In collaboration with students from La Trobe University’s Bachelor of Journalism and Master of Global Communications degrees, upstart presents the 100 articles that every journalist should read about journalism.
A timely reflection from Canadian journalist Craig Silverman on the perils of journalists jumping to conclusions has been selected by graduating student Laura Carroll. And there you have it. The ‘100 articles every journalist should read about journalism’.
Mistakes happen. But in the digital era how should something as commonplace as a typo be corrected? That’s the question explored in this piece by Mallary Jean Tenore which Liana Neri has chosen to join our list of the ‘100 articles’ every journalist should read about journalism.
In collaboration with students from La Trobe University’s Bachelor of Journalism and Master of Global Communications degrees, upstart presents the 100 articles that every journalist should read about journalism.
A timely reflection from Canadian journalist Craig Silverman on the perils of journalists jumping to conclusions has been selected by graduating student Laura Carroll. And there you have it. The ‘100 articles every journalist should read about journalism’.
Mistakes happen. But in the digital era how should something as commonplace as a typo be corrected? That’s the question explored in this piece by Mallary Jean Tenore which Liana Neri has chosen to join our list of the ‘100 articles’ every journalist should read about journalism.
James Murdoch’s 2009 speech at the Edinburgh International Television Festival affirmed his belief in markets, while criticising the ambitions of Britain’s state-funded broadcaster, the BBC. Chris McNamara has nominated the speech as one of the ‘100 articles’ that every journalist should read about journalism.
Reporting traumatic events comes with the territory for many working journalists. But how best to do it? A booklet prepared by the Dart Centre’s Kevin Kawamoto is an excellent place to begin, says Chris McNamara, who has selected it to be part of our ‘100 articles’ project.
A satirical piece by Charlie Brooker from BBC’s Newswipe program about the visual cliches of TV news reporting is the latest addition to our ‘100 articles’ project.
A piece published last year in New Zealand about the responsiblity of journalists to draw attention to injustice has been selected by Jane Hosking as the latest addition to our list of the ‘100 articles every journalist should read about journalism’ project.
What is the difference between ‘due to’ and ‘because of’? If a carpenter can’t use a hammer properly, he won’t find much work. Why aren’t journalists mastering their tools? Words. As Rob Harris explains, Les Carlyon’s critique of journalism is vital reading.
Michael Skoler believes that heritage media has much to learn from Web 2.0. A recent piece he wrote for Harvard’s Niemann Reports has been selected by Sarah Green for our list of the the ‘100 articles every journalist should read about journalism’.
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With many major media companies now planning to build paywalls for their content, Kellie Mayo selects a cautionary tale about the challenges one newspaper has faced for inclusion in our list of the ‘100 articles every journalist should read about journalism’.
The British media agreed to “black out” Prince Harry’s Afghanistan stint, but for the right reasons? A 2008 piece from The Guardian, selected by Kellie Mayo for our ‘100 articles’ list, examines the issues behind the arrangement.
Could Google help revive the economic fortunes of journalism? The Atlantic’s James Fallows argues there’s grounds for optimism, and Lawrie Zion has added his recent cover story on the subject to our ‘100 articles’ list.
Journalists used to write journalism. But now there are others involved in the news gathering process, as Charlie Beckett explains in this 2008 piece that has been selected by Shashini Gamage for inclusion in our ‘100 articles’ project.
Jean Kemshal-Bell presents our latest ‘100 articles’ selection, which is a trilogy of pieces by Michael Massing about the failure of journalism to challenge the widely held claim that Sadam Hussein’s Iraq was hiding weapon of mass destruction.
When he founded the world’s first journalism school in 1908, Walter Williams had a few things to say about his mission. Sarah Green has selected this creed for inclusion in our list of ‘100 articles’ every 21st century jouralist should read about journalism.
A trilogy of articles about Twitter by Australian journalist and academic Julie Posetti led Evan Harding to overcome his inhibitions and start tweeting. And he’s also nominated Posetti’s pieces for inclusion in our ‘100 articles’ project.
Based in Washington DC, Freedom House is an independent non-governmental organisation that supports the expansion of freedom in the world. Jane Hosking has nominated their recent Freedom of the Press survey for inclusion in our ‘100 articles’ project.
A 2009 BBC documentary exploring the pros and cons of citizen journalism has been selected by Jane Hosking for our ‘100 articles’ project.
In the latest of our ‘100 articles’ series, Jean Kemshal-Bell selects Simon Dumenco’s imagining of the near-future, ‘Life After the Pay Wall: Ignorance Ain’t Bliss After All’ which was first published November 2009 in Advertising Age.
Journalists must record what they see, but in extreme circumstances “the facts” can be hard to comprehend. In this selection for our ‘100 articles’ project, The Age’s former China correspondent, Peter Ellingsen, recalls reporting on the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Most larger media companies have now issued social media guidelines for their staff. In this selection for our ‘100 articles’ project, Maike Winters discusses what she sees as the merits of such policies.
The digital revolution isn’t always being used to improve freedom or democracy. In this selection for our ‘100 articles’ project, Shashini Gamage discusses an article posted early in 2010 in MediaShift that revealed some alarming trends.
