“There are commercial reasons why some newsrooms focus on the spectacle and confrontation — the old journalism adage of ‘if it bleeds, it leads’ still prevails in many newsroom decisions…But it is a decision that delegitimizes protest aims.”
Ten years ago today, a new app arrived to strip the “media” out of social media, reducing messaging to two little letters. It burned bright, but not for long.
“People experience war on a personal level, and our ability to communicate extraordinary stress on an individual human level is the goal of good war reporting.”
“I don’t believe a news organization must be doing something right because people on all sides are angry. But it’s also not a sign that a news organization must be doing something wrong.”
Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: The BBC’s scandals blow up, and WaPo’s changing of the guard." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 16 Nov. 2012. Web. 21 Nov. 2024.
APA
Coddington, M. (2012, Nov. 16). This Week in Review: The BBC’s scandals blow up, and WaPo’s changing of the guard. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/11/this-week-in-review-the-bbcs-scandals-blow-up-and-wapos-changing-of-the-guard/
Chicago
Coddington, Mark. "This Week in Review: The BBC’s scandals blow up, and WaPo’s changing of the guard." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified November 16, 2012. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2012/11/this-week-in-review-the-bbcs-scandals-blow-up-and-wapos-changing-of-the-guard/.
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