Monday, April 11, 2005



Bored by a blog discussion Oxfeld couldn't wait for it to end
Not long ago, blogging (from Web log) was about as much a corporate tool as Temptation Island - Case study: Western States Information Network: Blogging for Business

The Blog, The Press, The Media: The Ballot or the Bullet: In Brief Meet the Press
Sprinkled throughout is a treasure trove of pithy quotes from some of journalism's most prominent practitioners, praising, explaining and (plus ça change) disparaging their chosen profession and colleagues.

In an era where journalists are less respected than politicians, in a city where they outnumber politicians five to one, leave it to a historian to show that print journalism today is, in fact, more rigorous, more open and less ethically conflicted than it was during the much ballyhooed days of yore


• Book Review for Alex Mitchell: Reporting from Washington: The History of the Washington Press Corps [Voters care about media bias, consumers don't Corporate America's Journalism Problem ; Tech journo has doubts about Gore's Current. But he once dissed Google, too ... Al Gore’s ‘Current’ View ]
• · From cover-ups to magic, nothing is as it seems in the blogosphere Unusual Blogs: Examples of Innovation ; Charles Chieppo ; via Memeorandum: Boston Herald Fires Writer Aiding Governor ; Google:"Journalist" Taking Government Pay
• · · The web is more than technology - it’s now an ideology of “freedom”Without profit even the digital world will break down ; What To Do When Your Blog Drops in Google’s Rankings
• · · · If ever there is a man committed to the objectivity of truth, and to objective standards of rationality, it was Jack Shaffer What Can Bloggers Do That Reporters Can't? Hey, if Jack says it's big news, who am I to argue? Let them speak for themselves: Chiefs of Stuff ; Elsewhere: links to Jack Shafer's essay in Slate about the comparative advantage of bloggers vs. journalists
• · · · · Sandra Lee of Sunday Telegraph fame Touches base with women in the media ; The Sunday Telegraph editor, Jeni Cooper Jeni O’Dowd ; Citizen journalists? Right-wing bloggers shrieked that the GOP Schiavo memo was a "liberal media" fraud. Now that they've been proven wrong, are they apologizing? Why, no! Boehlert: Try partisan hacks ; Bob Steele: A journalist failed. Editors failed. A system of quality control failed. This was professional malpractice. Google: Second Thoughts; Are you being serious, or is this a Firefly moment? Media references to find a metaphor and dragons ; Metaphors like smoking seemed natural to journalism The old days: Lit cigarettes and fiery typewriters
• · · · · · As blogs gain more influence, several things seem to be happening - and they relate to the increased attention they're given. Incorporated blogs - how many are we talking about? ; Our aim is to measure the degree of interaction between liberal and conservative blogs, and to uncover any differences in the structure of the two communities. Another pie attack - bloggers are hit: Divided They Blog: BlogPulse analysis of top political blogs, 2004