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Wall St. Journal to Make Web Site Free, Murdoch says
Update: After reports Tuesday that Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of the News Corporation, says he expects to make access to The Wall Street Journal’s Web site free, a top Dow Jones executive told Editor and Publisher the comments were premature.
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Nov 14, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS
When to remove online content
As if the ins and outs of Web publishing weren't challenging enough, news organizations are facing growing questions about whether, how and when to unpublish. Specifically, Poynter looks at when is the the best solution actually to wipe something off a site completely?
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Aug 30, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS
Online Journalism Ethics Guidelines
In August 2006, Poynter gathered a team of online journalists from across the country to discuss the issues surrounding their work. They created this set of guidelines for doing ethical journalism on the Web. Take a look, and add your thoughts to Poynter's Online Ethics wiki.
Feb 21, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS
TV news stations air incorrectly identified ferry video from YouTube
A number of Canadian television news broadcasts aired a user-submitted video clip falsely labelled as a ferry battling rough seas in the Cabot Strait, reviving questions about how news organizations handle user-submitted content. The reports prompted some passengers to cancel their bookings.
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Feb 5, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS
Newspaper blogger wrote Saddam of hanging before death
The Daily Telegraph pulled a blog by its US editor after he confessed to writing a news story about Saddam Hussein's hanging before the event had taken place resulted in abusive messages from readers.
Jan 18, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS
Newspaper sites criticized for publishing inappropriate comments
A number of newspaper sites that allow readers to post comments on news stories are getting criticized for allowing coarse and inappropriate comments on their sites, causing at least one to reconsider the feature.
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Jan 7, 2007 | E-MAIL THIS | PERMALINK | DISCUSS
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