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The Blog, The Press, The Media: Murals of Management
I've been hearing voices. I can't get them out of my head.
True journalists will happily drop whatever they're doing when news breaks or crisis hits. I think we too often exploit that and take it for granted. We come to rely on dedicated people to consistently go the extra mile, even just to get us through our daily business. Every routine thing becomes a crisis and requires extra time and energy from key people... People are better journalists and managers when they have a life outside of work.
• Morale, Motivation and Balance: Messages for Managers [Soldiers are trying to make sure their version of the truth from Iraq gets out.Even though for many, that truth doesn’t include revealing their identities, their online diaries are becoming an increasingly popular way for anyone with an Internet connection to “listen in” on the war zone. Blogs of War ; Clusty Imrich ...]
• · Jacob Weisberg at Slate articulates the whole bloggers as journalsts debate with a headline that reads, rather profoundly: Who Is a Journalist?Anybody who wants to be; Czech out this collection of resources that Phil uses on a regular basis arranged under different topics. It should make your life quicker and easier if you're not sure which search engine to use for which type of query, and for created a search strategy Search engines
• · · In the opinion pages of The Australian, Bret Stephens questions the shortcomings of journalists and the media, observing that journalists have a difficult time distinguishing "significant facts" and don't think very hard about "which stories are most worth telling" Media in the quagmire ; Media Watch: Liz Jackson; BlogPulse Highlights
• · · · Can Coporates Blog? ; Technorati accused of blog censorship
• · · · · 15 non-white male blogging voices ; White editors are often like the coaches they cover. They have an 'old boy' network and they take care of their friends Ethics Corner: One Black List That Shouldn't Be Short
• · · · · · Threats to the status quo are always ripe for reform: Bloggers were one of the big political successes of the 2004 election. This motley group of opinionated writers used their cyber soapboxes to attack and defend the presidential campaigns and the two major parties. Bloggers Beware; Roger Simon thinks that politicians aren't dumb enough to go after bloggers ; Google personalizes news site