New York Times columnist David Carr talks media
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“If a citizenry cares little about its community, it will eventually care little about its newspaper.”
“I present the world’s greatest piece of print journalism ever.”
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“Sixty-six percent (66%) of American Adults say they prefer reading a printed version of the newspaper, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Twenty-eight percent (28%) like reading the online version of their preferred paper instead.”
66% Prefer Reading Print Newspaper To Online Version - Rasmussen Reports™
Rasmussen Reports just released a new report looks into the way people prefer to consume their news. They have more information on their site, but there is a paywall. Via Poynter.
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“Our advice to the press: Don’t seek professional safety through the even-handed, unfiltered presentation of opposing views. Which politician is telling the truth? Who is taking hostages, at what risks and to what ends?”
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All the bylines on today’s Wall Street Journal are women.
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The Wall Street Journal looks the best and worst jobs of 2012 with data collected by CareerCast from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ranking criteria are based on physical demands, work environment, income, stress and hiring outlook.
Journalism doesn’t do well. Software Engineer leads the pack. For future journalists, combine the two and you might be on to something.
Image: Twitter post by Jason Gay, sports columnist for the Wall Street Journal.
This is not depressing at all.
“I want to help clean up the state that is so sorry today of journalism. And I have a communications degree.” — Sarah Palin via Fox News Nov. 2010
Watch and enjoy Touré’s complete takedown of Piers Morgan.
“I apologize to anyone offended by what one prominent black conservative called my ‘very practical and potentially life-saving campaign urging black and Hispanic parents not to let their children go around wearing hoodies’”
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This American Life retracts its Foxconn story, 'Mike Daisey Goes to the Apple Factory'
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“When a politician and I get near each other, our combined egos suck all the oxygen from the room.”
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Ghosts in the Newsroom
Has The Washington Post Lost Its Way?
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C-SPAN’s Q&A: Josh Marshall, Publisher and Editor, Talking Points Memo
Photograph: Cartoon Movement/VJMovement/LSE
The London School of Economics is hosting an exhibition of cartoons that address issues of justice and security. The images are provided by the VJM’s Cartoon Movement, a global collaborative platform for editorial cartoons and comics journalism. The exhibition in London runs until 17 February
