Tag: reporting
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VANITY FAIR : FEATURES : GENERAL
The tapes, transcripts, and story of NORAD on September 11, 2001. Wow. VANITY FAIR : FEATURES : GENERAL
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BlogHer and the media, meaning me in this case
The odd thing about being both a blogger and a journalist — on this particular day — is reading a story in the newspaper that I wrote about BlogHer, in which I try to play reality against what the big bad mainstream media (which is now apparently me) would have us believe is the stereotypical…
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News Reporting and Public Records
Here’s a supplemental blog from a j-school prof teaching investigative journalism in Florida. News Reporting and Public Records
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OJR: J-schools step up investigative reporting instruction with News21
“Raise your hand if you remember the following assignments from journalism school: The obit. The neighborhood piece. The ten-week investigation into the Department of Homeland Security’s budget. No? Last one wasn’t on your syllabus? For 44 student fellow OJR: J-schools step up investigative reporting instruction with News21
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How to report a news story online – OJR
A quick overview of different methods evolving in online journalism, including “open source reporting” and more traditional CAR. How to report a news story online – OJR
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Computer assisted reporting 2.0
Now that the SJSU J-School is cooking up a New Media class for next semester, which I’ve suggested should be mostly a practical lab for future online editors, it’s time to start thinking about the next step in revising the curriculum. Which, of course, it’s not my job to do, but I haven’t let that…
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There’s more than one way to skin a topless wiretapper story
(Ed. note: Sometimes it seems like the folks who criticize “traditional” journalism don’t actually, um, read the stories. So, in the interest of pointing out that there’s more than one way to write the news (he-said/she-said), here’s a pair of winners.) Reporting the public record First, there’s “The Nine Lives of a Topless Bar” from…
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An interview with Gay Talese
Talese on his disdain for tape recorders, the mechanics of celebrity interviews, and his fascination with the multipurposed world of restaurants. An interview with Gay Talese
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KQED | Forum: Gay Talese
Listen to Talese, who wrote for the NY Times when “New Journalism” came of age, riff on writing, reporting, and his own career. KQED | Forum: Gay Talese
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Scary stuff for journalists: the Feds are tracking your calls, too
ABC News blog The Blotter is reporting that a “senior federal law enforcement official” told them the federal government is running the whole caller-ID data mining trip on journalists in an effort to track down their confidential sources. Other sources have told us that phone calls and contacts by reporters for ABC News, along with…