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Poynter. | Standing for journalism, strengthening democracy | Journalism training, media news & how to's The Hubris and Despair of War Journalism by Susie Linfield What Martha Gellhorn teaches us about the morality of contemporary war reportage. Images courtesy of Peter Van Agtmael/Magnum Photos War correspondent Martha Gellhorn (1908-1998) was a household name—epitomizing bravery, glamour, and political commitment—to previous generations of Americans, especially in the 1930s and ’40s when she covered the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the Nuremberg trials for mass-publication magazines such as Collier’s. In a career that spanned six decades, Gellhorn covered wars in, among other places, China, Finland, Israel, Vietnam, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. Gellhorn arrived in Spain in 1937 with the explicit purpose of aiding the Republic. “Gellhorn’s despair is now the norm. The civilians who had war brought to them: could there be a better encapsulation of the twentieth century’s trajectory of armed conflicts? This shift in war-making has been echoed by a shift in war reporting. “It was the first night of shock and awe, and it was hot.
Anna Politkovskaya Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya (Russian: А́нна Степа́новна Политко́вская; Ukrainian: Га́нна Степа́нівна Політко́вська; 30 August 1958 – 7 October 2006) was a Russian[1] journalist, writer, and human rights activist known for her opposition to the Chechen conflict and President of Russia Vladimir Putin.[2] On 7 October 2006 she was shot and killed in the lift of her block of flats, an unsolved murder that continues to attract international attention.[6][7][8] Early life[edit] Journalistic work[edit] Politkovskaya worked for Izvestia from 1982 to 1993 as a reporter and editor of the emergencies and accidents section. Reports from Chechnya[edit] Politkovskaya won a number of awards for her work.[11][12] She used each of these occasions to urge greater concern and responsibility by Western governments that, after the 11 September attacks on the United States, welcomed Putin's contribution to their "War on Terror". Criticism of Vladimir Putin and FSB[edit] She also wrote: A Russian Diary[edit]
Juan Williams Case Confuses Objectivity with Fairness on Tendentious Television When Spiro Agnew was compelled to resign the vice presidency after pleading no contest to tax evasion charges, I made the mistake of accepting an invitation to appear on David Susskind’s televised talk show. It was, I naively thought, an opportunity to discuss in detail how that complicated politician had gotten in trouble accepting cash and groceries while governor of Maryland and as vice president. But the 1973 Susskind program quickly devolved into a clash of loud opinions among William Rusher, Roy Cohn, Pete Hamill, Jules Witcover and Frank Van Der Linden, as I sat mostly mute. During a commercial break, a producer came to me and said, “Get in there and mix it up.” I did not, and never again accepted an invitation to appear on the increasingly tendentious telecasts that masquerade as news analysis. NPR was right to sever its relationship with Juan Williams — but not for what Williams had said about Muslims on the Fox Network’s “O’Reilly Factor.” Tags: NPR
GOING SOUTERRAIN Underneath Paris is a parallel universe of tunnels, caverns, bones—and party venues. Will Hunt spends a few days and nights down there with a band of urban explorers From INTELLIGENT LIFE magazine, November/December 2012 SOME YEARS AGO, I sat on a stone-cut bench in a dark chamber in the catacombs of Paris wearing a headlamp and muddied boots, and listened to the strange story of Félix Nadar, the first man to photograph the underground of Paris. Now, a century and a half behind Nadar, I am back in Paris with a group of urban explorers. JUST AFTER 9pm on Tuesday, as twilight falls, we stand in a derelict train tunnel to the south of the city. One by one, we slip into the catacombs, unsure when we'll see the surface again. Parisians say their city, with all of its perforations, is like a wedge of Gruyère cheese and nowhere is so holey as the catacombs. When Nadar first dropped into the catacombs with his camera, the tunnels were largely empty.
Les livres communication pour les professionnels en communication Facebook, Twitter et le web social: les nouvelles opportunités de business Auteur : Emmanuel FRAYSSE Editeur : Agence Kawa Prix constaté : 36.90€ « (...) En appliquant une stratégie d’influence SRM (Social Relationship Management), toute entreprise peut tirer profit du web social. Détails sur « Facebook, Twitter et le web social: les nouvelles opportunités de business » La communication institutionnelle Auteur : Eric Giuily Editeur : Presses Universitaires de France - PUF Prix constaté : 13.00€ « Le logo du nouveau groupe GDF SUEZ, la dernière campagne EDF pour illustrer une nouvelle signature, le financement par Areva du Défi Français pour l'America Cup/Louis Vuitton, l'annonce par le créateur de Poweo, Charles Beigbeider, qu'il vend sa participation dans l'entreprise à son actionnaire majoritaire, l'interview du directeur général de Total qui déplore l'image de son groupe auprès du grand public et des leaders d'opinion : autant de manifestations d'une même réalité. Community management
Code of Ethics SPJ Code of Ethics Revised September 6, 2014 at 4:49 p.m. CT at SPJ’s National Convention in Nashville, Tenn. Download a printable copy [PDF]:8.5x11 flyer | 11x17 poster | Two-sided bookmark Preamble Members of the Society of Professional Journalists believe that public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy. The Society declares these four principles as the foundation of ethical journalism and encourages their use in its practice by all people in all media. The SPJ Code of Ethics is a statement of abiding principles supported by explanations and position papers that address changing journalistic practices. For an expanded explanation, please follow this link. Supporting documents Click or tap the arrow icon anywhere it appears in the code to explore additional resources the Society’s ethics committee compiled to help people with day-to-day ethics decisions. Additional applications – Case Studies – Committee Position Papers Translations Seek Truth andReport It
JournalismJobs.com -- The Job Board for Media Professionals El ingrato oficio del periodismo local Tags: MiciudadrealPeriodismoPeriodismo Local Prima de riesgo. Eurogrupo. “Es igual de significativo saber qué pasa en Bruselas como estar al tanto sobre lo que se está cociendo en la cámara de comercio de tu ciudad o las redes económicas que se generan alrededor del ayuntamiento. Algo sabe de este tema Monroy, que lleva más de 5 años al frente de Miciudadreal.es, un medio de comunicación digital que destaca por su indepedencia de colores políticos aunque serlo aboque a sus integrantes a tener que hacerlo por amor al arte. En su currículum y el de sus compañeros figura haber sido uno de los primeros en ser críticos con el aeropuerto de Ciudad Real cuando aún era un proyecto. Lejos de catapultar la página al éxito, meterse en temas incómodos para el poder de turno ha llevado a Miciudadreal.es a apenas tener publicidad en una región donde algunos medios en las vacas gordas llegaron a percibir un “80% de su presupuesto de las subvenciones”. En un lugar de la mancha… Foto 1: Open Source Way
The Voice of God Is Dead It's past time for news outlets to lose the rigid, formulaic approach to newswriting. But figuring out the boundaries can be tricky. Wed., April 4, 2012. By Jena Heath Jena Heath (jenaheath@gmail.com) spent 17 years as a newspaper reporter and editor. In 2008, she joined the faculty at St. Long ago, a legendary professor terrorized my classmates and me until we could write a news story as it was meant to be written-supremely detached in tone and shaped into something called the inverted pyramid. Melvin Mencher stood just at 5 feet, spoke in a nasal bark and not infrequently offered us tickets to the symphony and scoldings when we drank too much or failed to eat enough leafy greens. "Cope!" Cope with deadlines, he railed, cope with stress but, most of all, cope with the challenge of getting over ourselves. Mencher retired in 1990 after 28 years at Columbia, and I headed to Alabama to get started as a reporter at the Anniston Star. Such coverage brings transparency to how reporters work.
The Information Overload Research Group Media Database Screening for bias The Corporation for Public Broadcasting angers critics with conservative programming. From the Summer 2005 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 36. By Tom Sullivan Not wanting a world without Big Bird or Clifford the Big Red Dog, congressional leaders this summer restored threatened funding cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. CPB Chairman Kenneth Tomlinson and Bill Moyers, former host of the weekly PBS program "Now," exchanged heated rhetoric in the early summer over Tomlinson's allegations of liberal bias in PBS programming. Tomlinson, who told C-SPAN he "worked quietly in the system" for 18 months to address bias on PBS, hired a consultant to monitor guests on its programs and sought to add conservative voices to its Friday night lineup, which includes "Now." Tomlinson says he seeks to provide balance in accordance with the law; Moyers and others say that he is attempting to tip the scales toward more conservative programming. "We believe the "Sugartime!"