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Posted September 02, 2010


All over the city, local TV and radio stations have been gearing up to cover Earl, which is expected to move up the East Coast late Thursday night and into Friday. WABC/Ch. 7 senior meteorologist Bill Evans cut short a vacation this week to get back to his station to prepare for the arrival of the hurricane. However, he wasn't alone. Turns out several Ch. 7 staffers who were on vacation this week called in to see if they were needed. Source: NY Daily News. Posted September 02, 2010, 9:59 AM PDT.
Posted September 01, 2010


Transparency, accountability and openness are among the core values of journalism. They’re embodied in the Society of Professional Journalists ethics code, after all, which thousands of journalists and news organizations subscribe to. So what would be the point of a pledge to support those three values–a pledge that comes with a new seal of approval? John Hamer of the Washington News Council came up with the idea as a way for journalists and newsrooms to make a public promise to their readers, listeners and viewers. Source: Newslab.org. Posted September 01, 2010, 12:28 PM PDT.
Posted August 31, 2010


When Yahoo went calling on professional sports leagues for help in expanding their online news network four years ago, officials from the online portal barely got a foot in the door. But today, Yahoo!'s push into the online news business -- and a parallel effort by rival portal AOL -- are sparking both fascination and concern in the nation's newsrooms. The two companies are flexing their muscles, poaching journalists from big papers and using controversial Web technology to identify potential news topics to make their sites more engaging. Source: AJR. Posted August 31, 2010, 2:16 PM PDT.
Posted August 30, 2010


With the roof having fallen in on Newsweek (which is being sold to a 92-year-old business mogul) and U.S. News & World Report (which has mostly moved online), Time Magazine managing editor Rick Stengel isn't just boasting when he says, "We've become a category of one." Time is a smaller magazine than when he took over four years ago, but its survival is no mean feat in such a toxic environment for print publications. What's more, the constant drumbeat about the imminent death of newsmagazines -- building "since we were in short pants," Stengel says -- made the challenge especially tricky. Source: Washington Post. Posted August 30, 2010, 6:09 AM PDT.
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