http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/03/16/the-value-of-this-is-cool-science-stories/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/03/16/the-value-of-this-is-cool-science-stories/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 04:07:44 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=141191 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2010/03/16/the-value-of-this-is-cool-science-stories/feed/ 0 http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/wsj_kagan_softball_trust.php?page=all http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/wsj_kagan_softball_trust.php?page=all#comments Thu, 13 May 2010 04:06:34 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=138318 Wall St Journal ran a front-page photo of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan playing softball. It was clearly implying she is a lesbian, says Ryan Chittum: this never would have happened at the pre-Murdoch Journal.]]> http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/wsj_kagan_softball_trust.php?page=all/feed/ 0 http://www.boston.com/ae/media/articles/2010/05/11/when_a_being_a_journalist_on_the_rise_was_a_glass_half_filled_job/ http://www.boston.com/ae/media/articles/2010/05/11/when_a_being_a_journalist_on_the_rise_was_a_glass_half_filled_job/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 02:03:21 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=137864 Alex Beam reminisces on cutting his news industry chops at Newsweek in the 1970s: it was "like an upside-down journalism school" where he learned lots of bad habits -- like poaching content from TIME.]]> http://www.boston.com/ae/media/articles/2010/05/11/when_a_being_a_journalist_on_the_rise_was_a_glass_half_filled_job/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/contentmakers/2010/04/26/mark-day-and-me/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/contentmakers/2010/04/26/mark-day-and-me/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:03:28 +0000 Margaret Simons http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=133328 The Australian's Mark Day has taken a swipe at Crikey's muckraking journalism. Talk to the hand, says Margaret Simons.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/contentmakers/2010/04/26/mark-day-and-me/feed/ 0 http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/100419survey.shtml http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/100419survey.shtml#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:23:54 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=132016 a spelling test by The Spelling Society -- and the results aren't good. A quarter couldn't spell "embarrassed", and many also tripped up on "millennium", "accidentally" and "liaison". ]]> http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/news/100419survey.shtml/feed/ 0 http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/15-newspapers-did-not-mention-health-care-mondays-front-page-15507 http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/15-newspapers-did-not-mention-health-care-mondays-front-page-15507#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:25:43 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=125853 Media Alley has dug up 15 newspapers that didn't run with it on their covers. So what was more important? "Boy Scouts learn skills at Merit Badge College"]]> http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/15-newspapers-did-not-mention-health-care-mondays-front-page-15507/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/22/spinning-the-media-its-up-to-you-to-read-between-the-lines/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/22/spinning-the-media-its-up-to-you-to-read-between-the-lines/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:31:25 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=125016 Daniel Bishton canvasses opinion on the topic.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/22/spinning-the-media-its-up-to-you-to-read-between-the-lines/feed/ 2 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1971409,00.html http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1971409,00.html#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:10:10 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=124637 eHow.com and Cracked.com. Is there real money to be made? It it credible journalism? TIME journo Dan Fletcher gives it a crack.]]> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1971409,00.html/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/16/the-honeymoon-is-over-at-your-abc/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/16/the-honeymoon-is-over-at-your-abc/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:10:05 +0000 Bernard Keane http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=123560 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/16/the-honeymoon-is-over-at-your-abc/feed/ 7 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/15/over-half-your-news-is-spin/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/15/over-half-your-news-is-spin/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:57:14 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=123044 Crikey reveals the results of a six-month investigation into the role PR plays in the Australian media, finding that 55% of newspaper stories analysed were driven by PR. ]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/15/over-half-your-news-is-spin/feed/ 20 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/15/the-spin-cycle-how-your-newspaper-fared/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/15/the-spin-cycle-how-your-newspaper-fared/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:51:11 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=123113 Crikey and the ACIJ has found that nearly 55% of Australian newspaper articles analysed were driven by some form of PR. See all the damning data.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/15/the-spin-cycle-how-your-newspaper-fared/feed/ 5 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/15/david-fagan/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/15/david-fagan/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:41:20 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=123136 Courier Mail editor David Fagan responds to our Spinning The Media study findings that 55% of the articles analysed in his paper were initiated by public relations.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/15/david-fagan/feed/ 1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/15/garry-bailey/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/15/garry-bailey/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:27:27 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=123127 Hobart Mercury editor Garry Bailey responds to our Spinning The Media study findings that many of the articles analysed in his paper were initiated by public relations.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/15/garry-bailey/feed/ 0 http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/reuters-doesnt-want-its-reporters-breaking-news-twitter-15175 http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/reuters-doesnt-want-its-reporters-breaking-news-twitter-15175#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:47:51 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=122774 Reuters has released a new set of social media guidelines for its staffers: don't break news on Twitter, don't reveal your political preferences, and no hacking. Read the full "handbook" here.]]> http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/reuters-doesnt-want-its-reporters-breaking-news-twitter-15175/feed/ 0 http://www.upstart.net.au/ethical-blogging-a-10-point-guide/ http://www.upstart.net.au/ethical-blogging-a-10-point-guide/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:01:33 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=119783 Upstart offers a guide to ethical blogging, from linking to sources to realising that anyone may see your work.]]> http://www.upstart.net.au/ethical-blogging-a-10-point-guide/feed/ 0 http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2010/02/stop-exploitation-of-journalists.html http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2010/02/stop-exploitation-of-journalists.html#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:33:22 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113834 Alan Mutter in a call-out for all writers to stop working for free.]]> http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2010/02/stop-exploitation-of-journalists.html/feed/ 0 http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/01/12/media http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/01/12/media#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:23:36 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=109751 Glenn Greenwald: a mix of dodgy sources, unnecessary anonymity, and outright lies means we shouldn't believe anything we read -- even in papers like the NYT.]]> http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/01/12/media/feed/ 0 http://www.regrettheerror.com/2009/12/16/crunks-2009-the-year-in-media-errors-and-corrections/ http://www.regrettheerror.com/2009/12/16/crunks-2009-the-year-in-media-errors-and-corrections/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:48:52 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=106545 Craig Silverman, wrapping-up of the worst lies and cock-ups published, broadcast and tweeted in 2009. The Apology of the Year is an absolute corker. ]]> http://www.regrettheerror.com/2009/12/16/crunks-2009-the-year-in-media-errors-and-corrections/feed/ 0 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/business/media/14carr.html?_r=2&hp http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/business/media/14carr.html?_r=2&hp#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:00:59 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=105719 Wall Street Journal, current and former writers say his conservative politics have tainted the paper's editorial objectivity and quality.]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/business/media/14carr.html?_r=2&hp/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2009/12/14/unfortunate/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2009/12/14/unfortunate/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:59:27 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=105558 Jeremy Sears.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2009/12/14/unfortunate/feed/ 0 http://gawker.com/5418798/why-celebrity-op+eds-suck?skyline=true&s=x http://gawker.com/5418798/why-celebrity-op+eds-suck?skyline=true&s=x#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:11:20 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=103612 NYT and WSJ, are suckers for a celebrity op-ed, with Bono, Sean Penn, and even James Franco (really?) recently receiving column inches for no other reason than their stardom. It sucks, says Ravi Somaiya.]]> http://gawker.com/5418798/why-celebrity-op+eds-suck?skyline=true&s=x/feed/ 0 http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/1209/New_WH_pool_rotation_sparks_debate.html http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/1209/New_WH_pool_rotation_sparks_debate.html#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:07:41 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=103367 TPM and HuffPo to their exclusive club, saying it blurs the line between news and punditry.]]> http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/1209/New_WH_pool_rotation_sparks_debate.html/feed/ 0 http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/new-york-post-photoshops-tiger-11176 http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/new-york-post-photoshops-tiger-11176#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:55:04 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=103343 New York Post's latest cover features a picture of Tiger Woods, with scars, cuts, broken teeth and bandages Photoshopped in. Tasteful. ]]> http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/new-york-post-photoshops-tiger-11176/feed/ 0 http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2009/12/01/were_bloggers____we_get_stuff_for_free/ http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2009/12/01/were_bloggers____we_get_stuff_for_free/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:54:30 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=102764 http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2009/12/01/were_bloggers____we_get_stuff_for_free/feed/ 0 http://mumbrella.com.au/ads-and-editorial-move-closer-at-news-ltd-11382 http://mumbrella.com.au/ads-and-editorial-move-closer-at-news-ltd-11382#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:41:31 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98075 http://mumbrella.com.au/ads-and-editorial-move-closer-at-news-ltd-11382/feed/ 0