Can CanWest Avoid A Fall?

Deborah Jones over at J-Source.ca pretty much sums up my feelings about the troubles at CanWest.

I’ve never expected journalistic excellence from the company’s newspapers or TV news casts. I mainly watch Global Television to catch a few U.S. shows.

I feel bad for those who are going to lose their jobs, but this fall has been a long time coming.

I’m glad I’m out of the newspaper biz

The Orange County Register will outsource copy editing and layout duties to Mindworks, an Indian company, for a one-month trial. Technorati Tags: media, journalism, newspapers

Blogger code of conduct favored by near-majority of internet users

Nearly half (46%) of internet users favor the creation of a voluntary code of conduct for bloggers and online commentators, shows a survey by legal firm DLA Piper.

Technorati Tags: Web 2.0, media, journalism, blogs

Journalistic Ethics Should Apply To Bloggers

That’s an issued Wired has raised on the heels of the Washington Post syndicating content from the popular TechCrunch blog run by Michael Arrington.

Wired notes that it’s odd the Washington Post, one of the nation’s most trusted and revered newspapers, would run stories written by an ex-lawyer who admits he may advise or invest in companies that are covered on his site.

While I appreciate that Arrington discloses his ties to the companies he covers, this is one instance where I think Journalism 101 rules apply to Web 2.0.
Technorati Tags: wired, journalism, blogs, Web 2.0, techcrunch, michael arrington

Tories kill access to information database

“…another example of the Harper government’s talk about accountability and transparency — they talk the talk but they don’t walk the walk.”

Technorati Tags: government, demoncracy, freedom of the press, transparency, Stephen Harper, Tories, journalism,

Twitter can break news, but it can’t provide context

B.L. Ochman has a short post about how services such as Twitter can make everyone a reporter.

While I agree that Twitter can break news, it can’t provide context and deep analysis.

It also raises a very important question: What’s to stop someone from twittering an outright lie that leads to some serious damage such as panic in the streets?

Feel free to call me a cynic.

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Technorati Tags: twitter, Web 2.0, news, media, journalism, B.L. Ochman