Journalism in Crisis Coalition: January 2011

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Jason Brown ‎. . .

An update for our few fellow travellers!

It is with great pleasure that I report a long overdue successful grappling with the differences between Facebook:
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1. Profiles
2. Groups
3. Pages

Thus:

1. Profiles = personal ..... max. limit = 5,000
2. Groups = community .. max limit = 50,000 ?
3. Pages = global ........... max. limit = open

More soon, and thanks,

jas

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Moving pictures! On paper! The crisis is over!

Or is it?
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Still need journalists - rapidly disappearing - to write the news, no matter what the medium.

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Eletrowetting breakthrough paves way for disposable e-readers made from paper

www.dailymail.co.uk

The breakthrough discovery has far-reaching implications considering other popular e-readers all rely on complex circuitry printed over rigid glass.

Jason Brown

reuters asks crisis, what journalism crisis?

. . .UPDATE 'The supposed crisis is far from universal and the outcomes of current transformations far from certain.' See: Crisis? What crisis? Study of the future of the international news industry In particular:The book '

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The death of the newspaper - foretold

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Launch of Newspaper Extinction Timeline for every country in the world - Trends in the Living Networ

rossdawsonblog.com

Back in August I predicted that newspapers in their current form will be irrelevant in Australia in 2022. That received significant international attention including from The Australian, The Guardian, Editor & Publisher (which called me the 'Wizard of Aussie') and...

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Journalists have long resisted attempts towards greater codification and registration as means by which various powers-that-be exert influence.

Now, however, an argument emerges that influence is being exerted anyway - precisely because of a lack of unifying codes of ethics and some form of registration - in the sa...me way doctors and lawyers work.

Certainly it seems that citizen journalists AKA bloggers and other netizens now have the numbers, power and access to point out mainstream shortcomings. So maybe those pre-net journalistic misgivings can be re-examined?

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'Media ethics for press freedom: Quid pro quo?'

www.journalism.co.uk

Howard Hudson, editor of the European Journalism Centre

Raphael Wanjaria Njararuhi The issue of gender disparities within African media is not new.

Gender, Journalism and Democracy in Southern Africa | NGO Pulse

www.ngopulse.org

A Development Information Portal for NGOs in South Africa.

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Jason Brown Another look back: Apparently journalists are being sacked because of their own stupidity. Also, apparently, there is no drop in journalism numbers in the US.

The Journalism Job Market: Part II, Downturn - BusinessWeek

www.businessweek.com

Warning: I'm going to violate all the canons of journalism by putting my conclusions at the end. In my first post on the journalism job market, I broke down journalistic employment by industry. In response, Jeff Jarvis quite correctly wondered...

Jason Brown

not all big business fault - or is it?

http://blog.wcgworld.com/2010/09/how-75-clinical-studies-a-day-is-disrupting-journalism-and-pr . . .JOURNALISM CRISIS | NEWS COMMENTThis piece paints an element of the journalism crisis as the sheer volume of medical surveys - an average of 75 a day. "Information overload" is des

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Jason Brown What are you doing for R2K ?

what do you want to know? | Development Networks

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Here at JICC, we are celebrating R2K by sending some tough questions to our colleagues representing journalists worldwide.

28 September 2010 at 09:40 · · Comment · View feedback (2)Hide feedback (2) · Share

- Raphael Wanjaria Njararuhi Sure its our right to know! Its crazy facts that you have revealed here! Hope the respective respondents will acknowledge and answer this queries. Remember to remind them if they delay.
  30 September 2010 at 01:28 · · 1 personLoading...
- Jason Brown
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  ae! a two year wait is beyond beyond !!
  
  however, guilty confession, i actually missed a response from one union - for 8 days !
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  my bad.
  
  Let's see if I can paste the complete correspondence ... or the second half at least !
  
  ... nah, there's an 8,000 character limit ... will paste into a google doc and publish.
  
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Jason Brown Outside of the crisis, strictly speaking, but still interesting - is copyright crippling innovation?

No Copyright Law: The Real Reason for Germany's Industrial Expansion? - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - Inte

www.spiegel.de

Did Germany experience rapid industrial expansion in the 19th century due to an absence of copyright law? A German historian argues that the massive proliferation of books, and thus knowledge, laid the foundation for the country's industrial might.

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Jason Brown Everyone wants the truth, but no one wants to pay for it.

Some Potential FTC Recommendations Not Popular Among Those Polled | WebProNews

www.webpronews.com

Wanna save journalism? Reverse all the damage done a few years back when all the FTC restrictions on media ownership were raped and gutted. Shut down the liars at Fox, CNN, and their ilk.

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Jason Brown UK: up to one third of journalists lost their job over the last 10 years.

#jpod: What our new industry report means for job-seeking graduates | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog

blogs.journalism.co.uk

Journalism.co.uk has compiled a podcast offering advice for journalism graduates entering the industry, in light of a report carried out by Journalism.co.uk and

Raphael Wanjaria Njararuhi Journalists killed in Uganda.

Ugandan journalists protest killing of their colleagues

www.newsfromafrica.org

News From Africa - Friday 17 September 2010 - Two journalists killed in unclear circumstances

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Jason Brown Follow the money ...

Cui bono - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

en.wikipedia.org

Cui bono ("To whose benefit?", literally "as a benefit to whom?", a double dative construction) is a Latin adage that is used either to suggest a hidden motive or to indicate that the party responsible for something may not be who it appears at first to be.

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Jason Brown No friend of the media ... one of the most remote daily papers in the world has suffered a loss of half its journalists over the last 10 years ... now the government is withdrawing all advertising.

The right-wing National Party administration is also slashing spending on public broadcasting, already near the bottom of... the OECD. By comparison, next door, Australia recently voted a "record funding boost" for the state broadcaster.

http://www.med.govt.nz/templates/MultipageDocumentPage____44747.aspx#A1

www.med.govt.nz

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Jason Brown More from Sarkoland : the leading daily challenges government on its pursuit of confidential sources - excellent work Le Monde!

Le Monde to take legal action as it accuses Sarkozy government of illegal probe into journalistic so

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Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: Le Monde to take legal action as it accuses Sarkozy government of illegal probe into journalistic sources.

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Jason Brown Report author Aldo Cardoso is former CEO of Anderson International, better known as the auditors who signed off on Enron, a spectacular US$14 billion implosion - so of course we should listen to what he says !

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldo_Cardoso (in French)

French government report calls for cuts in state aid to the press - Editors Weblog

www.editorsweblog.org

Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: French government report calls for cuts in state aid to the press .

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Jason Brown This proposal comes after the FreePress call for a technology tax in the US to fund public media.

Journalists call for 'Internet tax' to rescue media | EurActiv

www.euractiv.com

The main journalist trade union in Europe and the UK wants citizens to be given 'European Democracy Vouchers', funded by internet service providers, which can be used to buy newspapers and pay for online media subscriptions.

Raphael Wanjaria Njararuhi African journalist express their grave concern.

African Journalists express concern | General News 2010-09-05

www.ghanaweb.com

Accra, Sept. 5, GNA - Representatives of Journalists Unions and Associations in Africa has expressed grave concern on the escalation of acts of violence against journalists. This was contained in a resolution at the end of a two-day workshop at the African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Eth...

Raphael Wanjaria Njararuhi Silencing WikiLeaks is killing investigative journalism?

US warns Wikileaks over new release - Americas - Al Jazeera English

english.aljazeera.net

Wikileaks plans to release more classified documents despite Pentagon's call to stop.

Raphael Wanjaria Njararuhi The new Kenyan constitution and the plight of journalism.

Daily Nation: - Opinion |The new law is good for the media but . . .

www.nation.co.ke

"A healthy media environment is one where the resources are widely shared, enabling more outlets to operate successfully"

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Jason Brown Disaster mode: 174 years ago, an American leader describes the global condition.

Press in America: Life and Death of American Journalism

pressinamerica.blogspot.com

A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both. -- James Madison

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Jason Brown Interesting quote from a Word file by Christopher Hickman at Brooklyn Law School:

"The journalism crisis is three-fold: first, a decreased quality in the news and significant job losses in newsrooms have resulted from a commercial media model that has favored profit imperatives over costly investigative reporting and t...ime-consuming beat reporting;

"Second, the decline in print circulation, migration of classified ads to the Internet, and dearth of retail ads in a time of economic depression have caused a steep drop in revenues;

"And third, the media industry is suffering self-inflicted wounds from bad business decisions and failed strategies. While the market does not respond enthusiastically to accountability journalism, it has positive externalities, whereby societal benefits arise from changes in public policy that result from its impact.

"The benefit of an informed populace, the ability of citizens to “monitor those in power,” should be of paramount concern, for, as James Madison once warned, “A people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”

This “call to arms” cannot be reflected in the bottom line; perhaps it is too late in the day for the traditional media model to make room for thoroughgoing investigative journalism in its budget. However, this creates new room in the media marketplace for a variety of “independent, non-commercial initiatives specifically designed to produce high quality, public service journalism.”

"Thus, a news organization is a good candidate for operation as a hybrid social enterprise concern."

The document makes for a worthwhile read.

Christopher J. Hickman

works.bepress.com

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Jason Brown CANADA: less than 0.5% of aid goes to media development ... so much for the 4th estate!

jhr (Journalists for Human Rights) | Mobilizing Media. Changing Lives.

www.jhr.ca

jhr (Journalists for Human Rights) works with the media worldwide to ensure every human is aware of their rights.

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Jason Brown Reorganisation = restructuring = job losses = journalists sacked

‘Deseret News’ Lays Off 43% of Staff in Sweeping Newsroom Reorganiztion

www.editorandpublisher.com

Like USA Today last week, The Deseret News in Salt Lake City, Utah, Tuesday unveiled a sweeping newsroom reorganization combined with layoffs. In its case, the Mormon Church-owned daily is reducing its workforce by 43%, shedding 57 full-time and 28 part-time employees.

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Jason Brown Not particularly about the financial background to the journalism crisis, per se, as a popularisation of perceived shortcomings.

THE WIRE - Journalism Studies

www.informaworld.com

The acclaimed HBO television drama The Wire (2002-2008) is both journalistic and about journalism. It was created by a former journalist, David ...

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Jason Brown At last ! Comments from Pacific Islands media on their oft neglected and long lost Melanesian colleagues in Papua - and even less well known - Maluku.

PACIFIC FREEDOM FORUM: Govt must step up investigation into journalist deaths in Indonesia: PFF

www.pacificfreedomforum.org

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Jason Brown Looking Back: Watergate is considered one of the best known moments of journalism - but was it really all that?

The Death of Deep Throat and the Crisis of Journalism | STRATFOR

www.stratfor.com

Mark Felt died last week at the age of 95. For those who don’t recognize that name, Felt was the “Deep Throat” of Watergate fame. It was Felt who provided Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of The Washington Post with a flow of leaks about what had happened, how it happened and where to look for furthe...

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Jason Brown Wow, that's some stuffed up formatting! A for the record post to link to a report on last year's journalism crisis conference at Coventry University, UK.

The Buzz Newsletter - Journalism in Crisis Special Edition

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Jason Brown Importing blog feed using NetworkedBlogs

JICC

http://www.journalismincrisiscoalition.blogspot.com/

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Jason Brown ‎"International Press Institute 60th Anniversary World Congress: Thinking the Unthinkable – Are We Losing the News?" - congrats to IPI for having the courage to face up to the fact that journalism is in crisis, worldwide.

ipiworldcongress.com: Home

www.ipiworldcongress.com

freemedia.at

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Jason Brown That's 12 years away ...

Australian newspapers ‘will stop printing by 2022′ - mUmBRELLA

www.google.com

Newspapers have 12 years or less left to live in print, the Newspaper Publishers Association will be told later this week. Ahead of Thursday night's

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What the Ad Whores want us to think Department:

An antipodean ad rag mealy-mouths its way around Ad Slut Speak like the headline "Designing trust" and "Consumer rules", subheaded ... "compelling, believable brands reach out and shake hands with consumers ..."
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What the Ad Whores really think Division:

"Idle Chat: The Closure of The Independent [NZ] by Fairfax sparked a firestorm of debate about the value of corporate media. Borrrring."

Quote from page 9, July-August 2010 edition of New Zealand Marketing, drawing from a site called "Stop Press". Don't bother Googling the quote. Despite the bold sneer, it's nowhere to be found online.

LINK:

Gutless Ad Ho industry magazine

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StopPress :: Breaking news from New Zealand Marketing magazine

www.stoppress.co.nz

StopPress :: Breaking news from New Zealand Marketing magazine

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Sad State of News: An investigative journalism blog not updated since - gulp - 2005. Own Worse Enemy Files: Comments not enabled. No Social Networking or RSS feeds. Oh, and an update on aid corruption, but under a subscription only partner site - nice. A case for Project Censored ?

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ACIJ : Project Censored Blog

www.uts.edu.au

Australian Centre for Independent Journalism (ACIJ)

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Jason Brown Do something: sign the petition against cuts to the BBC. Aunty ain't perfect, but she's one of the few bastions we got left that still feels right.

Save the BBC: stop the cuts!

www.avaaz.org

The BBC is considering sweeping cuts, chopping its website in half and dropping TV and radio stations... all to appease corporate media rivals. Sign the petition to keep the BBC strong!

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Jason Brown While JICC has a worldwide focus it is based in New Zealand ... which continues to suffer a loss of print outlets, especially newspapers, as any other country. The Independent is the latest about to bite the dust.

Independent draws last breath, Fairfax looks on the bright side :: StopPress :: Breaking news from N

www.stoppress.co.nz

Independent draws last breath, Fairfax looks on the bright side :: StopPress :: Breaking news from New Zealand Marketing magazine

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Jason Brown An excellent story from the NYO - clearly showing the rapidly failing capacity of any media to offend those rich and powerful enough to afford law suits.

At the comments, some twit suggests the reason is that "no one" reads old media anymore. Ignorant, given that the Pew Institute estimates 85% of new media links back t...o old media.

The End of Libel? | The New York Observer

www.observer.com

When Robin Bierstedt joined the Time Inc. legal department in 1983, there were 20 active libel cases pending against the company. In her 27-year career, she has taken on dozens of spurned public figures, officials and organizations (hello, Church of Scientology!), all of whom had a serious legal bee...

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Jason Brown No bail-outs. No reinvention of journalism. Not even a tax necessarily. What the US government needs to do, according to a First Amendment protection group is to look at the power - influence - of huge aggregators like Google News.

Media Institute: Government Should Look to Google in Journalism Inquiry - 2010-06-08 14:00:00 | Broa

www.broadcastingcable.com

Paper for First Amendment group argues that search giant's power as aggregator is key--and cause for concern.

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Jason Brown Never thought I'd say this but something worthwhile from a Fox News commentator:

Adam Lashinsky: "They" in this instance is not the lawmakers; it's the Federal Communications Commission, and its staff. This is a trial balloon since they've recognized there's a crisis in journalism. Having said that, we don't have a trad...ition in this country of the government supporting journalism. What is going to happen is nonprofits are going to support serious journalism which doesn't hold the business model that it used to have. The idea behind it is the realization that journalism is good for democracy, that there's a crisis in journalism.

Stunned silence follows from fellow "commentators" on the Cost of Freedom. Fair AND balanced - whatever next!

Recap of Saturday, June 5 - The Cost of Freedom - FOXNews.com

www.foxnews.com

The Cost of Freedom Recap: Recap of Saturday, June 5, Miss a minute of this week's block? Here's your chance to catch up!

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Jason Brown Comments from French newspaper about how the Financial Times reports rumours, causes the loss of billions then fails to follow up.

Comment le Financial Times alimente la crise - Coulisses de Bruxelles, UE

bruxelles.blogs.liberation.fr

Le biais anti-euro d’une grande partie des médias anglo-saxons est difficilement contestable. À Londres, où j’ai passé deux jours pour rencontrer des opérateurs de marché, il est étourdissant de constater que la fin de l’euro est une réalité incontestable, seule...

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Jason Brown Why the journalism crisis has got nothing to do with the internet:

"The layoffs of journalists, the closing of [news] bureaus, the declining quality of journalism all predate Google, even the World Wide Web. They go back to the 70s. Fundamentally, it can be attributed to increasing conglomerate corporate chain ownership... and non-competitive markets, which made it very profitable to gut newsrooms and make more money by lowering your costs and gut any consequences in the marketplace."

20 Questions With... Robert McChesney and John Nichols -- In These Times

inthesetimes.com

In These Times features award-winning investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, insightful analysis of national and international affairs, and sharp cultural criticism about events and ideas that matter.

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Jason Brown Cost cutting even when it comes to nuclear disarmament.

News Outlets Cut Costs on Covering Presidential Trips - NYTimes.com

www.nytimes.com

Press flights have been sharply curtailed in recent months, a victim of cost-cutting by news organizations that are struggling to stay profitable.

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Jason Brown Looking back: commentary from March 2009 raises issues even more pertinent today

Goodbye To The Age Of Newspapers (Hello To A New Era Of Corruption) | The New Republic

www.tnr.com

Online edition of journal of politics and culture, with selected articles from print magazine.

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Jason Brown ‎"About 80 percentof the American public believes that taxpayer investment in public broadcasting is money “well spent.”

New Public Media: A Plan for Action (PDF link)

www.freepress.net

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Jason Brown Canada: judges express their hostility to the press - again - just how weak do they want the 4th estate?

No blanket right for press to protect sources, Supreme Court says

www.theglobeandmail.com

Canada’s highest court slams door on effort by media to broaden its rights to protect confidential sources

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Jason Brown So donations are the "future of news".

Not.

"According to Chuck Lewis, the founder of the Center for Public Integrity in the USA, all the foundation grants in 2008 gave around $20m for non-profits to undertake investigations. That is about one tenth of the annual newsroom budget of the New York Times."
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One tenth!

Meanwhile, the banks and car makers wallow in bail out money, paying themselves fat bonuses, etc. Public funders must wake up to the fact that an inter-generational failure of journalism - the crisis bit of JICC, here - costs trillions, not millions or billions.

Public funding « New model journalism

newmodeljournalism.com

MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee – a cross-party group now disbanded following the dissolution of parliament – have called for new measures to revive local journalism.

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Jason Brown Happy happy happy! Joy joy joy! The BBC is investigating "new revenue models" for journalism. Phew. We can all rest easy. The crisis in journalism is over.

Thank goodness we still think in strictly corporate terms when talking about our collective failure to prevent trillions being wiped off global markets. Yes, fellow... travellers, what we all need is a good dose of market reality. Sorry, "free" market reality. Real, um, insight, there, to be sure, many reasons to be cheerful, mutter, mumble, stiff upper lip, sound of bottle uncorking, glug glug glug

Radio 4 investigates new media models « New model journalism

www.google.com

The latest edition of BBC Radio 4’s ‘In Business’ brought some real insight into how the top guns in the media are thinking about new revenue models – and some reasons to be cheerful for those working at every level of journalism.

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Jason Brown Microphones and radio build peace, but men with guns are so much better funded.

UN Peacekeeping Radio's Unexamined Past and Uncertain Future | The Communication Initiative Network

www.comminit.com

For almost two decades now, UN peacekeeping missions have routinely set up radio stations that by default, not design, became the countries' dominant national broadcasters. And then, when the missions ended, the stations would close.

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Jason Brown Did a journalism crisis cause world economic meltdown? Take the poll:

Did journalism crisis cause global economic meltdown? | Development Networks

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Jason Brown How truth dies ... and the money for "training" and other media frippery just keeps on flowing and flowing and flowing

Why the Developing World Needs Brave Journalists

www.huffingtonpost.com

The need for honest, brave journalism is huge and far overshadows the many millions of dollars of well-meaning aid and support for democracy and civil society that usually comes from foreign donors.

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Jason Brown Future of news deathwatch: journalism outlets keep hitting the wall.

Media Criticism: Future of journalism deathwatch: Newsweek's turn

www.salon.com

Murdered by the Internet or done in by its own hand? The Post puts the venerable weekly magazine up for sale. Articles about Media Criticism

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Jason Brown Nearly $200,000 in prizes for human rights reporting - go team!

Lorenzo Natali journalism prize

www.nataliprize2010.eu

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Jason Brown ‎. . . So an institute funded by big business including tobacco, cars and oil thinks there is no journalism crisis.

Perhaps someone might alert CEI to the global economic crisis, direct product of systemic journalism failure to independently monitor supposedly free markets. Cost? Trillions and counting.

By watchdogging ...Ford and the like over where their payback funds are coming from, CEI risks appearing as overly concerned about the molehill and not the mountain.

Those less doubtful can take concrete action by signing a petition that asks the United Nations to declare world journalism in crisis, here:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/jicc/ . . .

CREWS: Shutdown.fcc.gov - Washington Times

www.washingtontimes.com

Increasingly, somegroups contend there's a crisis in journalism, even to the extent of advocating government support of news organizations. The dangers to freedom inherent in the concept of government-funded ideas and the impact on critique and dissent seem not to bother them.

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Jason Brown World Press Freedom Day is just 4 days away - how many signatures can we collect in 96 hours?

Ask UNESCO to declare world journalism in crisis

www.ipetitions.com

JICC, the Journalism in Crisis Coalition founding in January 2010 aims at action responses to huge job loss among news room workers.

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Jason Brown This: "...journalism is currently for the most part a for-profit industry is prima facie bananas and in the not-to-distant future will be looked back at with bewilderment."

Short but sweet, the rest of the comment is well worth a read.

the thin green line: ProPublica Is The Future Of Journalism

stanleyjewbrick.blogspot.com

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Jason Brown The European Federation of Journalists is launching a fight back by journalists' unions over attacks on labour rights and standards of journalism in media across the continent.

More from EFJ General Meeting in Istanbul on April 16-18th 2010:

www.cpbf.org.uk

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Jason Brown ‎"IFJ condemns 'Fat Cat' millions for New York Times bosses as staff pay for crisis in jobs and pay"

www.cpbf.org.uk

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Jason Brown ‎"The Poynter Institute estimated that the drop in reporting capacity was US$1.6 billion. They estimated that to help fill that gap, foundations – a major source of founding for local news start-ups -- have put in about $140 million during that period. $1.6 billion out. $140 million in."

- Steven Waldman, Senior Advis...or to the Chairman, Federal Communications Commission.

reboot.fcc.gov

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Jason Brown ProPublica won a Pulitzer prize for investigative journalism ... The Franklin Centre examines behind the headlines for reasons why.

Franklin Center’s Take on ProPublica’s Pulitzer

www.franklincenterhq.org

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Jason Brown Dan Rather confirms: it is a crisis.

www.universityparent.com

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Jason Brown ‎"IF ... every crisis is an opportunity, then who is making an opportunity out of journalism's current crisis?"

Journalism's parasites

digg.com

No matter how much Pulitzer Prize triumphalism hides it, the fact remains that journalism these days is "a disaster," as Ted Koppel said recently. Here are 2 critical questions: 1) If every crisis is an ...

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Jason Brown ‎"This World Press Freedom Day, whose theme is Freedom of Information, offers us an occasion to remember the importance of our right to know."

Message from UNESCO Director-GeneralMessage from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, 3rd May 2010.

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Jason Brown Must remember: use a separate browser to sign in with journalism in crisis coalition email, enabling posts to JICC, not personal profile.

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Jason Brown ‎. . .

State television board rejects Sarkozy edict

Board members of state television in France have majority voted against an edict from President Nicolas Sarkozy to ban on air ads.
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Meeting 13th April local date, the board voted 10 to 5 to "suspend" Sarkozy moves to limit advertising to private sector stations.

Government officials had asked for an extension to 30th October to continue negotiations over the advertising ban.

The 'no' vote came despite Sarkozy hand-picking replacements for the former chair of the board and other members.

Criticised as political interference in an independent state authority, a media watchdog in France, MediaPart, said the Sarkozy ban led to open crisis in relations between state television and the presidency.

The unexpected reversal at board level shows how deep that crisis now goes, following a dismal showing by the Sarkozy party at recent municipal elections.

Earlier French state television journalists criticised the ban as favouring some of Sarkozy's friends and political supporters who, among other things like arms factories, own holdings in media like private TV, radio and print media.

Journalists also said the loss of millions in advertising revenue would cut into their ability to deliver independent news.

Insiders said another side effect would be a loss of influence on public debate, away from ethically independent journalism, towards commercial conflicts of interest in private sector media.

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France Télévisions rejette l'oukase de Sarkozy | Mediapart

www.mediapart.fr

La privatisation de la régie publicitaire de France Télévisions a été suspendue par le conseil d'administration du groupe public, qui s'est tenu mardi 13 avril dans la matinée. Le vote a été acquis par 10 voix contre 5. ...

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future of news update

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jicc facebook group dump

Jason Brown ‎. . .Moving pictures! On paper! The crisis is over!Or is it?...Still need journalists - rapidly disappearing - to write the news, no matter what the medium.. . .

Jason Brown

Jason Brown ‎. . .The death of the newspaper - foretold. . .

Raphael Wanjaria Njararuhi The issue of gender disparities within African media is not new.

Jason Brown Another look back: Apparently journalists are being sacked because of their own stupidity. Also, apparently, there is no drop in journalism numbers in the US.

Jason Brown

Jason Brown What are you doing for R2K ?

Jason Brown Outside of the crisis, strictly speaking, but still interesting - is copyright crippling innovation?

Jason Brown Everyone wants the truth, but no one wants to pay for it.

Jason Brown UK: up to one third of journalists lost their job over the last 10 years.

Raphael Wanjaria Njararuhi Journalists killed in Uganda.

Jason Brown Follow the money ...

Jason Brown More from Sarkoland : the leading daily challenges government on its pursuit of confidential sources - excellent work Le Monde!

Jason Brown Report author Aldo Cardoso is former CEO of Anderson International, better known as the auditors who signed off on Enron, a spectacular US$14 billion implosion - so of course we should listen to what he says !http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldo_Cardoso (in French)

Jason Brown This proposal comes after the FreePress call for a technology tax in the US to fund public media.

Raphael Wanjaria Njararuhi African journalist express their grave concern.

Raphael Wanjaria Njararuhi Silencing WikiLeaks is killing investigative journalism?

Raphael Wanjaria Njararuhi The new Kenyan constitution and the plight of journalism.

Jason Brown Disaster mode: 174 years ago, an American leader describes the global condition.

Jason Brown CANADA: less than 0.5% of aid goes to media development ... so much for the 4th estate!

Jason Brown Reorganisation = restructuring = job losses = journalists sacked

Jason Brown Not particularly about the financial background to the journalism crisis, per se, as a popularisation of perceived shortcomings.

Jason Brown At last ! Comments from Pacific Islands media on their oft neglected and long lost Melanesian colleagues in Papua - and even less well known - Maluku.

Jason Brown Looking Back: Watergate is considered one of the best known moments of journalism - but was it really all that?

Jason Brown Wow, that's some stuffed up formatting! A for the record post to link to a report on last year's journalism crisis conference at Coventry University, UK.

Jason Brown Importing blog feed using NetworkedBlogs

Jason Brown ‎"International Press Institute 60th Anniversary World Congress: Thinking the Unthinkable – Are We Losing the News?" - congrats to IPI for having the courage to face up to the fact that journalism is in crisis, worldwide.

Jason Brown That's 12 years away ...

Jason Brown Do something: sign the petition against cuts to the BBC. Aunty ain't perfect, but she's one of the few bastions we got left that still feels right.

Jason Brown While JICC has a worldwide focus it is based in New Zealand ... which continues to suffer a loss of print outlets, especially newspapers, as any other country. The Independent is the latest about to bite the dust.

Jason Brown No bail-outs. No reinvention of journalism. Not even a tax necessarily. What the US government needs to do, according to a First Amendment protection group is to look at the power - influence - of huge aggregators like Google News.

Jason Brown Comments from French newspaper about how the Financial Times reports rumours, causes the loss of billions then fails to follow up.

Jason Brown Cost cutting even when it comes to nuclear disarmament.

Jason Brown Looking back: commentary from March 2009 raises issues even more pertinent today

Jason Brown ‎"About 80 percentof the American public believes that taxpayer investment in public broadcasting is money “well spent.”New Public Media: A Plan for Action (PDF link)

Jason Brown Canada: judges express their hostility to the press - again - just how weak do they want the 4th estate?

Jason Brown Microphones and radio build peace, but men with guns are so much better funded.

Jason Brown Did a journalism crisis cause world economic meltdown? Take the poll:

Jason Brown How truth dies ... and the money for "training" and other media frippery just keeps on flowing and flowing and flowing

Jason Brown Future of news deathwatch: journalism outlets keep hitting the wall.

Jason Brown Nearly $200,000 in prizes for human rights reporting - go team!

Jason Brown World Press Freedom Day is just 4 days away - how many signatures can we collect in 96 hours?

Jason Brown This: "...journalism is currently for the most part a for-profit industry is prima facie bananas and in the not-to-distant future will be looked back at with bewilderment."Short but sweet, the rest of the comment is well worth a read.

Jason Brown The European Federation of Journalists is launching a fight back by journalists' unions over attacks on labour rights and standards of journalism in media across the continent.More from EFJ General Meeting in Istanbul on April 16-18th 2010:

Jason Brown ‎"IFJ condemns 'Fat Cat' millions for New York Times bosses as staff pay for crisis in jobs and pay"

Jason Brown ProPublica won a Pulitzer prize for investigative journalism ... The Franklin Centre examines behind the headlines for reasons why.

Jason Brown Dan Rather confirms: it is a crisis.

Jason Brown ‎"IF ... every crisis is an opportunity, then who is making an opportunity out of journalism's current crisis?"

Jason Brown Must remember: use a separate browser to sign in with journalism in crisis coalition email, enabling posts to JICC, not personal profile.

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Moving pictures! On paper! The crisis is over!

Or is it?
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Still need journalists - rapidly disappearing - to write the news, no matter what the medium.

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The death of the newspaper - foretold

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Jason Brown Report author Aldo Cardoso is former CEO of Anderson International, better known as the auditors who signed off on Enron, a spectacular US$14 billion implosion - so of course we should listen to what he says !

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldo_Cardoso (in French)

Jason Brown ‎"About 80 percentof the American public believes that taxpayer investment in public broadcasting is money “well spent.”

New Public Media: A Plan for Action (PDF link)

Jason Brown This: "...journalism is currently for the most part a for-profit industry is prima facie bananas and in the not-to-distant future will be looked back at with bewilderment."

Short but sweet, the rest of the comment is well worth a read.

Jason Brown The European Federation of Journalists is launching a fight back by journalists' unions over attacks on labour rights and standards of journalism in media across the continent.

More from EFJ General Meeting in Istanbul on April 16-18th 2010: