The Biz: End of Current Affairs at the CBC?

THE END IS NIGH - FOR CURRENT AFFAIRS
By John Scully(John Scully)
Neither of the new boys has the slightest understanding of radio and TV current affairs and investigative journalism. And the end result will be more American-oriented garbage in the news department and the subjugation of current ...
Am I Dead Yet?: A Journalist's... - http://am-i-dead-yet.blogspot.com/

Interesting: Spinning the Bush Disinformation Story

Newspaper Web sites and White House disinformation
Nieman Watchdog - Cambridge,MA,USA
First and foremost, the Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to producing original, responsible investigative journalism on significant issues of ...
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Interesting: Russian Security Backs Far-Right Groups

Window on Eurasia: Moscow Skinhead Tells Baku Paper OMON Backs His ...
By Paul Goble(Paul Goble)
Vienna, February 21 – A 16-year-old skinhead in Moscow told a Baku investigative journalist that his group, which is committed to the restoration of “Great Russia,” is supported by the OMON while other skinhead organizations in the ...
WindowonEurasia - http://windowoneurasia.blogspot.com/

Study: 70% of Journos Think News Sensationalized

Study On Perceptions of Newspaper Journalists
Scoop.co.nz - New Zealand
The respondents stated that they practice skilled-based, evidence-based and investigative journalism. Evidence-based journalism is gaining momentum, ...
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Investigations: Soccer's Klan Connection in Dominica

Fifa, the Klan and Dominica
By Tom Dunmore
Investigative journalist Andrew Jennings continues to shed an awkward light on FIFA and CONCACAF boss Jack Warner. His story this week in the Sunday Herald about the man Warner wants to run football in the Caribbean island of Dominica ...
Pitch Invasion - http://pitchinvasion.net

Books: Polk "Blackwater" Win Bittersweet As Work Was Ignored

Polk award is bittersweet for "Blackwater" author
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Winning the prestigious George Polk award today was bittersweet vindication for investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill. His book, "Blackwater: The Rise of ...
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Awards: Knight International Journalism Prizes

Nominate Outstanding Journalists for Knight International ...
Media For Freedom - Nepal,Nepal,Nepal
Last year’s winners, Burmese investigative journalist May Thingyan Hein and Egyptian citizen journalist Wael Abbas, were selected for their remarkable ...
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Awards: George Polk Prizes

A landmark day for bloggers -- and the future of journalism
By will
Most of the citizen postings went to the core of investigative journalism. These interested readers pulled out some good new detail about one of the other attorney firings, involving ex-prosecutor Margaret Chiara of Grand Rapids, Mich., ...
- http://www.attytood.com/

Grants: Online Course on Covering Human Development

Knight Center accepts applications for online course on human ...
International Journalist's Network - USA
The course is organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas and the Brazilian association of investigative journalism (Abraji), ...
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Interesting: HP Settles Spying Case Against Journalists

Hewlett-Packard Settles Spying Case
New York Times - United States
... the Center for Investigative Reporting and the Investigative Journalism Program at the University of California at Berkeley School of Journalism. ...
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Investigations: CDC Officials Blocked Great Lakes Report

CDC officials blocked public health report
By Matthew
The Center for Public Integrity, a public interest investigative journalism organization, has obtained copies of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study of environmental and health data in eight Great Lakes states that ...
The Health Care Blog - http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/

Investigations: 49% of News Based on PR

A political economy of news production
By Tom Van Hout
There will always be sound investigative journalism (the recent SocGen trading scandal notwithstanding) and the mushroom effect, availibility and output of PR and PA copy allows journalists to check read more sources. ...
Tom Van Hout - http://aloxecorton.wordpress.com

The Biz: Non-Profit News Model, Q&A on Startups

Washington Independent and the non-profit news model
By Jim Wayne: A Center for Independent Media startup doles out mix of hard news, investigative journalism and in-depth blogs.
Online Journalism Review - http://www.ojr.org/ojr

Journalists Attacked: Robbers Hit Conference

Nigeria: Robbers Attack 40 Journalists, EFCC Officials in Ibadan
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The programme was organised by the Wole Soyinka Award For Investigative Journalism, EFCC and foreign development agencies. The hoodlums, Vanguard gathered, ...
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The Biz: Literary Journalism the Saviour of News?

The Future of News: A Case for Literary Journalism
Poynter.org - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
... such as muckraking, interpretative reporting, and even investigative journalism, did not remove the reporter from the text, but objectivity did. ...
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