In today’s Media Briefs: a night out with National Review, the first 2012 media killing, how people watch TV online and off, tagging 101 for newsrooms and more…
Journalists
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The press gallery
Crikey readers have their say.
Media briefs: CMail’s JT campaign … US media jobs go … journos in exile …
There are campaigning newspapers (carbon tax, NBN, SuperClinics, refugees) and there are campaigning newspapers. Fresh from a victory to force child molesters to wear electronic GPS tags, the Courier-Mail has turned its sights on the really big issues…
Video of the Day: A salute to fallen journalists
A haunting video tribute showing the photos of more than 800 journalists killed while pursuing the news. It was put together by Newsuem, the Washington DC museum dedicated to news and journalism.
How the TGA could improve its media relationship
An independent review examining how the TGA could become more open and accountable in providing information to the public, including via the media, is coming up and Melissa Sweet summarises the submission from Croakey, Crikey’s health blog.
Is war reporting ever safe?
In light of the horrific attack on CBS journo Lara Logan in Egypt last week, Hamilton Nolan talks about the tricky business of balancing good journalism in dangerous areas with the safety of those reporting it.
Journalists: now just hyped-up lazy typists
How easy it has become for journalists to fail to mention the source in the headline in order to keep the story juicy, or to rely on an Opposition press release to say a government is ‘under pressure’. Time to fix journalism, one active voice at a time, says Mr Denmore.
Ladies who launch successful media careers
From Helen Thomas to Katie Couric, Good offers the most influential female journalists ruling a once traditional male profession. Unfortunately Michelle Grattan is a glaring omission in this US list.
Advice to wannabe writers: ignore all my previous advice
Once upon a time, the advice New Yorker writer Susan Orlean gave to young journalists was pretty stock standard: move to a medium sized city, work at the local paper etc. But that won’t cut it anymore, writes Orlean.
Safe journalism is firmly based in ethical journalism
You can probably think of one young journalist you know who has ambitions to be a foreign correspondent or even a war reporter in some new and exciting place. Please tell them … they can just as easily be killed, injured, threatened, suffer trauma or be thrown in jail … at home, writes journalist and former foreign correspondent Clare Arthurs.
Forget journos and sporting clubs, athletes hold the real power
Traditionally, sporting clubs and journalists break the news when a player moves to a different team. But after seeing basketballer LeBron James announce his move to Miami live on televsion, perhaps it is the athletes that now have all the power.
Scoop: only journos care who broke the news
Being the first to report who is the new PM — something we’ll all learn very quickly — isn’t as important as thoughtful and revealing investigative journalism, writes Tim Dunlop.
Spokespersons and journalists who hang off every word
The Press Gallery tradition of briefings following party room meetings doesn’t always go according to plan, partly because the Press Gallery is obsessed with trivia and over analysing every word uttered.
Journalists are overly precious
Many professions face public criticism, yet journalists seem to take personal offence when their own work is called into question. How can they dish it daily but not take it themselves?
The dirty politics of the press gallery
Political journalists are an arrogant lot, thinking that they choose who the public votes for. And now some in the press gallery think that since they “made” Kevin Rudd, they can destroy him, writes Tim Dunlop.
40 reasons why you should avoid a career in journalism
It’s a pretty crappy time to be a journalist looking for a job in Australia, with Tim Burrowes finding a total of 40 jobs currently advertised. Which should be enough for, oh, maybe one journalism class due to graduate soon?
Attn journos: how to use social media and not lose your credibility
Yes, there are millions of stories of lazy journalists pilfering material off Facebook and crowdsourcing ideas on Twitter. But social media is a vital for journos today and Mashable offers a guide of the best ways to use it.
Why do journos become pollies?
From Malcolm Turnbull to Tony Abbott, Australia’s got a rich history of journalists flipping over to the dark side of politics. We’re not alone. Jack Shafer explores the US phenomena and the journo urge to run for office.
VIDEO: A behind the scenes look at being a White House correspondent
What’s it like to be a journo following Barack Obama on a presidential trip? Judging by the video starring CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, there’s lots of waiting, getting on press buses, following the president’s car and hanging in the hotel. Glamorous!
Guardian apologises to its subbies: OK, you’re journalists, too
The Guardian has retracted the line “journalists and subeditors are not expected to be multilingual” in a recent article, after it presumably caused offense to the paper’s subs. “Subeditors are journalists” said the paper after changing the line to “reporters and subeditors”.
Journalism 101: Learn everything from television
Being a journalist is easy. Just watch how cable news programs do it. Spruik dead people a lot, develop ‘ethics’ and then find a hilarious hook for every story.
Journalists are people too
The caricature of reporters as conniving, self-interested louts plays nicely for Hollywood, but in reality, journalists are real people who regularly come face-to-face with catastrophe and tragedy. Is that the untold story?
The internet isn’t killing newspapers, greedy journalists are
Online publications paying disproportionately high journalist salaries are the reason newspapers are dying off, says tech reporter Michael Hickens — and we’re not even worth it.
