http://journalism.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2013-05-15T14:02:09Z Wed, 15 May 2013 14:02:09 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/05/21/some-want-federal-shield-law-in-wake-of-ap-phone-records-case.htm <p>The Justice Department's seizure of phone records from <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://journalism.about.com/od/careersinjournalism/a/workingattheap.htm">The Associated Press</a> has journalism groups calling for passage of a federal shield law.</p> <p>But even within the journalistic community, support for such a measure isn't unanimous.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/05/21/some-want-federal-shield-law-in-wake-of-ap-phone-records-case.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/05/21/some-want-federal-shield-law-in-wake-of-ap-phone-records-case.htm Tue, 21 May 2013 14:20:53 +0000 2013-05-21T14:20:53Z http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/05/15/news-outlets-react-angrily-to-seizure-of-ap-phone-records.htm <p>News outlets across the country are protesting The Justice Department's seizure of phone records from reporters at The Associated Press.</p> <p><strong>Read more...</strong></p> <p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://journalism.about.com/od/trends/a/Government-Seizure-Of-Associated-Press-Phone-Records-Sparks-Outrage.htm">Government Seizure of Associated Press Phone Records Sparks Outrage</a></p> <p>Follow me on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aboutcom-Journalism/128474700569171?sk=wall">Facebook</a> &#038; <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://twitter.com/aboutjournalism">Twitter</a></p> http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/05/15/news-outlets-react-angrily-to-seizure-of-ap-phone-records.htm Wed, 15 May 2013 14:02:09 +0000 2013-05-15T14:02:09Z http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/05/14/bbc-admits-error-in-claiming-race-played-role-in-kidnappings-coverage.htm <p>The BBC goofed. The network now admits it made a mistake in a story claiming that racism played a role in the Cleveland Plain Dealer's coverage of three young women who were <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://crime.about.com/b/2013/05/07/3-women-escape-captors-after-10-years.htm">kidnapped and held captive</a> for a decade.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/05/14/bbc-admits-error-in-claiming-race-played-role-in-kidnappings-coverage.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/05/14/bbc-admits-error-in-claiming-race-played-role-in-kidnappings-coverage.htm Tue, 14 May 2013 16:24:46 +0000 2013-05-14T16:24:46Z http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/05/13/how-newspapers-all-digital-strategy-is-failing.htm <p>Should newspapers shut down their printing presses and go all-digital?</p> <p>Apparently the New Orleans Times-Picayune no longer thinks so. The paper, which <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://journalism.about.com/od/trends/a/New-Orleans-Times-Picayune-Cuts-Back-On-Print-But-Will-Its-Website-Make-Money.htm">just last year cut its printed edition to just three days a week</a> in order to focus on the digital product, is now reversing course and printing the paper seven days a week once again.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/05/13/how-newspapers-all-digital-strategy-is-failing.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/05/13/how-newspapers-all-digital-strategy-is-failing.htm Mon, 13 May 2013 15:29:00 +0000 2013-05-13T15:29:00Z http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/05/10/how-to-get-work-experience-over-the-summer.htm <p>If you're a journalism student, summer can be a time for sitting around and doing nothing. Or it can be a time for getting valuable work experience and loads of clips for your portfolio.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/05/10/how-to-get-work-experience-over-the-summer.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/05/10/how-to-get-work-experience-over-the-summer.htm Fri, 10 May 2013 15:47:59 +0000 2013-05-10T15:47:59Z http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/05/07/a-bleak-picture-for-press-freedom-around-the-world.htm <p>A <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/freedom-press-2013">just-released 2012 survey</a> by Freedom House, a Washington-based advocacy group, says the proportion of the world's population living in countries with a fully free press has fallen to its lowest point in more than a decade.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/05/07/a-bleak-picture-for-press-freedom-around-the-world.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/05/07/a-bleak-picture-for-press-freedom-around-the-world.htm Tue, 07 May 2013 16:40:44 +0000 2013-05-07T16:40:44Z http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/05/06/journalism-students-must-get-used-to-the-pace-of-pro-newsrooms.htm <p>J-school students accustomed to the relatively relaxed pace of college may be shocked when they suddenly find themselves trying to keep up with the pace of a professional newsroom.</p> <p>That's because professional reporters nowadays have to work much harder and faster than their counterparts of even just a few years ago.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/05/06/journalism-students-must-get-used-to-the-pace-of-pro-newsrooms.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/05/06/journalism-students-must-get-used-to-the-pace-of-pro-newsrooms.htm Mon, 06 May 2013 13:01:57 +0000 2013-05-06T13:01:57Z http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/04/29/a-look-at-the-2013-pulitzer-prize-winners.htm <p>The 2013 Pulitzer Prize winners combined exhaustive reporting, classic storytelling and, in some cases, digital technology to produce journalism of the highest order.</p> <p><strong>Read more...</strong></p> <p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://journalism.about.com/od/trends/a/Many-2013-Pulitzer-Winners-Use-Digital-Tools-To-Enhance-Storytelling.htm">Many 2013 Pulitzer Winners Use Digital Tools to Enhance Storytelling</a></p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/04/29/a-look-at-the-2013-pulitzer-prize-winners.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/04/29/a-look-at-the-2013-pulitzer-prize-winners.htm Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:45:51 +0000 2013-04-29T10:45:51Z http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/04/26/british-newspaper-group-rejects-government-rules-offers-regulation-plan-of-its-own.htm <p>British newspapers aren't happy about government plans to regulate the press in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal, so they've come up with an alternative proposal of their own.</p> <p><strong>Read more...</strong></p> <p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://journalism.about.com/od/trends/a/British-Press-Group-Rejects-Government-Regulations-Offers-Its-Own-Plan-Instead.htm">British Press Group Rejects Government Regulations, Offers its Own Plan Instead</a>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/04/26/british-newspaper-group-rejects-government-rules-offers-regulation-plan-of-its-own.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/04/26/british-newspaper-group-rejects-government-rules-offers-regulation-plan-of-its-own.htm Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:41:52 +0000 2013-04-26T14:41:52Z http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/04/26/what-do-journalism-students-need-most-good-work-habits.htm <p>So you say you want to have a career in the news business someday. But you routinely turn your journalism school assignments in late, if at all. And more often than not, they're lousy.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/04/26/what-do-journalism-students-need-most-good-work-habits.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://journalism.about.com/b/2013/04/26/what-do-journalism-students-need-most-good-work-habits.htm Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:06:31 +0000 2013-04-26T10:06:31Z