Tag: journalism
Update: Md. journalists lose races for national office in news organization
Sue Kopen Katcef is running for president, but Joe Biden and Donald Trump need not worry. Kopen Katcef, a longtime broadcaster and broadcast teacher from Annapolis, is running to be president-elect of the Society of Professional Journalists, the oldest professional organization for people in the news business.
Read MoreImagining the future of journalism
Just imagine if the victims at the World Trade Center or on the planes on 9/11 had been able to send video from their cell phones to YouTube, post statuses on Facebook, or tweet to their loved ones as the towers came down. What kind of horrific images and anguish from that day would be floating around the Internet? But none of those technologies or websites existed that sunny September day 10 years ago. That’s how fast technology is changing for those of us in journalism.
Read MoreAnalysis: Citizen O’Keefe is really an anti-journalist
James O’Keefe and his surreptitious videos have helped bring down the ACORN community organization and the top executives at NPR, and he’s caused immense grief for the New Jersey teachers union and Planned Parenthood. He spoke in Timonium Wednesday night. Is he a “citizen journalist,” an “investigative reporter,” or really an “anti-journalist”?
Read MoreMedia beware: Government is coming to your rescue
Many people are concerned about the future of journalism, and how to help it survive. Now the Federal Trade Commission has gotten into the act.
What the heck is the Federal Trade Commission doing meddling in journalism? That’s what I asked when I first heard about it.
On Tuesday, the FTC gathered a high-powered group of experts who spent the day discussing how to rescue the failing media at the National Press Club in Washington. The whole thing was webcast.
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