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The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect

Completely updated and revised
"The most important book on the relationship of journalism and democracy published in the last fifty years." – Roy Peter Clark, The Poynter Institute

We Interrupt This Newscast: How to Improve Local News and Win Ratings, Too

Just Released
A landmark study on what people watch and why. The most exhaustive study ever of local TV news -- what helps ratings, what drives viewers away, and what editorial approaches and story-telling techniques most influence viewership.

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Reporting the Truth May Cost Florida Paper $18 Million

by John C Abell

Mar 07, 2008 - Florida’s Pensacola News Journal is fighting an $18 million jury award won by a man who alleged that its reference to an unflattering but true incident in his past violated the legal concept of 'false light.'

The Trouble with Harry
The professional British media organization which crafted a nation-wide wide agreement among news organization not to report about Prince Harry’s deployment to Afghanistan tells the story behind the story.
Multimedia Literacy is Not Optional
The method you use to tell a story tells a story of its own: about your fears and your strengths and your comfort level using unfamiliar tools. It’s a small wonder that newsrooms may be eager to take refuge in the familiar, but that has to change.
Reinvent Journalism in 10 Easy Steps
We love lists. Lists are good. List provide a nifty, economical way to provide words to live by or talking points for further discussion. So here are the Top 10 ways you can reinvent journalism.
Political Cartoons in the Age of Hillary and Barack
Editorial cartoonists are bound by all the usual considerations, and a couple more: when it's your job to exaggerate about your subject are there any special rules when the presidential candidates aren't all middle-aged white guys?
Limiting Legal Risk
From the 'you can't think about this too much' department comes 10 golden rules for for staying out of court. They range from 'check your facts' to 'avoid virtual vendettas' to 'don't abuse anonymity'
Wikipedia & Newsrooms
Wikipedia still doesn't get much respect in newsrooms. But some reporters are using the online encyclopedia anyone can edit as a valuable trove of links to primary material.
Why reporters get it wrong
When you get it wrong -- spectacularly wrong -- what do you do? Spill your guts, of course. Politico's top two Politicos -- John F. Harris and Jim VandeHei -- show how it's done as they explain what went wrong with New Hampshire Primary reporting.
As The Nose Grows
Candidates say a lot of things. Sometimes what they say isn't exactly accurate, and that's where journalists come in. One newspaper's fact-finding mission is taking its cue from its readers.
Days of Future Passed
"Journalists confront a rapidly changing world."
Who Hates the Press?
From Watergate to the present, confidence in the media has been spiraling down.