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PressThink is a weblog about what's happening to journalism in the age of the Net, run by press critic Jay Rosen. Jay is a professor of journalism at New York University. He is a strong supporter of citizen journalism, encouraging the press to take a more active interest in citizenship, improving public debate, and enhancing life. His book about the subject, What Are Journalists For? was published in 1999. Rosen writes frequently about issues in journalism and developments the media. His works have appeared in the New York Times, Salon.com, Harper's Magazine, and The Nation. He is also a ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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He Said, She Said Journalism: Lame Formula in the Land of the Active User
Any good blogger, competing journalist or alert press critic can spot and publicize false balance and the lame acceptance of fact-free spin. Do users really want to be left ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Filter the Best Stuff to the Front Page
Sites like NewsTrust take it for granted that expansion of the media space is a good thing. But filtering and forwarding systems must keep pace. The better we are at ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Twilight of the Curmudgeon Class
I hope the San Francisco Chronicle keeps Neil Henry's essay--Google Owes Big Journalism Big Time--free and clear of any pay walls. Link rot must not be allowed to set in, for ...Posted by Fabrice Florin
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Rosen's Flying Seminar In The Future of News
The pace quickened after Clay Shirky's Thinking the Unthinkable. Here's my best-of from a month of deep think as people came to terms with the collapse of the newspaper model, ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Just How Did John McCain Obtain What He Has in the Bank with the Press?
When you're "waiting for him to stumble," and he doesn't after hours of questioning, then it's easier to forgive it when he does. Whereas a gaffe from a candidate who is ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Who's Ahead? No, Seriously...
Because they're handy, known to all, and they make almost any story more immediately writable, existing master narratives are hard to change. Even when they stop making a lot ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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