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Category Archives: Chapter 14
What a Media World Mess – News Misfires & Successes Covering Boston
Last week was not the best of weeks for the news media, both legacy and social. There was a lot of good reporting going on, but there were also a number of high profile screw ups that happened on the … Continue reading
If your mother says she loves you, check it out…
Updated 1/18/13 I was sitting in the dental chair yesterday afternoon, waiting for the dentist to come fix my chipped tooth when I came across a tweet pointing me to the Deadspin story about Manti Te’O’s fake/made up/fraudulent (choose your … Continue reading
Would You Run This Photo?
The Washington Post ran this photo on the front page of its sports section this morning of Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III injuring his knee during Sunday’s playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks. A long-time friend of mine (and … Continue reading
When do you run a disturbing photo?
This photo (and cover headlines) from the New York Post earlier this week have been attracting an enormous amount of attention. Post freelancer R. Umar Abbasi took the photo of Ki Suk Han, who was pushed in front of the … Continue reading
Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
Do journalists ever leave a great story unreported? Ted Koppel knew about the story the movie Argo is based on as it happened and didn’t report it because he didn’t want the people involved to be killed. (Hollywood Reporter) How … Continue reading
When Fox Accidentally Aired a Suicide on Live TV
During the day, Fox News has been known to show live car chases for as long as an hour at a time. The coverage typically is fed to the cable news giant by an affiliate’s news or traffic helecopter. Today, … Continue reading
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A Motorcycle Ride to the United 93 Memorial on a Rainy Summer Day
This has nothing to do with the media. It’s a brief story about a ride I took on my motorcycle to the United 93 Memorial on a rainy June day back in 2004. It was written shortly after I had … Continue reading
Remembering 9/11 with Media Images
So much of our understanding of the Sept. 11th , 2001 terror attacks come from the images we saw through the media. Here’s a sampling of those I’ve posted in the past: Newseum Newspaper Front Page Archive The Newseum posts … Continue reading
Ch. 14 Link – Commentary Through Impersonation
You can learn more about Ian Murphy’s punking of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and about the Food Lion case here. SPJ scolds Buffalo Beast for call to Wisconsin governor Food Lion fraud award against ABC thrown out
Link Ch. 14 – Codes of Ethics
Here is a collection of a wide range of codes of ethics from the communication industry: American Advertising Federation Institute for Advertising Ethics Charlotte Observer Photo Correction/Editing Guidelines National Press Photographers Association Code of Ethics Public Relations Society of America … Continue reading