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(CJR) Two friends, one summer, 400 error-ridden signs
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The Write Stuff
Bill Grueskin
http://www.cjr.org/page_views/the_write_stuff.php?page=all
August 13, 2010
(CJR)Has Yahoo created an AP stylebook for the digital age?
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Making Sense of News
Kelly McBride
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=136&aid=188735
August 13, 2010
(Poynter)Truthsquad Shows We Can 'Crowdfight' Culture of Misinformation There's a lot of evidence that suggests that people don't care about the facts anymore. [..]
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Venezuela to consider proposal prohibiting bankers from owning media companies
Ingrid Bachmann
http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/blog/?q=en/node/8217
August 13, 2010
The Venezuelan vice president, Elías Jaua, asked the National Assembly to include in the reform of the General Bank Law a provision prohibiting shareholders of financial institutions from participating in communications enterprises, reported El Nacional.
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Uruguay outlines regulations for public information access law
Maira Magro
http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/blog/?q=en/node/8219
August 13, 2010
(Knight Center) Almost two years after the enactment of the Law on Access to Public Information (Lei 18.381) in Uruguay, the administration has published a decree regulating its use. To incite journalists from throughout the country to take advantage of the law, the Archives and Access to Public Information Center launched this week a campaign, “Make Your Own Request.”
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'Local news hubs' needed to fulfil community media demand, study suggests
Laura Oliver
http://www.journalism.co.uk/2/articles/540039.php
August 12, 2010
(Journalism.co.uk) The UK should create series of "local news hubs" supported by local authorities and foundations to address an unfulfilled demand for local news, according to new research from the Media Trust. [..]
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Is our neighbour's tragedy not our own?
Kalpana Sharma
http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?storyid=4747&mod=1&pg=1§ionId=10&valid=true
August 12, 2010
(The Hoot) So why did the Indian media choose to ignore a huge human tragedy which, by virtue of its proportions, has to be considered “breaking news” by any objective criteria, asks KALPANA SHARMA
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Journalism the third most untrustworthy profession, according to poll
Laura Oliver
http://www.journalism.co.uk/2/articles/540036.php
August 12, 2010
(Journalism.co.uk) Journalists are the third most distrusted professionals in the UK, according to a new survey by the Co-operative Bank. The poll of 3,000 UK adults put journalists behind politicians and bankers, but ahead of electricians and estate agents.
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Stalwarts of the Commentariat
MD Ali
http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?storyid=4742&mod=1&pg=1§ionId=9&valid=true
August 11, 2010
(The Hoot) Is political representation on so-called national television diverse? Of course not. National politics is represented on television debates by just six politicians from the Congress and BJP. A Hoot monitoring of nine TV discussion shows over one month by MD ALI.
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ASA censures Talksport's Anti-Terrorist Hotline ad
Oliver Luft
http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=45825&c=1
August 11, 2010
(Press Gazette) The Advertising Standards Agency has upheld a complaint over an Anti-Terrorist Hotline ad broadcast on the Talksport radio station. The advertising watchdog banned the ad, produced on behalf of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), after complaints it was offensive.