Thursday, December 16, 2004



Mature Adults Only! Kekoc Does It Again: You take off your inhibitions ... # 2005 Australian Full Monty Blog Awards - Nominations #
Ach, Reporter hangs out at nudie bar while Moyers signs off With the biggest story of our time. Furthermore, the venerable tech writer talks to OMNI about his plans to leave old media for a new media venture What's Next for Dan Gillmor?

The Blog, The Press, The Media: Maybe it's time for NYT editors to start talking to readers
Everybody else in the world seems to think that journalists are law unto themselves, but times are a changin’

This revolutionary idea is proposed by Times public editor Daniel Okrent:. If the editors did the explaining themselves, maybe I wouldn't have to do it for them. In an age when the press is so widely regarded as a predatory and uncontrolled beast, the failure to allow readers a view inside the cage can only aggravate their worst suspicions.


Wind Blowing Southerly way ; [MSM has a better track record than anything else out there (TNT); BaltSun series on Minidoka internment camp upsets some readers (Sun); Photo of kids saluting flag with left hand creates stir (Orlando Sentinel); Oregonian hears from over 190 readers after dropping "Dear Abby" (O); Getler: WP readers have interesting challenges to some stories (WP); "We need to invite readers into the process," says Guttman (Maine ST)]
• · A judge's case against the Boston Herald and four of its writers is significant because it uses an exchange on The O'Reilly Factor to try to prove the malicious intent of a newspaper reporter. When reporters who write stories, then go on the air to discuss them, things tend to escalate. ...If their appearances are going to be used to craft evidence of malice and reckless disregard for the truth in a print story, we're in very dangerous territory Judge's libel suit may end era of the reporter-celebrity; [ Earlier: Herald editor says "our sourcing is very strong" on story ]
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• · · · · · The rapidly growing use of the Internet by ordinary citizens to express political opinions and participate in electoral activities - one of the medium's most promising aspects is on a collision course with federal campaign finance law