SubscribeStealing The News – When Bloggers Become Plagiarists
Journalism is under fire from all directions. Newspapers are losing circulation and shuting down. Reporters are getting laid off. Profits are bad, and the Internet has turned the news into a commodity.
Add to the list of growing problems: plagiarism.
Most journalists used to think that bloggers were nothing but plagiarist; taking their reporting and rewriting a [...]
Free “Journalism Bootcamp” for St. Louis Area Journalism Students
The St. Louis chapter of the Society for Professional Journalist is hosting a “Journalism Bootcamp” on Saturday, Jan. 30 at the SUIE Saint Louis University campus. Registration is over in a few days, so hurry up if you are interested.
Seminars offered during the boot camp include:
• Covering Higher Education (Kavita Kumar—St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• Writing Killer [...]
Why to stay in J-School
Getting a journalism degree in 2009 seems like a dumb idea. There are no jobs. Not only that, so far in 2009 U.S. newspapers have cut almost 12,000 jobs, according to Paper Cuts. Huge newspaper companies, such as Hearst, McClatchy, and The New York Times, find their once soaring stock prices left valueless while upstart [...]
New York Times considers charging for online content
The New York Times is considering charging a $5.00 monthly fee for access to its website, according to various media reports. The decision should come sometime in August and could make the Times the first major U.S. newspaper to establish a pay-wall around its online content.
The New York Times Company stock price has taken a [...]
Globe Negotiations to continue, agreement reached with 6 of 7 unions
So it looks like the Boston Globe will keep negotiating for now, according to paidcontent.org:
The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT) has backed off its threat to file notice today to close the Boston Globe despite failing to reach agreement with the Boston Newspaper Guild. The company says it has reached agreements with six [...]
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