Media execs make case for online fees at FTC panel

Media companies need to deliver compelling information on a variety of electronic devices and overcome readers' resistance to paying for material online, news executives said Tuesday at a government-sponsored journalism conference.

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Report urges broad actions to preserve journalism

Journalism is at risk and American society must act to preserve it, according to a report co-authored by The Washington Post's former executive editor.

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Financial crisis coverage dominates Loeb Awards

McClatchy & Co., one of the companies hardest hit by the crisis in the newspaper industry, was honored for its coverage of the economic meltdown.

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U. of Missouri hopes to teach some iJournalism

Gadgets such as the Apple iPhone and the iPod Touch are mainstays on college campuses — largely for the devices' ability to help students escape the pressures of the classroom.

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Boston Globe, others win Web journalism awards

The Boston Globe, a newspaper that has faced the threat of closure, was among the news outlets that took home multiple awards in this year's EPpy Awards, a competition for the best Web sites in the media business.

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News media chiefs: Finding new revenue a challenge

Uncertainty about revenue and the form in which news and information will be delivered present key challenges for 21st century news media, according to a panel of industry leaders.

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Things are bleak in journalism

The state of journalism is bleak, but an annual study of the industry suggests all hope should not be lost.

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High school journos take all-platform plunge

Josiah Jones is the editor-in-chief of an award-winning magazine, guiding a staff of 90 that also produces podcasts and a Web site.

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Media foundation honors 4 journalists, 2 from AP

Four newswomen from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Cyprus and the United States were honored by an international journalism group for their work in difficult and dangerous situations that sometimes include risking their lives to tell a story.

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Evangelicals are in the news, but not in newsrooms

Here is a foolproof way for politicians to score points with evangelical voters: Attack the media, an institution widely seen as lacking conservative Christian voices.

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Media coverage of the economy lags, study finds

Media coverage of the economic downturn in the U.S. has lagged behind both economic activity and public interest, according to a study being released Monday by a Washington, D.C.-based research group.

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Training helps bloggers hone professionalism

Miami real estate agent Lucas Lechuga began blogging to share his knowledge of the local market. He didn't bargain for a $25 million defamation lawsuit when he wrote that a Miami developer had gone bankrupt decades ago.

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AP's Deb Riechmann, CNN's Ed Henry win journalism awards

Deb Riechmann of The Associated Press and Ed Henry of CNN have won the Merriman Smith Award for presidential coverage under deadline pressure.

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USC Names Director for Journalism School

The University of Southern California says Pulitzer-winning journalist Geneva Overholser will become the next director of the School of Journalism at the Annenberg School for Communication.

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Web Has Unexpected Effect on Journalism

The Internet has profoundly changed journalism, but not necessarily in ways that were predicted even a few years ago, a study on the industry released Sunday found.

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Northwestern Clears Journalism Dean

The dean of Northwestern University's prestigious Medill School of Journalism was cleared Friday by the provost of making up quotes from unidentified students for use in the alumni magazine.

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Northwestern Reviews Quotes Used by Dean

Northwestern University said it is reviewing the use of unnamed sources and "the veracity of quotations" in writings by the dean of its prestigious Medill School of Journalism.

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Iraqi Kurd Media Bill Draws Protest

Lawmakers in Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region approved a measure that would allow courts to accuse journalists of "vague offenses" relating to terrorism or disturbing security, drawing protests Friday from Kurdish journalists and an international media advocate.

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Imprisoned China Journalist Wins Prize

Imprisoned Chinese journalist Li Changqing has been awarded the World Association of Newspapers' annual press freedom prize, the Paris-based organization said Tuesday.

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Female Journalists to Be Awarded

She set out to expose a pedophile ring in Cancun, naming the rich and powerful she says were involved, and became a journalism sensation after she was abducted by police, allegedly at the behest of a state governor.

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Philanthropies Back Journalism Venture

A new venture backed by philanthropies will start publishing investigative journalism articles beginning next year, looking to fill a gap being left as newspapers cut costs amid weak advertising.

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Zimbabwe President Denies Ouster Near

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe dismissed claims Friday that his rule was in its final throes while a longtime opponent renewed calls for a peaceful campaign to oust him.

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Journalists Acquitted in Iraq WMD Case

Three Danish journalists who published classified intelligence reports on Iraq's former weapons program were acquitted Monday on charges of endangering national security.

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Norway Reporter Admits Faking Interviews

A Norwegian journalist has admitted he fabricated interviews with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and talk show host Oprah Winfrey, media reports said Monday.

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Journalists Decry Pressure Over Sources

Journalism groups on Saturday decried the jailing of a video journalist and other recent court rulings pressuring media workers to divulge information to the government.

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An amendment to a bill currently being considered by the Senate would deny ordinary citizens doing vital investigations in the public interest the same legal protections as professional journalists.

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A colleague of the UK professor at the centre of the climate e-mails row says "sceptics" have embarked on a "tabloid-style character assassination".

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From the article:from the protecting-journalists-or-journalism dept

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Less than a week after administrators at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire halted the release of the student newspaper because of stories dealing with drinking, smoking and teen pregnancy, staff members said they were told they had less than two hours to produce a paper witho …

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During the last few weeks, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong has unveiled a series of plans to save the long-suffering company from its lurch into irrelevance. First, massive layoffs—Armstrong plans to let go of 2,500 employees, a third of the firm's staff.

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Newspaper publishers will now be able to set a limit on the number of free news articles people can read through Google, the company has announced. The concession follows claims from some media companies that the search engine is profiting from online news pages.

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Recently, a number of emails have been hacked from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit (CRU).

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Researchers Christopher Martin and Peter Dreier release a comprehensive research study of bias in media coverage of ACORN.

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Scarred by our dysfunctional freedom of information system, Paul Farrell took a look at the Government's plan to reform it - and he's not impressed

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Remember how News Ltd's Daily Telegraph made the unfortunate mistake of announcing the wrong winner for Masterchef? It would seem that sister site news.com.au didn't learn the lesson and also had alternative headlines ready before pressing the wrong button.

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I recently met a group of Australian journalists, including editors of some of the leading dailies.

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For Oregon journalist Paul Linnman, covering a story about blowing up a giant sperm whale with a ton of dynamite was just another day on the beat.

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It has been revealed that Australian Greens leader Bob Brown and millionaire businessman Dick Smith were involved in the ransom deal to help free Australian journalist Nigel Brennan and his Canadian colleague Amanda Lindhout in Somalia.

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Last night, former White House press secretary Dana Perino suggested that President Obama was "playing politics" by refusing to label the recent shootings at Fort Hood army base a terrorist attack. According to the Huffington Post, Ms.

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The coverage of the death of Kentucky census worker Bill Sparkman is discussed in this nicely written column by Tom Eblen that makes some excellent points in my opinion.

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The BBC has today said it has "no intention" of charging for online news, in a declaration that is unlikely to please James Murdoch and his father Rupert as they prepare to start charging for News Corporation content on the internet.

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After a few footage mishaps at Fox News like their recent slip-up: "Fox News Uses Old Palin Footage," the higher ups at the network have had enough.

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In my column two weeks ago, I made this very simple point about the reporting surrounding the cost of the health care bill:

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The Wall Street Journal reports that its boss at News Corp., whether that is news tycoon Rupert Murdoch himself is unclear, is in talks with Microsoft to cut off Google so News Corp. content would be exclusive to Microsoft's search engine called Bing.

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In an article that appeared on Salon.com last Friday, author and journalist David Sirota looks at two recent opinion columns by leading Beltway opinion-makers David Broder and Jackson Diehl and wonders whether "we aren't turning into a full-on, slobbering idiocracy." The object o …

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The New York Times ever strike you as an abstruse glut of antediluvian perorations, if the newspaper¹s profligacy of neologisms and shibboleths ever set off apoplectic paroxysms in you, if it all seems a bit recondite, here¹s a reason to be sanguine With a top ten list!

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US President Barack Obama has engaged in an unprecedented written exchange with a blogger in Cuba who is openly critical of its communist government. His comments came after prize-winning blogger Yoani Sanchez sent questions chiefly about US-Cuba relations.

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This morning the Centre for Advanced Journalism at the University of Melbourne will release its first major research report.

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In the beginning, Now Public used to be an exciting place to visit. You would be greeted by a welcome, given some guidance, have communication with each other. I don't see it anymore. Not since the takeover by Examiner. All I hear is a strange ticking sound in a sound proof room.

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