The Beeb has a story on U.S. milbloggers, looking at the angle that the golden age may have already come and gone.
Not a bad read, but not essential either. Wired's The Blogs of War is the essential one.
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Saturday, December 31
Naive, stupid or plucky? Maybe a combination of all three
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Bill Doskoch
on Sat 31 Dec 2005 03:10 AM EST
Farris Hassan showed good journalistic instincts -- he wanted to go to where the story was happening for his high school journalism project. Unfortunately, the story was in Iraq. more »
Beijing News journalists protest editor's firing
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Bill Doskoch
on Sat 31 Dec 2005 02:38 AM EST
About 100 journalists from the Beijing News have walked off the job to protest the firing of their editor. more »Friday, December 30
Bush administration to investigate leaks over NSA spying program
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Bill Doskoch
on Fri 30 Dec 2005 09:42 PM EST
The Bush administration wants to know how the New York Times found out about a domestic NSA spying program that Dubya authorized. more »Thursday, December 29
NYC's crime reporters like to talk over beer about the day's horrors
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Bill Doskoch
on Thu 29 Dec 2005 02:41 PM EST
This NYT story looks at the people who cover crimes on the streets of New York City. more »
'On medical news, is the reporting healthy?'
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Bill Doskoch
on Thu 29 Dec 2005 11:43 AM EST
The Globe and Mail's Andre Picard on some weaknesses identified in medical reporting and about a new service called mediadoctor.ca. more »
Turkish writer gets one of two 'insult' charges dropped
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Bill Doskoch
on Thu 29 Dec 2005 11:34 AM EST
Novelist Orhan Pamuk, who is facing charges for having the temerity to talk about the Armenian genocide, will now only go to trial on one charge. more »
China's gov't fires top editor
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Bill Doskoch
on Thu 29 Dec 2005 11:27 AM EST
Yang Bin -- editor of the Beijing News, described as one of China's most daring and popular newspapers -- has been turfed by the government, along with two other top editors. more »Wednesday, December 28
Liberal U.S. activist group protests Tribune Co.'s job cuts
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Bill Doskoch
on Wed 28 Dec 2005 02:03 PM EST
The liberal group MoveOn has now spawned MoveOn Media, which has held demonstrations protesting against the Tribune Co.'s job cuts at its various newspapers and other media properties. more »Wednesday, December 21
Pity the poor New York journalist
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Bill Doskoch
on Wed 21 Dec 2005 04:12 PM EST
Slate contributor Daniel Gross takes a less-than-sympathetic look at
the economic plight of New York-area journalists (H/T to Kevin).
more » Monday, December 19
The leaders' debate through the eyes of Globe editorialists
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Bill Doskoch
on Mon 19 Dec 2005 12:58 PM EST
Sean Fine, 9:22 p.m.: Duceppe and Layton are like flat characters in a play. Every time they walk out on stage, they say the say damn thing. And the audience laughs, because flat characters are innately funny. But who wants to vote for such flat characters? Mary Janigan, 9:23 p.m.: Do you think there is a category of Canadian that has been overlooked tonight in terms of what will be done for them? Sean Fine, 9:23 p.m.: 45-year-old journalists. Marcus Gee, 9:24 p.m.: Still, it's sort of nice having an acutal leftist on the scene, such a rare sort of character in today's world. It's like seeing a man with a top hat walking down the street, an amusing anachronism. Full exchange here. Sunday, December 18
Farewell, Mr. Anderson
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Bill Doskoch
on Sun 18 Dec 2005 03:40 AM EST
Jack Anderson, one of the great muckrakers in the history of American journalism, passed away Saturday at age 83. more » |
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