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Interesting thoughts from Poynter Institute and from Maria Trombly’s blog from the Society of Professional Journalists.
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Dan Kubiske, chair of the SPJ’s International Journalism Committee, suggested that I blog about my experiences running a bureau out here in Shanghai, so this is it.
Some background — I came to China three years ago, to run the China [...]
Author and former journalist Dr. Stephen Quinn was in Manila to attend a forum. Last Sunday, he spent a few hours with his students from the Ateneo Center for Journalism (that includes me) talking about about the Philippines, journalism, online media, mobile phones, convergent journalism in Asia, and his love for red wine! (But I [...]
A Malaysian minister has told domestic newspapers not to quote from Internet blogs or use them as sources of information, accusing the websites of spreading rumors, reports said Wednesday.
Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin said most websites were aimed at being provocative and were run by frustrated journalists and political pundits, the Star daily reported.
“Do not quote [...]
A Manila trial court orders the arrest of the Philippine Daily Inquirer publisher, editors and columnist. This is relates to a libel case filed by First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo, according to an INQUIRER.net breaking story.
Philippines — A Manila trial court judge on Monday ordered the arrest of the publisher, editors and columnist of the [...]
Joey Alarilla recently writes:
OUR Eleksyon 2007 podcast recording sessions are private affairs, not press conferences which are open to the public or members of other publications. Which is why we’re surprised that representatives from other media outlets have gone to the INQUIRER.net office on several occasions.
I was not witness to this. But I was only [...]
Allow readers to comment on every story. Set up a profile page where readers can connect to other readers. Allow readers to tag reports. Give people the power to digg and recommend stories to others. And viola, you’re on web 2.0. USAToday is apparently on the verge of a major shift to a more interactive [...]
A social networking service for fund managers, traders, and analysts. This is what Reuters is aiming to create. (You have to register to read the rest of the story from Guardian Unlimited).
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“You will see us, later in the year, launch a version of MySpace for the financial services community,” said the chief executive, Tom Glocer. [...]
I got this question from Mildred (see comments on sidebar): We are having our undergraduate thesis, entitled “perceptions of Professionals on print newspaper being replaced by its online couterpart… I would like to ask if young professionals can be our respondents. Do you think that their opinion can be a clue towards knowing what future [...]
The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
-Oscar Wilde
In an interview with senatorial aspirant Danton Remoto (which is scheduled to come out soon on Eleksyon 2007 podcast interview on INQUIRER.net), the English professor admitted missing reading since the start of the campaign. How [...]
I tweaked Bill Gate’s Business at the Speed of Thought book title to make a point. There’s this hackneyed saying, Journalism is literature in a hurry. I’m not sure who said this (but I will find out soon). Writing at the speed of thought best describes what online journalism is. Big stories should be broken [...]
