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Eric Newton: Journalism education suffers from ‘symphony of slowness’

Steve Myers — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:13:20 +0000

Knight Foundation | Common Sense Journalism
Eric Newton, senior adviser to the president at Knight, didn’t hold back in his criticism of the state of journalism education in a speech last week. Although he praised a handful of schools… Read more

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette offers a playful correction to mistaken book title

Craig Silverman — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:49:10 +0000

An Arkansas Democrat-Gazette writer offers a playful correction to a mistaken book title:

Leave it to a middle school librarian to catch us. Those people notice everything.

We recently praised The Hunger Games trilogy in this column. We liked it… Read more

Correction: Man passed oral exam, not moral exam

Craig Silverman — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:43:22 +0000

The Los Angeles Times mistakenly turned an oral exam into a “moral” one:

State bar: An article in the May 17 LATExtra section about the California Supreme Court considering a request by the state bar to allow an illegal immigrant… Read more

Don Graham’s take from Facebook IPO: $38+ million

Steve Myers — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:36:36 +0000

CNBC | Forbes
Washington Post Co. chairman Don Graham, who sits on Facebook’s board of directors, has added about $31 million to his fortune of $500 million with Friday’s IPO. That counts the 770,000 shares of restricted stock he… Read more

Reporter fired after attributing lack of softball stats to ‘coach’s bullshit and laziness’

Steve Myers — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:59:15 +0000

Reporter fired after attributing lack of softball stats to ‘coach’s bullshit and laziness’

Freedom Communications sells Texas and Midwest properties

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:04:16 +0000

Odessa American | Orange County Register | Freedom
Freedom Communications announced the sale today of its Texas newspapers, including The Brownsville Herald, The Odessa American and The Harlingen Valley Morning Star. This follows news Thursday that it… Read more

Patriot-News will protect identities of alleged victims during Jerry Sandusky trial

Steve Myers — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:51:16 +0000

In some ways Jerry Sandusky’s trial on sexual abuse charges is familiar territory for news outlets. Most have policies against naming alleged victims of sexual assault.

But the defendant, the media attention, and the public interest are not at all… Read more

The best questions from Jeopardy’s journalism ‘Power Players’ this week

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:35:48 +0000

It’s Jeopardy’s “Power Players” week, and J! Archive (which is the type of site that will make you believe in the Internet all over again) has clever interactive recaps of Monday through Wednesday’s shows. Fox News anchor Chris… Read more

Facebook IPO may force journalists to consider their role in the social network’s growth

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:33:02 +0000

CNN | GigaOm | BuzzFeed | The Atlantic
Facebook’s IPO just created a lot of billionaires. Probably not that many of them work in journalism. But journalists, Kristie Lu Stout argues, create part of Facebook’s… Read more

Amid diversity improvements at NPR, fear and challenges remain

Tracie Powell — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:11:49 +0000

As NPR struggles with declining revenue, the public radio organization will have to consider staff changes, but no programs have been targeted.

“The [Washington Post] article inaccurately singled out ‘Tell Me More’ as a possible target of future cuts,” NPR… Read more