Content tagged journalism
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Nate Thayer’s Baghdad diary. Bagdad is seems to be getting more volatile, and more defiant. (Thayer seems to specialise in “extreme” journalism—it … gulfstream/1087
Porn-maker Sam Stern's journal (the contents page) is very good, although it does take a few readings to figure out the right way to approach his … gulfstream/827
Editing “journalism’s greatest prankster,” Hunter S. Thompson. gulfstream/1773
delicious
Wikileaks Fails “Due Diligence” Review | Secrecy News
NSFW: ‘Tis Pity We Called Her A Whore – And Other Ineffectual Digital Apologies
Rupert to Internet: It’s War!
"News in penny-newspaper or broadcast (or bundled cable) form has always been either free or negligibly priced. In almost every commercial iteration, news has been supported by advertising. This is, more than the Internet, Murdoch’s (and every publisher’s) problem: the dramatic downturn in advertising."
The Public Editor - How Did This Happen? - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
On the 7 (8?) errors that crept into a piece on Walter Cronkite in the NY Times.
Essay: Chop and Crop - Lens Blog - NYTimes.com
on newsweek's cropping of a picture of dick cheney in a kitchen with family, to show only him, cutting meat.
Rob Galbraith DPI: Alex Majoli points and shoots
Magnum photojournalist uses point-and-shoot digital cameras.
Confessions of a Car Salesman
nice, long, article by undercover car salesman
Digital Tampering in the Media, Politics and Law
The Village Voice fires a famous music critic. By Jody Rosen - Slate Magazine
on Robert Christgau, including nice analysis of his tight review of radiohead's kid a
Charlotte Observer Photographer Fired For Altering Colors
village voice > news > The Rejection Connection by Dan Schulman
LA Weekly
the right still has fun, the left, not so much
Poynter Online - <i>L.A. Times</i> Photographer Fired Over Altered Image
In Baltimore, No One Left to Press the Police - washingtonpost.com
Regret the Error » Crunks 2008: The Year in Media Errors and Corrections
Visions of China: A 2008 Olympics Picture Blog : World Records Seen From Above
some olympic photos, and some info from the photographer about how he got the shots. (they only let you take one camera, one lens, one memory card onto the catwalk above the swimming pool.)
Times to Stop Charging for Parts of Its Web Site - New York Times
Religion beat became a test of faith - Los Angeles Times