Tiffany B. Brown

A web log about web development and internet culture with frequent detours into other stuff.

Posts in: Journalism

News & blogs
In a sign that at least a few people in journalism are getting it, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has links to blogs on its news channel front. They’re all related to the paper’s tsunami coverage. But they bring up an interesting question: How and when should newspaper’s integrate audience-written blogs into their coverage and content offerings? I’ll spare [...] [30 Jan 2005]
Wikinews: Participatory journalism from the folks behind Wikipedia
Via C Net news → Wired: The folks behind Wikipedia launch Wikinews, an effort to get citizen journalists to cover the news. I think this is a great idea, but I wonder if Wikinews can become a credible source of news on a national and international level. I worry about the effect of editorial decentralization on [...] [29 Nov 2004]
Fact-checking their a**es
Two web sites that are righting the wrongs (or just putting them in one easy-to-access place). Regret the Error: A daily compendium of newspaper and magazine corrections FactCheck.org: Correcting political mistakes, misstatements, misinterpretations and lies. [14 Oct 2004]
JAWS Camp IV: The speakers
Updated July 10, 2006 to change link to photos Since I took so long to write this, the chronological order is a little bit fuzzy. But what I do remember is that this year’s speakers were downright fabulous. Legal analyst Greta Van Susteren (part of a panel on legal coverage) and sports reporter Christine Brennan (I [...] [29 Sep 2004]
More on journalism vs. ‘blogging
Coverage of a recent Online News Association meeting Related posts / related reading: “What Blogs Have Wrought“ “A Blogger’s Creed“ “Thoughts on journalism and social software“ “We’re All Journalists Now We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People (great book by Dan Gillmor) [24 Sep 2004]
Today’s links:
Women game designers try to change the industry More evidence of a Google browser Andrew Sullivan on bloggers’ influence on journalism and politics (related post and some recommended reading). A presidential candidate for canonization [23 Sep 2004]