Comments for NewsLab http://www.newslab.org Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:02:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 Comment on Reporters’ guides by Deborah Potter http://www.newslab.org/2010/03/12/reporters-guides/comment-page-1/#comment-3220 Deborah Potter Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:02:45 +0000 http://www.newslab.org/?p=2195#comment-3220 Excellent addition, Tim. It's a little tricky to find on the RNA home page, so here's a direct link to the primer (PDF): http://www.religionwriters.com/pdf/primer2006.pdf Excellent addition, Tim. It’s a little tricky to find on the RNA home page, so here’s a direct link to the primer (PDF): http://www.religionwriters.com/pdf/primer2006.pdf

]]> Comment on Reporters’ guides by Tim Lewis http://www.newslab.org/2010/03/12/reporters-guides/comment-page-1/#comment-3217 Tim Lewis Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:53:55 +0000 http://www.newslab.org/?p=2195#comment-3217 Deborah - I'm a fan of the Religious Newswriters Association's Reporting on Religion: A Primer that they put out in 2006. Good quick handbook to help sort out the various spiritual organizations worldwide. I make it a required part of my student journalists' tool box. http://www.rna.org/ Deborah -

I’m a fan of the Religious Newswriters Association’s Reporting on Religion: A Primer that they put out in 2006. Good quick handbook to help sort out the various spiritual organizations worldwide. I make it a required part of my student journalists’ tool box.

http://www.rna.org/

]]> Comment on How open is your newsroom? by Jennie Phipps http://www.newslab.org/2010/02/22/how-open-is-your-newsroom/comment-page-1/#comment-3115 Jennie Phipps Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:34:14 +0000 http://www.newslab.org/?p=2069#comment-3115 For the newsletter I publish, I contact the top 50 largest newsroom once a year to ask how they are using freelancers. The job is always a huge pain because it's a challenge to get somebody on the phone. There are no newsroom administrators and city desks must have gone out of style. There are probably a lot of great stories out there that newsrooms never report because the people who want to offer them aren't persistent or savvy enough to find someone who will listen. For the newsletter I publish, I contact the top 50 largest newsroom once a year to ask how they are using freelancers. The job is always a huge pain because it’s a challenge to get somebody on the phone. There are no newsroom administrators and city desks must have gone out of style. There are probably a lot of great stories out there that newsrooms never report because the people who want to offer them aren’t persistent or savvy enough to find someone who will listen.

]]> Comment on How open is your newsroom? by Crystal Dey http://www.newslab.org/2010/02/22/how-open-is-your-newsroom/comment-page-1/#comment-3104 Crystal Dey Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:48:47 +0000 http://www.newslab.org/?p=2069#comment-3104 Finally! I've been reading so many articles about the negatives surrounding today's media. Companies are downsizing staff, print and online rivalry, nothing positive. It is my position that newspapers, television, and especially online news distributors have lost sight of the mission. We exist to serve the public, not the other way around. Newsrooms next to coffee shops, what an awesome idea. Hope to see it soon in my area. Much applause. Finally! I’ve been reading so many articles about the negatives surrounding today’s media. Companies are downsizing staff, print and online rivalry, nothing positive. It is my position that newspapers, television, and especially online news distributors have lost sight of the mission. We exist to serve the public, not the other way around. Newsrooms next to coffee shops, what an awesome idea. Hope to see it soon in my area.
Much applause.

]]> Comment on Going live from anywhere by Deborah Potter http://www.newslab.org/2010/02/09/going-live-from-anywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-3058 Deborah Potter Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:07:35 +0000 http://www.newslab.org/?p=2096#comment-3058 A Detroit station uses 3G smartphones to stream live video from snowplows. Cool! http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/449413-Streaming_Snowplows_Circle_Detroit.php A Detroit station uses 3G smartphones to stream live video from snowplows. Cool! http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/449413-Streaming_Snowplows_Circle_Detroit.php

]]> Comment on Where we get the news by Advancing the Story Where we get the news http://www.newslab.org/2010/03/02/where-we-get-the-news/comment-page-1/#comment-3056 Advancing the Story Where we get the news Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:32:51 +0000 http://www.newslab.org/?p=2135#comment-3056 [...] Sourced from: NewsLab [...] [...] Sourced from: NewsLab [...]

]]> Comment on Where we get the news by CR Dykers http://www.newslab.org/2010/03/02/where-we-get-the-news/comment-page-1/#comment-2909 CR Dykers Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:35:51 +0000 http://www.newslab.org/?p=2135#comment-2909 What question did Pew ask? If I were asked, "Do you watch local television news 5 days out of each week?", I would have to say, "Yes." I tune in, with the sound off, at some point during the local evening news because I listen to weather forecasts -- and sometimes a brief segment of area college sports, Maybe a total of 5 minutes focused attention. My iPhone Weather Channel app gets much more attention -- as do my NYTimes app and Twitter tweets from multiple groups that study or produce online news (like this site). This seems a pattern with my friends. Better measurement of just how much "attention" is focused surely would produce different results. Of course, this is one person's anecdote. But finding better measures is always an issue in media studies, right? What question did Pew ask? If I were asked, “Do you watch local television news 5 days out of each week?”, I would have to say, “Yes.” I tune in, with the sound off, at some point during the local evening news because I listen to weather forecasts — and sometimes a brief segment of area college sports, Maybe a total of 5 minutes focused attention.

My iPhone Weather Channel app gets much more attention — as do my NYTimes app and Twitter tweets from multiple groups that study or produce online news (like this site). This seems a pattern with my friends. Better measurement of just how much “attention” is focused surely would produce different results. Of course, this is one person’s anecdote. But finding better measures is always an issue in media studies, right?

]]> Comment on How to interview children by 3 wheeler buggy http://www.newslab.org/2009/12/17/how-to-interview-children/comment-page-1/#comment-2777 3 wheeler buggy Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:21:24 +0000 http://www.newslab.org/?p=1767#comment-2777 You wouldn't believe how long ive been searching for something like this. Scrolled through 7 pages of Yahoo results without finding anything. One search on Bing. There this is... Really gotta start using that more often You wouldn’t believe how long ive been searching for something like this. Scrolled through 7 pages of Yahoo results without finding anything. One search on Bing. There this is… Really gotta start using that more often

]]> Comment on Investigations still take shoe leather by Shawn http://www.newslab.org/2009/12/15/investigations-still-take-shoe-leather/comment-page-1/#comment-2725 Shawn Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:10:52 +0000 http://www.newslab.org/?p=1926#comment-2725 I am an active duty Marine Sergeant stationed at MacDill, and to see this happen so close is just unbelievable to me. What a shame that many of us have some of those awards and someone can just go out and just purchase them to throw them on, not to mention the rank of Sergeant Major that He had on His uniform. I would like to feed Him to the wolves in the Infantry Battalion I just came from, they would take care of HIs discrepancies. I am an active duty Marine Sergeant stationed at MacDill, and to see this happen so close is just unbelievable to me. What a shame that many of us have some of those awards and someone can just go out and just purchase them to throw them on, not to mention the rank of Sergeant Major that He had on His uniform. I would like to feed Him to the wolves in the Infantry Battalion I just came from, they would take care of HIs discrepancies.

]]> Comment on Social media guidelines by Advancing the Story Audio editing ethics http://www.newslab.org/2010/02/05/social-media-guidelines/comment-page-1/#comment-2554 Advancing the Story Audio editing ethics Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:05:43 +0000 http://www.newslab.org/?p=2073#comment-2554 [...] Sourced from: NewsLab [...] [...] Sourced from: NewsLab [...]

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