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"Basically it looks as if they have ripped it, chopped the bit they want and then reposted it to their own site (have a look at a screengrab).
What they haven’t done is attributed it to BackpackDave08 who actually shot the footage."
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"The temptation to hire in one's own image for most managers is as irresistible as it is subliminal – which is why there are a lot of opinionated women working in digital management at the Guardian, and why we all need targets to remind us to look beyond the mirror."
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My experience is that if a journalist is doing research on a board they identify themselves and ask if they can contact some of the posters for possible inclusion in the article. I feel it's inappropriate to quote someone without their permission, even if it is a pseudonym. Am I overreacting? Do you think this is violation of board etiquette or journalistic ethics?"
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Be a subject-matter expert. You should know your beat better than any of your sources. This will help you avoid he-said, she-said stories, allowing you to write stories with real depth, and give you the confidence to add perspective. You will also uncover more and better stories.
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"As an internet reader, I’m increasingly suspicious of journalists who don’t link. Yes, if they quote an official that gives me a sense of the source. But why not link to original source material? It also allows me to dig more deeply into the story if I want without having to turn to Google.
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"In the UK, digital accounts for about 20% of the total marketing budget, whereas in most of the world it's an afterthought,"
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"Great journalism, like great art, often isn’t economically viable. But it’s just as important."
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LAYOFFS AND BUYOUTS AT U.S. NEWSPAPERS: 2008 total: 9,245+ jobs
A Google Map of all the redundancies in the US. Have we got one for the UK?
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The ambient nature of Twitter (via Adam Tinworth)
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"Here we are, flocking to these sites in search of work in the journalism world. But there isn’t any. Instead, these chancers who know we’re a bunch of wannabe hacks desperate for work, will look at these other non-journo positions, see the salary (40k for that proposal writer), and go ‘oooooh!’ and that’s it. Another potentially good journo lost."
Direct Tweets (via Yahoo Pipes):
Joanna Geary 
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