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://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/15/rejuvenating-journalism-in-a-jaded-age-ballad-of-a-thin-man/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/15/rejuvenating-journalism-in-a-jaded-age-ballad-of-a-thin-man/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:00:50 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=203654 Mr Denmore, a journalist for 26 years.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/15/rejuvenating-journalism-in-a-jaded-age-ballad-of-a-thin-man/feed/ 10 http://www.news.com.au/national/at-the-end-of-the-day-they-are-journalisms-worst-cliches/story-e6frfkvr-1225867487831 http://www.news.com.au/national/at-the-end-of-the-day-they-are-journalisms-worst-cliches/story-e6frfkvr-1225867487831#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 02:21:34 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/17/the-seven-most-overused-cliches-in-journalism/ http://www.news.com.au/national/at-the-end-of-the-day-they-are-journalisms-worst-cliches/story-e6frfkvr-1225867487831/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/20/131828/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/20/131828/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:13:59 +0000 Ruth Brown http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=131828 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/20/131828/feed/ 5 http://mashable.com/2010/04/12/journalists-gist/ http://mashable.com/2010/04/12/journalists-gist/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:42:19 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=130286 Mashable offers a guide of the best ways to use it.]]> http://mashable.com/2010/04/12/journalists-gist/feed/ 0 http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/browbeat/archive/2010/04/06/don-t-panic-proper-nouns-will-not-be-allowed-in-scrabble.aspx http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/browbeat/archive/2010/04/06/don-t-panic-proper-nouns-will-not-be-allowed-in-scrabble.aspx#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:10:22 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=128641 not changing its rules. So why is every media outlet from A href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125614564">NPR to the Beeb reporting otherwise? Competitive Scrabble expert Stefan Fatsis explains how Mattell played the media like a cheap Boggle set.]]> http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/browbeat/archive/2010/04/06/don-t-panic-proper-nouns-will-not-be-allowed-in-scrabble.aspx/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/24/what-do-the-satas-results-mean-for-brumby-and-rudd-zilch/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/24/what-do-the-satas-results-mean-for-brumby-and-rudd-zilch/#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:27:59 +0000 Andrew Crook http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=125767 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/24/what-do-the-satas-results-mean-for-brumby-and-rudd-zilch/feed/ 4 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://larvatusprodeo.net/2010/02/15/do-the-polls-support-the-political-narrative-or-how-to-build-a-commentariat-bot/ http://larvatusprodeo.net/2010/02/15/do-the-polls-support-the-political-narrative-or-how-to-build-a-commentariat-bot/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:39:44 +0000 Mark Bahnisch http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=116852 Mark Bahnisch, constructing a political narrative based on their own random musings instead of hard data.]]> http://larvatusprodeo.net/2010/02/15/do-the-polls-support-the-political-narrative-or-how-to-build-a-commentariat-bot/feed/ 0 http://www.observer.com/2010/media/fake-news-cycle http://www.observer.com/2010/media/fake-news-cycle#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:56:46 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=116033 New York Post to Twitter, then the blogosphere, and finally into the mainstream media ]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/media/fake-news-cycle/feed/ 0 http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/feb/05/pressandpublishing http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/feb/05/pressandpublishing#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:47:18 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=114746 The London Weekly, mocking the excessive typos, amateurish writing and tabloid content.]]> http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2010/feb/05/pressandpublishing/feed/ 0 http://gawker.com/5458812/ http://gawker.com/5458812/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:14:28 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=112751 Jason Calacanis made up a bunch of fairly dubious-sounding rumours about the device. And the MSM -- including Reuters, WSJ and CNN -- fell for it, hook, line and sinker. ]]> http://gawker.com/5458812/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2010/01/20/reheated-clickbait/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2010/01/20/reheated-clickbait/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:18:02 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=111075 National Times seems to have picked a winner with the topic of bossy mums with huge prams, says Dave Gaukroger.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2010/01/20/reheated-clickbait/feed/ 0 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/15/AR2010011502419.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/15/AR2010011502419.html#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:01:42 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=110545 Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander explains why the paper's grammar and syntax has been getting a little sloppy of late: fewer staff and the "real-time news" demands of the internet.]]> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/15/AR2010011502419.html/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/15/who-ya-gonna-call-ghost-boasters-apparently/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/15/who-ya-gonna-call-ghost-boasters-apparently/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:19:22 +0000 Stephen Downes http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=109918 A Current Affair last night risk its credibility as a "scam-busting" program by not challenging a company's claims of "scientific" ghost hunting method? ]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/15/who-ya-gonna-call-ghost-boasters-apparently/feed/ 1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/15/and-the-wankley-goes-to-summer-news-filler/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/15/and-the-wankley-goes-to-summer-news-filler/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:19:18 +0000 Ruth Brown http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=109881 Crikey readers.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/15/and-the-wankley-goes-to-summer-news-filler/feed/ 3 http://mumbrella.com.au/large-earthquake-no-one-local-hurt-15596 http://mumbrella.com.au/large-earthquake-no-one-local-hurt-15596#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:00:04 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=109594 mUmBRELLA lists the 32 -- 32! -- stories the Daily Telegraph ran ahead of news of the massive earthquake in Haiti that has killed thousands, including: the price of avocados, airport parking, and a nice garden.]]> http://mumbrella.com.au/large-earthquake-no-one-local-hurt-15596/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/12/the-lack-of-good-journalism/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/12/the-lack-of-good-journalism/#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:56:48 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=109005 Crikey readers weigh in on lazy summer journalism, hate groups of Facebook -- how can they be stopped? -- and the PR abuse of science.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/12/the-lack-of-good-journalism/feed/ 1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/11/news-goes-on-holiday/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/11/news-goes-on-holiday/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:20:17 +0000 Ruth Brown http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=108844 Crikey name and shame some of the worst fluff the Aussie media is using to pad out column inches and air time.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/11/news-goes-on-holiday/feed/ 12 http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2009/12/the_aps_year-end_album_list_pr.php http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2009/12/the_aps_year-end_album_list_pr.php#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:46:59 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=107001 AP's Best Rock Albums of 2009 list, which is curiously absent of music that actually, y'know, rocks.]]> http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2009/12/the_aps_year-end_album_list_pr.php/feed/ 0 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/channel-seven-newsreader-ian-ross-humiliated-by-triple-j-in-defaced-advertisements-on-twitter/story-e6frf96o-1225804024218 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/channel-seven-newsreader-ian-ross-humiliated-by-triple-j-in-defaced-advertisements-on-twitter/story-e6frf96o-1225804024218#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:23:09 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=101158 The Hun -- which has dutifully reposted the images as an online gallery.]]> http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/channel-seven-newsreader-ian-ross-humiliated-by-triple-j-in-defaced-advertisements-on-twitter/story-e6frf96o-1225804024218/feed/ 0 http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2009/11/top_five_emo_tv_news_videos_alyssa_bustamante_ksdk_st_louis_2009_elizabeth_oltens.php http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2009/11/top_five_emo_tv_news_videos_alyssa_bustamante_ksdk_st_louis_2009_elizabeth_oltens.php#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:52:10 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=100135 http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2009/11/top_five_emo_tv_news_videos_alyssa_bustamante_ksdk_st_louis_2009_elizabeth_oltens.php/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/fagans-courier-mail-perfects-the-art-of-rumour-based-reporting/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/fagans-courier-mail-perfects-the-art-of-rumour-based-reporting/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/fagans-courier-mail-perfects-the-art-of-rumour-based-reporting/ Courier Mail has perfected the art of rumour-based reporting, a formula that consists of stringing together anonymous claims by sources whose own motives are never explored and whose identity is never revealed, writes Terry Towelling.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/20/fagans-courier-mail-perfects-the-art-of-rumour-based-reporting/feed/ 0 http://gawker.com/5402352/how-new-york-times-trend-stories-get-made-glee-edition http://gawker.com/5402352/how-new-york-times-trend-stories-get-made-glee-edition#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:26:27 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=98563 Gawker provides an insight straight from the NYT: devise the "trend" yourself, then find some subjects who fit the mold.]]> http://gawker.com/5402352/how-new-york-times-trend-stories-get-made-glee-edition/feed/ 0 http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/07/nsfw-after-fort-hood-another-example-of-how-citizen-journalists-cant-handle-the-truth/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/07/nsfw-after-fort-hood-another-example-of-how-citizen-journalists-cant-handle-the-truth/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:53:57 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=97812 Paul Carr.]]> http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/07/nsfw-after-fort-hood-another-example-of-how-citizen-journalists-cant-handle-the-truth/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2009/11/08/so-you-think-you-can-interpret-polls/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2009/11/08/so-you-think-you-can-interpret-polls/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:09:02 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=97744 conclusion from recent polling is that last week's Newspoll is an outlier, says Tobias Ziegler -- but that hasn't gotten in the way of a media narrative that says Rudd took a hit in the polls, most likely over asylum seekers.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2009/11/08/so-you-think-you-can-interpret-polls/feed/ 0