Lawyer Michael Geist follows up on last week’s brief look at the Canadian government’s proposed changes to the country’s copyright laws and finds: The immediate spin from the recording industry was that they were delighted with the push toward copyright reform. While I’m sure they’re happy that the government is doing something, a closer look [...]
Douglas Fisher at Common Sense Journalism reacts to Michael Malone’s death of the newspaper column (see my original post): I’m not as ready to write the obit yet. But I do think it’s interesting how, in less than a year, this possiblity has now burst upon the public consciousness. ~ snip ~ I think critics [...]
Note to TV news readers: cars do not lose control, drivers do. If I hear one more anchorperson tell me that an accident happened when “the car lost control,” I may have to shoot my TV.
The annual NPPA Best of Photojournalism winners have been announced and clicking through the winners reveals some interesting results, particularly in the web photo editing category. As you’d expect, the New York Times and Washington Post are well represented. The Times is the overall winner, in fact, being awarded for Best Use of the Web [...]
I have seen the future of photography — and citizen photojournalism. The photo is from the photos of the day at the Spanish daily El Mundo. SOURCE: UNMEDIATED | TECHNORATI TAGS: CAMERAPHONES
One of the bleakest assessments of the the future of newspapers that I’ve ever read is by Michael S. Malone at the ABC news web site. How bleak? Part of it reads: …most newspapers are unbelievably retrograde. They grew up in a world of newsprint and that’s where they intend to stay. They cannot believe [...]
Newsboxes for 24 Hours, the Quebecor-owned free daily, are starting to show up on Vancouver streets. I spotted three of them on Broadway earlier this afternoon. I know that hiring of editorial staff continues, so the local edition is obviously rounding into shape. Metro, so far, has been a disappointment. Here’s hoping for more from [...]
I’ve been a Google guy for a while now based on the sheer number of indexed sites, the powerful advance search tools and, at least in part, habit. But what’s happening at Yahoo! has me wandering over that way more and more often. The latest reason for wandering: Yahoo! unveils Creative Commons searching, allowing me to track down images, sounds and writing that I can legitimately use.
While some out-of-town journalists were detained, handcuffed and had equipment seized while covering the tragic shootings at the Red Lake Indian reservation, the editor of the local daily had no problem getting onto the reserve to cover the story. The Rural Blog reports: The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press reports, “Photographers with The [...]
From Boing Boing: PEZ MP3 player are go! The PEZ dispenser/MP3 player is go! The guy who hacked an MP3 player into a PEZ dispenser now has a license to make an actual commercial product based on the design: The first version will be 512mb. Their will be six buttons along one of the skinny [...]
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