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With New York City about to let bloggers qualify for press passes, a look at what breaking down the walls between old and new media means for science reporting.
A long awaited breakthrough may be about to occur on the streets of New York City. On Tuesday, The New York Law Department [...]
Wikileaks and Iceland MPs propose ‘journalism haven’
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Wikileaks has provoked the dream of Iceland becoming a haven for whistle-blowing
Iceland could become a “journalism haven” if a proposal put forward by some Icelandic MPs aided by whistle-blowing website Wikileaks succeeds.
The Icelandic Modern Media Initiative (IMMI), calls on the country’s government to adopt laws protecting journalists and [...]
The End Of Hand Crafted Content
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Old media loves nothing quite so much as writing about their own impending death. And we always enjoy adding our own two cents – the AP not knowing what YouTube is, the NYTimes guys reading TechCrunch every day, etc.
Speaking broadly, I like what Reuters, Rupert Murdoch and Eric Schmidt are saying: the industry [...]
Would You Pay A Journalist To Report The News You Want To Read?
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I’m not asking if you would pay for press coverage as a business if it were possible. I’m asking if you would ever do it as an individual, when you think there’s something that’s been under-reported or even downright unreported to date and you want to see that situation changed.
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