Jay Rosen http://www.pressthink.org I teach journalism at NYU, direct the Studio 20 program there, critique the press and try to grok new media. I don't do lifecasting but mindcasting on Twitter. en-us Sun, 25 Apr 2010 05:02:06 GMT Sun, 25 Apr 2010 05:02:06 GMT http://rsscloud.org/rssForDavesTwitterFriends.html OPML Editor v0.73 http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/539527019/jrcropped8d_normal.jpg Jay Rosen http://www.pressthink.org 48 48 I don't understand why the credit rating agencies aren't a bigger story: what a scandal! http://jr.ly/yrmi Taibbi, novelists, playwrights? Sun, 25 Apr 2010 05:01:30 GMT 12804660843 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/business/24rating.html If you enjoy the exposure of sock puppets (and I do) you will like this: http://jr.ly/yrn5 Has all the features you want. Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:33:37 GMT 12797658739 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/apr/23/poison-pen-reviews-historian-orlando-figes On Boston's "Beat the Press" show I get a shout-out http://jr.ly/3fdm Delicious moment: moderator's disdain for fact checking Sunday shows Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:10:13 GMT 12796516192 http://www.beatthepress.org/episode/segment/912 I asked this last night and got a lot of hands: Raise a hand if you think the headline on this article undermines the text http://jr.ly/yrd4 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:50:06 GMT 12795547558 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/arts/television/24stewart.html Read @JonathanStray: "that's not news" is a print-on-paper bias and it shouldn't keep a journalist from doing the story http://jr.ly/3fdj Sun, 25 Apr 2010 01:36:59 GMT 12794932553 Fighting the anti-intellectualism he sees too much of in newsrooms, @mthomps posts: My Five wishes for journalism research http://jr.ly/yrkx Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:45:28 GMT 12789954675 Raise a hand if you think the headline on this article trivializes the subject, subtly undermining what the reporter wrote http://jr.ly/yrd4 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:23:13 GMT 12747159152 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/arts/television/24stewart.html "They say people who can do, and people who can't teach." Go f*ck yourself, paidcontent.org http://jr.ly/yrbm Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:55:18 GMT 12746072214 http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2010/apr/22/emilybell-guardian-columbia Just watched Senator Levin's subcommittee hearing on credit rating agencies. Appalled. The worst of the worst testified. Sat, 24 Apr 2010 03:45:27 GMT 12743029236 You know, @timmcguire, @ryanchittum, @dangillmor, a simpler word for it is "truthtelling," which is often treated like a niche market. Jeez. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:50:20 GMT 12726325271 Once again its McClatchy that's willing to say how bad it really is when it really is that bad. http://jr.ly/3ev3 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:32:19 GMT 12725554229 http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/wsj_blows_the_ratingsagencies.php I will be in Palo Alto and San Francisco April 29-May 1 for this event at Stanford http://bit.ly/aYB1IW for those who might be interested. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:40:23 GMT 12723324407 http://blogs.law.stanford.edu/futureofnews/ The founders say NowPublic isn't dead. Staffers say 8 of 11 employees are gone. @Hermida says he could have been clearer http://is.gd/bF9Pq Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:27:07 GMT 12717467405 Good live blogging of a speech by Demand Media VP to an online journalism conference http://jr.ly/yqy3 (They're innovators; that's certain.) Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:46:22 GMT 12712533308 http://snarkmarket.com/2010/5469 In a post about his Time column telling CNN to quit "leaving it there," @Poniewozik links up to my stuff on fact checking: http://jr.ly/ys8d Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:50:24 GMT 12709509052 Dear @Poniewozik: I applaud your take on what CNN should do. Superb. Dead on. http://jr.ly/yquy And they won't do it. (via @newsjunkie365) Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:32:55 GMT 12708554844 It looks like NowPublic.com is at an end http://jr.ly/ys7t via @hermida Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:17:16 GMT 12707697853 Washington Post reports on a competitor: @jimbradysp's local news site, which now has a name: tbd.com http://jr.ly/ys7r Snark factor: high. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:09:15 GMT 12707258189 Breaking a story that would have broken anyway is way, way different from breaking a story that wouldn't break without you http://jr.ly/ys6f Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:01:02 GMT 12703532829 http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2010/04/the-fifteen-minutes-problem.php Pre-Roll ads for online video are swelling http://jr.ly/yqsz but for news sites it often means dreary fare like this http://jr.ly/ys6d Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:54:48 GMT 12703201708 http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=126723 So then Chief Justice John Roberts asks: "What's the difference between e-mail and a pager?" http://jr.ly/3ed9 Or car keys and a milkshake. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:54:22 GMT 12675551878 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2010/04/22/scotus-gets-an-education-in-pda-in-more-ways-than-one/ "The base is not reality based... why is that?" is now an acceptable topic of discussion among writers on the right http://jr.ly/yqix Good! Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:03:02 GMT 12669527673 http://www.juliansanchez.com/2010/04/22/a-coda-on-closure/ It isn't often observed, but the web is a medium of print. The paperless one: http://jr.ly/yqij Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:21:14 GMT 12667348302 http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/04/calmness-curation-cat-porn-dave-eggers-joys-of-print/#more-15441 You may have missed this: The video from my Tedx talk on the open source dream in journalism http://jr.ly/3ccz (18 mins) Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:43:17 GMT 12665500452 http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDxTalks#p/c/0C274749110E8685/6/fGHw9GyoUXs How Engaging Is An Open Public Discussion If It Costs $20 To Enter? http://jr.ly/yqhv People are a little taken back by @pierre's paywall. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:23:28 GMT 12664572527