The warning signs are abundant. But it’s not too late for journalists to pay attention.
Wonder if there are any problems Oregon should be worried about?
Journalism
There are 31 posts filed in Journalism (this is page 3 of 4).
Not sure what is going on here, but CNN’s front page is showing stories from January 15th instead of March 5th…
Examples of how political news could be presented
Read: The end of political cartoons at the New York Times
All my professional life, I have been driven by the conviction that the unique freedom of political cartooning entails a great sense of responsibility.
Cool story, I am not a Times subscriber, so I did not know there were no political cartoons until this artist got in the back window…
Read: Students write 50 STEM biographies of women
In Fall 2018, Dr Rebecca Barnes of Colorado College began asking her environmental science students to write Wikipedia pages for women scientists. In response, her students have risen to the occasion, producing a total of 52 new biographies for women in a wide variety of STEM fields since then.
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Is this a step toward citizen journalism? This is pretty interesting – crowdsourcing Wikipedia pages…
Read: Why Journalism Might Actually Be the Class of the Future
When we imagine the future of learning, we often hear about STEM and STEAM and things like robotics or coding. But I’d argue that one of the most relevant subjects for developing a maker mindset is actually journalism. Here’s why.
john spencer, teacher, education, why journalism is the subject…
This post definitely supports Dave Winer’s thoughts on teaching journalism as a required subject, and provides some concrete ways of approaching the topic. I give more background in my post on journalism for all.
Read: Indieweb for Journalism – IndieWeb
Indieweb for Journalism is the application of Indieweb principles to one’s personal site with a particular emphasis on use cases for journalists, photographers, editors, related bloggers and platforms which are publishing their work.
Some good tools/links for rebooting journalism
Read: The reboot of journalism (Scripting News)
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Read: The Black Box system for organizing a story – American Press Institute (great how-to on writing a news story)
Len Reed, environment and science team leader at The Oregonian, developed a system to help reporters handle unruly information. The Black Box helps reporters sort through and prioritize the information they have and quickly and clearly make the case for their stories to editors. With the system, writing a story is essentially boiled into four …
The earlier link is a great description of what journalism is, this link is a great description of how to do journalism.
Read: The elements of journalism – American Press Institute
In their book The Elements of Journalism, Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel identify the essential principles and practices of journalism. Here are 10 elements common to good journalism, drawn from the book. Journalism’s first obligation is to the truth Good decision-making depends on people having reliable, accurate facts put in a meaningful context. Journalism does …
via Dave Winer