News Outlets React Angrily to Seizure of AP Phone Records
News outlets across the country are protesting The Justice Department's seizure of phone records from reporters at The Associated Press.
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Government Seizure of Associated Press Phone Records Sparks Outrage
BBC Admits Error in Claiming Race Played Role in Kidnappings Coverage
The BBC goofed. The network now admits it made a mistake in a story claiming that racism played a role in the Cleveland Plain Dealer's coverage of three young women who were kidnapped and held captive for a decade.
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BBC Admits Error in Claiming Race Played Role in Cleveland Kidnappings Coverage
How Newspapers' 'All-digital' Strategy is Failing
Should newspapers shut down their printing presses and go all-digital?
Apparently the New Orleans Times-Picayune no longer thinks so. The paper, which just last year cut its printed edition to just three days a week in order to focus on the digital product, is now reversing course and printing the paper seven days a week once again.
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As the 'All-digital" Strategy Fails, Newspapers Return to Print
How to Get Work Experience Over the Summer
If you're a journalism student, summer can be a time for sitting around and doing nothing. Or it can be a time for getting valuable work experience and loads of clips for your portfolio.
If the latter is what you want to do, here's how.
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Get Journalism Work Experience - and Great Clips - Over the Summer
A Bleak Picture for Press Freedom Around the World
A just-released 2012 survey by Freedom House, a Washington-based advocacy group, says the proportion of the world's population living in countries with a fully free press has fallen to its lowest point in more than a decade.
"Just 14 percent of the world's population lives in societies that enjoy vibrant coverage of public affairs," the group said in its report.
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Journalism Students Must Get Used to the Pace of Pro Newsrooms
J-school students accustomed to the relatively relaxed pace of college may be shocked when they suddenly find themselves trying to keep up with the pace of a professional newsroom.
That's because professional reporters nowadays have to work much harder and faster than their counterparts of even just a few years ago.
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J-school Students Must Prepare for Fast Pace and Heavy Workload of Pro Newsrooms
A Look at the 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winners
The 2013 Pulitzer Prize winners combined exhaustive reporting, classic storytelling and, in some cases, digital technology to produce journalism of the highest order.
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Many 2013 Pulitzer Winners Use Digital Tools to Enhance Storytelling
British Newspaper Group Rejects Government Rules, Offers Regulation Plan of its Own
British newspapers aren't happy about government plans to regulate the press in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal, so they've come up with an alternative proposal of their own.
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British Press Group Rejects Government Regulations, Offers its Own Plan Instead
What do Journalism Students Need Most? Good Work Habits.
So you say you want to have a career in the news business someday. But you routinely turn your journalism school assignments in late, if at all. And more often than not, they're lousy.
Here's a newsflash: You need to improve your work habits now, or you'll never make it in this business.
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If You're a Slacker in J-School, Forget About a Career in the News Business
John King, the Boston Bombings, and the Tricky Business of Relying on Sources
CNN's John King made a serious mistake when he wrongly reported last Wednesday that a suspect had been arrested in the Boston Marathon bombings.
But what beginning journalists need to understand about what happened is that reporters must rely on sources for their information. And sometimes even good sources get it wrong.
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Mistakes in Boston Bombings Coverage Show the Pitfalls of Using Sources