Tag: Journalism

Through the Amounts: How Social Networking Coverage of Occupy Wall Street Beat the Mainstream Media

Through the Amounts: How Social Networking Coverage of Occupy Wall Street Beat the Mainstream Media

Nate Silver had a great piece in the Times recently looking at how clashes with police seem to have driven mainstream media coverage of the Occupy Wall Street protests (a classic example of the principle of “if it bleeds, it leads”). The centerpiece of his article is this chart, showing the pattern of relevant media hits. Nate’s article [...]

October 25, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Laid Off Journalist Reports His Own Job Search:Unemployment

Laid Off Journalist Reports His Own Job Search:Unemployment

In June, Robert Annis lost his long-time job as a reporter at the Indianapolis Star when media conglomerate and Star owner Gannett cut 700 employees to save money. For the past few months, instead of writing about Hamilton County as he’d done for the previous nine years, Annis has been reporting via Twitter on his own search for [...]

September 12, 2011 | 0 Comments More
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