. "Theyre as happy as clams," said Barry Diller, chief executive of ...
    6 hours ago

  • FTC Workshop Examines Journalism in Internet Age - WSJ.com


    The Information Paradox — Authority Authority: 445
    FTC Workshop Examines Journalism in Internet Age - WSJ.com: WASHINGTON –The head of the Federal...
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  • Alter Net: Rabid Right-Wing Media Mogul Building a News Empire


    Latest entries from dotcommonsense.blog-city.com — Authority Authority: 138
    Of course they are going to buy up everything that can be bought. The purpose is to control American minds. The regular news service was doing a good enough job, but fat cats wonder why they should leave anything to chance.
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  • Morocco: Banned Paper Renamed


    Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority Authority: 439
    Middle East Online reports that the Moroccan newspaper Akhbar al Youm, which was shut down after publishing a cartoon related to a royal wedding in September, will reopen under the name Akhbar Al Youm Al Maghrabia.  The editor and cartoonist had been given a four-year suspended sentence and fined $396,000 after ...
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  • Climate Gate – All the manipulations and lies revealed 44


    UD/RK Samhlls Debatt — Authority Authority: 134
    The greatest scientific and political scandal in modern times continues to unravel. And media is starting to cover it more and more as the consequences is starting to sink in, really sink in. Läs även andra bloggares åsikter om http://bloggar.se/om/milj%F6 ” rel=”tag”>miljö, ...
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  • Brian Byrnes Describes CNN’s ‘Backstory’ on Argentina’s Forensic Anthropology Team


    The Argentine Post — Authority Authority: 420
    By Brian Byrnes.There have been many, many stories told about Argentina’s horrific 1976-1983 “Dirty War,” when the military ruled the country with an iron fist, squashing any dissident voices. At...
    7 hours ago

  • “Keep your #blackthoughts to yourself”: The Privilege of Twitter


    Blogs — Authority Authority: 162
    A short time ago, when #blackthoughts was trending on Twitter, I clicked through, intending to read a few...well, black thoughts. Instead, I was greeted by a tweet from @LadyFrills (whose icon looks like a white woman) that was so stunning in its explicit expression of white privilege that I just had to do a ...
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  • The Suns Fired, An Accounting


    Las Vegas Blog: Steve Friess' VEGAS HAPPENS HERE — Authority Authority: 467
    Im working to provide a full accounting of those fired at the Las Vegas Sun yesterday. So many have had such important careers in Vegas that someone must acknowledge that as well as explain what was lost. Please continue to let me know and I will add them here. I also need to try to determine whether theres any sort ...
    8 hours ago

  • Does John Broder know that Media Matters exists?


    Get Energy Smart! NOW!!! — Authority Authority: 576
    The head of the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit, Professor Phil Jones, has stepped aside from his directorship for a temporary period to enable a faster and more comprehensive investigation of the Center’s electronic security and of how he (and others) managed the CRU (and their email ...
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