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Students in my journalism and community class at Kennesaw State University are running an Associated Press Managing Editors National Credibility Roundtable today with the public and reporters and editors from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. We are one of a handful of universities nationwide selected to do so.
The students have put together the entire project from [...]

Jay Rosen, who is on a roll of late, has a guest writer Chris Nolan, who writes about the concept of a “stand alone journalist”. She writes in part:
So what–exactly–is a stand alone journalist? That’s a definition that’s going to vary with the person, of course, just as no group or reporters can really agree [...]

Leonard Downie, executive editor of the Washington Post, told an audience:
“The fact that cutting costs makes papers less appealing hasn’t occurred to corporate managers,” he said. “But despite the real challenges facing them, newspapers aren’t dying. They’re struggling to adapt.”
The quotes appeared in an article in the Kentucky Herald-Leader. He also said most of [...]

This from a from a Canadian Journalism Foundation press release:
Civic Journalism – How to Keep the Public Plugged in!
TORONTO, April 17 /CNW/ – Join the Canadian Journalism Foundation on Tuesday Apr. 26 for a panel discussion debating the merits of civic journalism. This event is free of charge and open to the public. [...]

Last week I was busy exchanging emails with Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, asking him to be a speaker at our A Wake Up Call: Can Trust and Quality Save Journalism? conference on August 9 in San Antonio.

He has accepted the invitation. Even though, many of America’s news editors might not realize it, this is [...]