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Newspaper Readers Buy Papers for the Content
Ryan Chittum takes a stance against those who argue that news content has no value, that people are really buying ads and not news.
Writing Wrongs : CJR
The journal Restoration Ecology will soon start publishing papers about failed experiments and setbacks. The Columbia Journalism Review looks at how this might affect science journalism.
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In May, Nature carried an interesting article about recent calls in the journals Restoration Ecology and Conservation Biology for scientists to publish negative results from experiments.
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Reading about unsuccessful experiments could give reporters a better appreciation of the scientific method and help them identify and explore the frontiers of scientific knowledge.
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David Simon's quite the entertainer
Steve Yelvington has a go at David Simon's yay-NYT, yay-Washington Post piece in the Columbia Journalism Review.
Homegrown Errorists
Craig Silverman waxes about that certain class of newspaper readers who spot every error in the paper they read and make sure to let the paper know about those errors.
Scrubbing Away Their Sins
The Columbia Journalism Review looks at the semi-permanence of online journalism and the need for more accountability when it comes to issuing corrections and retractions.
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The new permanence of news makes it more important than ever to initially get a story right, lest an error rocket around the world.
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The reporting and publishing process doesn’t end when an article goes online; that’s often the starting point. We’re responsible for following up on, and correcting, what we publish.
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Weird Science (Reporting) : CJR:
The Columbia Journalism Review takes a slightly more skeptical view than did CNN about one of the network's recent science reports -- a report that ignored the fact that the technology featured in the story violates the laws of physics and is, almost clearly, a hoax.
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violates the basic laws of quantum physics.”
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CNN’s recent announcement that it is eliminating its entire science and technology unit
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Not So Punny
The Columbia Journalism Review points out that some news outlets, mostly the television ones, took the shoe incident in Iraq a bit too lightly, considering the seriousness with which that journalist meant his insult against President Bush.
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