Archive for January 15th, 2008
Kid Power: Aaron Broder, Kid Reporter, Blitzes CES, Gets the Scoops
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008Kid Power: Aaron Broder, Kid Reporter, Blitzes CES, Gets the Scoops.
Also, see http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/press_corps/meet.asp
Colorado Confidential:: ‘Real’ Colorado Journalists Wear Purple
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008Colorado Confidential:: ‘Real’ Colorado Journalists Wear Purple
Should Citizen Journalism be “regulated”
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008See the following two Op-Ed pieces in AJC.
Unfettered ‘citizen journalism’ too risky by David Hazinski
http://www.ajc.com/search/content/opinion/stories/2007/12/13/citizened1213.html
(Google Cache of this article!)
Citizen journalists: They don’t need to be regulated by Leonard Witt
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2007/12/13/witted_1214.html
(Google Cache of this article)
at PJNet
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Principles of Journalism (from journalism.org)
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008Principles of Journalism
(from http://www.journalism.org/resources/principles)
Journalism’s first obligation is to the truth
Its first loyalty is to citizens
Its essence is a discipline of verification
Its practitioners must maintain an independence from those they cover
It must serve as an independent monitor of power
It must provide a forum for public criticism and compromise
It must strive to make the significant interesting […]