Category Archives: Journalism & News

Short Pants and Long Stretch for “News”

Sometimes I don’t think we have a new reporting industry in the US so much as we have a news manufacturing industry. This should be good news for those bemoaning the decline of the industrial manufacturing segment of the American … Continue reading

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My question about Media Cloud

From MediaPost.com: Thomson Reuters has partnered with Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society to launch the Media Cloud, a set of research tools for tracking online media coverage. The joint effort is meant to bring some clarity to … Continue reading

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More of Less Science Journalism

Word is out that CNN is eliminating its seven-person unit covering science, the environment, and technology. Did the executives that made this decision look back at the numbers for the past two years and think, “Looks like our most-watched segments … Continue reading

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