Great Journalist

BBC's College of Journalism

2010-11-09T09:35:00.000-08:00

Ten Reasons You Should Hire a Journalist

2009-04-01T02:55:00.000-07:00

Journalists may not be comfortable appearing to brag about what they do well; self-esteem can get downsized pretty easily these days. Here are reasons you should hire a journalist.

Journalism in six words

2008-05-05T06:24:00.000-07:00

How would you sum up journalism in six words? Poynter asked that question...

Dear journalism professors

2008-05-02T12:43:00.000-07:00

Vin Crosbie has discovered that the more prestigious the school, the more resistant it can be to change. Smaller, less prestigious schools adapt more quickly.

Expect more tpyos at Daily Journal

2008-04-09T14:35:00.000-07:00

Word out of the Los Angeles Daily Journal newsroom is that the legal paper lopped off its copy desk last night.

WSJ changes news desk structure

2008-04-04T15:25:00.000-07:00

To the staff: We're making a change in the way we edit news and structure the news desk... Must read for Deskies.

A please read this... for reporters

2008-04-04T15:23:00.000-07:00

If you are a reporter in any newspaper or media organisation for that matter, please read this.

http://interjunction.org

2008-04-04T14:44:00.000-07:00

A website to bring together media and academia. My friend Chindu Sreedharan is associated with it.

How a newsroom should work...

2006-11-12T05:09:00.000-08:00

...and how it works.

Easy publishing tools for online journalists

2006-10-24T22:37:00.000-07:00

Put your site online, without much money or tech effort, using these blog and content management tools.

Journalism is getting less and less important

2006-04-30T14:08:00.000-07:00

It’s not often that TJS George speaks his mind on journalism. At least, not in public.
Founder-editor of Asiaweek magazine, editorial advisor to the New Indian Express group, and the author of numerous books ranging from music (MS), to words (Enquire Dictionary), George is the ultimate wordsmith but also, paradoxically, a man of few words.

Advice for Paranoid Reporters

2006-04-26T12:38:00.000-07:00

How to report stories when the government is out to get you.

Writing for busy people

2006-03-27T08:39:00.000-08:00

Back when I was in University, many of the lecturers stressed time and time again the importance of succinct, well organized writing.

Rajya Sabha MP?

2006-03-26T06:48:00.000-08:00

In all the noise about Members of Parliament holding office of profit, there is a jarring note. There is no such thing as Rayja Sabha Member of Parliament or Lok Sabha Member of Parliament. It is Lok Sabha member or Rajya Sabha member, or Member of Parliament...

Journalism, anyone?

2006-03-26T06:37:00.000-08:00

She was sitting on the first row. With an intense, intelligent gaze. And quiet most of the time. The classroom was like any other. Actually, perhaps better.

US reporter loses job for copying Wikipedia content

2006-01-30T13:36:00.000-08:00

A Hawaiian newspaper sacked a journalist last week after an investigation found he had copied passages from Wikipedia.

Newspapers should be designed for readers, not judges

2006-01-17T21:33:00.000-08:00

SND-award-winning, world-class design will not save a newspaper.

Abduction of reporter blacked out by US news outlets

2006-01-09T13:55:00.000-08:00

Christian Science Monitor requested that the abduction, and the reporter's name and affiliation be withheld. A translator was killed in the incident and reporter Jill Carroll is still being held.

NYT's Rosenbaum dies after being beaten and robbed

2006-01-09T13:52:00.000-08:00

David Rosenbaum, 63, who worked for the Times for 35 years, was struck in the head and robbed Friday night while walking near his home in Northwest Washington.

If u cn rd ths

2006-01-05T07:14:00.000-08:00

We have done it again...

Sun-Times ending youth-oriented Red Streak

2005-12-20T14:26:00.000-08:00

The Chicago Sun-Times said it is pulling the plug on its youth-focused newspaper, three years after launching it as a defensive move against a similar offering from the Chicago Tribune.

The Importance of Writing

2005-12-20T14:15:00.000-08:00

It wasn't until I started working one-on-one with reporters in my current job that I realized how important it was for copy editors to write.

Clay versus / v. / vs. the stylebook

2005-12-20T14:13:00.000-08:00

What's the deal with the AP Stylebook entry on "versus," anyway?

New news: The fear factor

2005-12-20T14:11:00.000-08:00

The first job is to instill fear in the newsroom. Oh, there’s fear there now. But it is fear of the unknown.

One newsroom, two newsrooms, or none?

2005-12-20T14:09:00.000-08:00

There is a debate in the land of newspapering: Should print and online operate separately or together?

Restrictions on World Cup coverage

2005-12-16T22:26:00.000-08:00

Newspaper editors might be surprised to know they won't be allowed to provide full coverage on their web sites.

Fixing journalism requires media cooperation

2005-12-16T22:22:00.000-08:00

Journalism is under fire. It has lost the public's trust. It is marred by scandal. It is looked at by those who "own" it as an aside to a profit machine, not a community service.

We need professional journalists

2005-12-16T22:20:00.000-08:00

An interesting article by media analyst Tom Foremski who is concerned that "we are losing our media professionals."

CBS blog will keep eye on its coverageBy

2005-08-29T09:29:00.000-07:00

CBS News will shortly turn its unblinking eye on itself. The network is starting its own blog

'NYT reporters often write too long'

2005-08-29T09:25:00.000-07:00

Business reporter Alex Berenson says, 'I think The New York Times needs to be a lot more careful about what we demand from our readers, and how much time we ask that they spend with us every day.'

Punjab cops whisk away Express reporter

2005-08-29T09:17:00.000-07:00

Indian Express reported on a complaint against IGP Sumedh Saini to state human rights panel by family of accused in rape case; cops barge into reporter’s house, take him away, allege he ‘threatened’ victim

The source strikes back

2005-08-26T13:56:00.000-07:00

Woe be the reporter who misquotes a source -- or portrays a source's comments in a way that the interviewee disagrees with -- these days. That's sure to open up a can of worms

Mumbai's media war

2005-08-26T13:19:00.000-07:00

Who's the winner?

51 per cent journalists use blogs: survey

2005-08-26T13:11:00.000-07:00

And 28 per cent rely on them for daily reporting, says a survey of 1,202 US journalists from Euro RSCG Magnet and Columbia University

Seth Mnookin on Hard News

2005-08-24T14:06:00.000-07:00

The New York Times likes to call itself 'the newspaper of record'. But what happens when the newspaper of record becomes the subject of unwanted publicity?

Journalism is a verb, not a platform

2005-08-24T13:59:00.000-07:00

The message from the New York Times is powerful: Journalism is what we do. Print, web and broadcast are delivery vehicles

Will the compact newspaper revolution take hold?

2005-08-24T13:48:00.000-07:00

On August 29, another American newspaper will jump on the tabloid bandwagon

Newswatch India

2005-08-23T14:45:00.000-07:00

It aims to become the preferred online destination for Indian journalists looking for information pertinent to their profession

Sports scribe Darryl Crasto passes away

2005-08-22T12:42:00.000-07:00

The Times of India sports editor and former president of the Sports Journalist Federation of India passed away in Mumbai after a prolonged illness

Peter Jennings Reporting

2005-08-15T12:56:00.000-07:00

Each night for more than 20 years, millions of people turned on their television sets to watch Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings deliver the news

Harassed by journalists?

2005-08-06T13:25:00.000-07:00

The Press Complaints Commission has extended the use of its emergency hotline for members of the public harassed by journalists. Call the PCC 24-hr hotline

How to write for the web

2005-06-29T09:18:00.000-07:00

Whether you are writing a blog, wiki, discussion post or traditional article, following a few basic tips can help you win more readers... and their respect

And you would think this is an Indian newspaper

2005-06-11T07:18:00.000-07:00

IN CableNet shuts shop in Mumbai

2005-06-04T08:30:00.000-07:00

The cable news channel run by the Hinduja Group-owned IN Cablenet has shut down effective from June 1, and over 100 employees have been asked to quit

Independent World Television

2005-06-01T22:20:00.000-07:00

IWTnews will deliver independent news and real debate -- without funding from governments, corporations or commercial advertising. Internet fundraising makes it possible

What does an editor do?

2005-05-03T07:58:00.000-07:00

There is no typical day -- or week. My staff would probably say I spend most days walking fast, talking fast and typing fast on my BlackBerry. And they'd be partly right

Prominent Tamil journalist slain

2005-04-29T07:20:00.000-07:00

Dharmeratnam Sivaram, 46, a board member of the pro-rebel TamilNet Web site and a columnist for Sri Lanka's English newspaper the Daily Mirror, was earlier abducted by four men

Most English publications slip

2005-03-20T07:20:00.000-08:00

Except for Hindustan Times and Outlook in the top 10 list, all publications have slipped in readership

School skit gives a journalism lesson

2005-03-19T20:45:00.000-08:00

Would-be journalists from Prall IS follow a 'fire' from the first wisps of smoke to the front page

Women without a clue

2005-03-19T19:57:00.000-08:00

It's not the number of women in the newsroom that counts towards diversity. It's what they have to say

Who is a journalist?

2005-03-13T02:00:00.000-08:00

Anybody who wants to be

Two Indians among reporting award winners

2005-02-20T07:14:00.000-08:00

Washington Post’s Rama Lakshmi and St Petersburg Times’ Babita Persaud were named by the American Society of Newspaper Editors

Reporter fired for Yahoo baby hoax

2005-01-24T21:27:00.000-08:00

A Romanian tabloid says it has fired a reporter for making up a story about a couple who named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitude for meeting over the Internet

The Copy Editor's Code

2005-01-20T03:57:00.000-08:00

You've seen it before. Let's take a look again, at a further-revised version, as handed down by the deities on high

Today's Headline Styles

2005-01-19T05:56:00.000-08:00

Which one do you prefer?
Which One Do Your Prefer?
WHICH ONE DO YOU PREFER?

A ray of hope, during a dark period

2005-01-17T14:08:00.000-08:00

Photojournalists face many challenges, but one newly appointed editor has a bright outlook on the future

From the teaching trenches

2005-01-15T09:26:00.000-08:00

Hardcoding is harder, but results are worth it

Wanted: Trainee journalists

2005-01-04T21:41:00.000-08:00

The Kolkata-based Anand Bazaar Patrika is recruiting

Year-ender

2005-01-02T09:33:00.000-08:00

Check for plagiarism

2004-12-29T09:27:00.000-08:00

Help from Copyscape

Tsunamihelp

2004-12-29T07:50:00.000-08:00

News and information about resources, aid, donations and volunteer efforts

Children journalists to produce TV news program

2004-12-29T07:45:00.000-08:00

China's primary and middle schools will be invited to produce a program at China Education Television

The journalist as eyewitness

2004-12-29T07:38:00.000-08:00

If you want to write a great narrative, be an eyewitness

'You cannot keep me off air'

2004-12-29T05:54:00.000-08:00

... says BBC journalist injured in terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia

Courage in Journalism Award nominations

2004-12-19T10:29:00.001-08:00

The only awards program exclusively for international women journalists

RIP Gary Webb -- Unembedded Reporter

2004-12-19T10:29:00.000-08:00

The finest journalist ever to get fired for telling the truth is dead at age 49

'If I were a journalist...'

2004-12-06T21:30:00.000-08:00

Actress Konkona Sen Sharma indulges in some scribe-speak at IFFI 2004

NYTimes.com seeks fresh talent

2004-12-06T13:20:00.000-08:00

E-mail to newsroom staff in search of an experienced editor, as it prepares for redesign

A Zagat's for journalists

2004-12-04T09:06:00.000-08:00

Rate news sources on many criteria

Disabled journalist honoured as role model

2004-12-04T08:58:00.000-08:00

Despite losing his hands in an accident a decade ago, Bhupesh Chatha, who is still an active journalist, was honoured by President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam

BBC reputation hit by Bhopal interview hoax

2004-12-04T08:50:00.000-08:00

An interview with a hoaxer claimed to offer a $12bn settlement to the 120,000 surviving victims

Elizabeth Taylor deathwatch begins

2004-12-03T05:57:00.000-08:00

Ghouls, all of them!

How to cover a bank crisis

2004-12-03T05:49:00.000-08:00

The executives at the top of the banks aren't likely to speak frankly about their banks so go way down the chain of command

Ramnath Goenka India Press Photo Awards 2004

2004-11-22T18:49:00.000-08:00

The Indian Express group has instituted the awards as a part of the group’s series of events to commemorate the centenary year of its founder Ramnath Goenka

BBC arm buys half of Bennett Coleman unit

2004-11-19T22:08:00.000-08:00

Worldwide Channel Investments Ltd is picking up a 50 percent stake in Worldwide Media Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of Bennett, Coleman & Co, the publisher of The Times of India and The Economic Times newspapers

The Blair Switch Project

2004-11-14T12:19:00.000-08:00

Jayson Blair, the diminutive ex-journalist who shook up the mighty New York Times when his serial plagiarism was revealed last year, has all but evaporated from public view

Slain cameraman wins Rory Peck award

2004-11-14T12:06:00.000-08:00

James Miller was killed in the Middle East while making a documentary

Headliner

2004-11-14T04:21:00.000-08:00

Communal or Communist: It’s the same difference
(The Indian Express)

Media death toll cross 100 mark this year

2004-11-14T03:53:00.000-08:00

International Federation of Journalists condemns killing of journalists

Can anonymous sources be reliable?

2004-11-13T01:18:00.000-08:00

Slate comments on a memorandum concerning the current discussion of sources for news stories sent to the New York Times staff by Assistant Managing Editor Allan M Siegal

Different Website, day and night

2004-11-09T04:07:00.000-08:00

Making news websites more relevant by customizing content depending on the time of the day, a concept pioneered a few years ago

Bring us a new perspective on disability. Yours

2004-11-08T06:46:00.000-08:00

Channel 4 News is looking for a disabled journalist – or aspiring journalist – for a one-year full-time placement at ITN in London

BBC reporter wept over Arafat

2004-11-07T12:21:00.000-08:00

The BBC has received at least 500 complaints, after its broadcaster said she 'started to cry' when the Palestinian leader departed his ruined headquarters in Ramallah for a hospital in Paris

What exactly is a copy editor?

2004-11-07T04:01:00.000-08:00

The lot of journalism's noble misfits

News images

2004-11-07T03:58:00.000-08:00

10x10/100 words and pictures that define the time

The Nine Commandments of Caption Writing

2004-11-07T03:39:00.000-08:00

If you write captions, listen here

Want to be become a journalist?

2004-11-07T03:25:00.000-08:00

One-year Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism through Distance Learning from the Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication

'I feel threatened'

2004-11-02T07:22:00.000-08:00

Journalist Mateen Hafeez, who was assaulted and threatened by Arun Gawli at Dagdi Chawl during an interview, has been provided police protection

Asia still danger for journalists

2004-10-30T07:01:00.000-07:00

This disturbing reality is one of the revelations made by the Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontiers or Reporters without Borders

News channel reporter, owner held

2004-10-30T06:01:00.000-07:00

Ajay Dave arrested by Special Task Force along with reporter Anwar Sheikh on charges of extortion, defamation and intimidation

The Times (London) goes...

2004-10-30T05:54:00.000-07:00

tabloid from Monday

Two Indian-American journalists win award

2004-10-30T05:51:00.000-07:00

Sudeep Reddy, energy reporter with The Dallas Morning News, and Krishnan Anantharaman, managing editor of The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition, are joint winners of the scholarship that entitles them to attend the Wharton Seminars for Business Journalists

Times buys stake in Mid-day

2004-10-28T19:36:00.000-07:00

Bennett, Coleman is believed to have earlier made an offer to buy the 68.9 per cent stake held by the Ansari family for close to Rs 1 billion

Al Jazeera to launch English channel

2004-10-27T15:16:00.000-07:00

The Arabic satellite network plans to hire more than 300 people globally.

BBC Asian entertainment channel to debut in December

2004-10-27T15:06:00.000-07:00

BBC Prime will carry the best of BBC's entertainment programming. The channel will go live on December 1

Teens rarely read newspapers, Gallup says

2004-10-27T15:04:00.000-07:00

Newspapers rank pretty far down the totem pole when teens have a few minutes of down time

Revolt of Fox’s Hens

2004-10-26T21:30:00.000-07:00

It has been a bloody and unpleasant couple of weeks at the Fox News Channel

Why journalism?

2004-10-25T23:13:00.000-07:00

J-school is more popular than ever. But is it necessary?

The sea change in newsrooms

2004-10-24T13:10:00.000-07:00

If October 3 was an important date in the history of the Indian media houses, it’s not only because the K K Birla-promoted Hindustan Times took the unusual step of giving marching orders to 362 printing press workers on that day

Once the shooter, he’s now the target

2004-10-24T08:02:00.000-07:00

For most of his career, Carlton Sherwood was the one asking the tough questions, getting the scoop and performing all those unmeasured efforts of investigative reporting. Stolen Honor producer reflects