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Myanmar relaxes grip on media, vows end to censors - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:47:12 GMT

Myanmar relaxes grip on media, vows end to censors
Seattle Post Intelligencer
In a country where journalists have been jailed, beaten and blacklisted for decades, in a place that for generations has been anything but free, small victories are beginning to occur. These giant leaps of progress show how reporters here are testing ...

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Tech journalists labelled 'hit men, click whores and paid apologists' - Sydney Morning Herald

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:30:19 GMT

Sydney Morning Herald

Tech journalists labelled 'hit men, click whores and paid apologists'
Sydney Morning Herald
Debate about the power and influence of tech writers reopens after Newsweek's Dan Lyons accuses bloggers of reinventing PR, dressing it up as journalism and playing at venture capitalism. The debate asking "Are bloggers journalists?
A blogger or a journalist? Debate over the power and influence of tech writersThe Guardian

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A witness in a world of hurt - Ottawa Citizen

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:05:39 GMT

The Associated Press

A witness in a world of hurt
Ottawa Citizen
Perhaps we ran into each other in Indonesia, Thailand, Burma or elsewhere in Southeast Asia, countries that drew obsessive journalists covering their early struggles for democracy. It's unlikely, though, because most journalists don't linger in ...
War correspondent Marie Colvin mournedRochester Democrat and Chronicle
Activist group: 144 dead across SyriaHouston Chronicle
The danger of reporters becoming 'crusaders'Spiked
The Associated Press -The Times of Israel
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Long-Form Journalism, Part II: The Challenge for Reporters, and What Forbes Is ... - Forbes

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:15:26 GMT

Long-Form Journalism, Part II: The Challenge for Reporters, and What Forbes Is ...
Forbes
I seem to have touched a journalistic raw nerve with my post last week. It was about in-depth reporting and writing and how it's finding a digital audience on Forbes.com, ReadItLater, longreads, The Atavist and other Web sites, apps, communities and ...

Budding journalists hard at work - San Luis Obispo Tribune

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:26:14 GMT

Budding journalists hard at work
San Luis Obispo Tribune
She was a sharp reporter and one of the few journalists I had who would beat me to a crime scene or a fire, or run me off the road trying. I'm glad her love of print journalism resulted in her taking over the newspaper. Putting out the Hilltop News is ...

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BuzzFeed Hires Journalist Michael Hastings To Cover Obama Re-Election Campaign - Huffington Post

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:46:46 GMT

The Atlantic Wire

BuzzFeed Hires Journalist Michael Hastings To Cover Obama Re-Election Campaign
Huffington Post
But Smith hopes that journalist Michael Hastings, who BuzzFeed hired Monday to cover the Obama campaign, will help spice things up. Hastings, who'll remain a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, starts at BuzzFeed in early April.
BuzzFeed Snags Michael HastingsThe Atlantic Wire
Michael Hastings Joins BuzzFeed to Cover Obama CampaignDigitalJournal.com (press release)

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Obama's War on Journalism - Huffington Post (blog)

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:22:14 GMT

Ology

Obama's War on Journalism
Huffington Post (blog)
Kudos to David Carr of the New York Times for shining a light on an issue that doesn't attract nearly the attention that it should: the Obama administration's abuse of the Espionage Act, which in turn has led to a virtual war on journalism and free ...
Press Turns On Obama White House Over Transparency, Prosecuting Whistle BlowersOlogy
Jake Tapper Confronts Jay Carney: White House Wants 'Aggressive Journalism ...Mediaite
More hyprocrisy from the Obama AdministrationBeaufort Observer

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Good investigative journalism works best without paying sources - The Guardian (blog)

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:20:01 GMT

Good investigative journalism works best without paying sources
The Guardian (blog)
Would investigative journalism as we know it wither away if such payments were outlawed? Andrew Jennings, one of Britain's finest investigative reporters, has tackled these questions head on in this posting, Exploding the cash-for-stories myth.

Correa pardons newspaper in libel case - Sioux City Journal

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:17:34 GMT

Correa pardons newspaper in libel case
Sioux City Journal
In addition, Correa said Monday that he was dropping a libel case against two other journalists. A court this month ordered them to pay him $1 million each. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) President Rafael Correa said Monday he is pardoning Ecuador's main ...

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Journalism inquiry snares British officials - UPI.com

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:24:00 GMT

New Republic

Journalism inquiry snares British officials
UPI.com
It was clear from the e-mails' references to staff members' "risking losing their pension or job" that the journalists in question were aware the payments were illegal, she said. At the inquiry, she gave examples of one unnamed public official ...
Today's media stories from the papersThe Guardian
Is the Sun Setting Over Murdoch's Media Empire?Care2.com (blog)
Police chief tells of 'multiple payments' by The Sun to corrupted officialsSydney Morning Herald
New Republic -Firstpost
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