The killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, and the protests that followed, helped spark a debate in many newsrooms and journalism schools around the country about the time-honored principle of objectivity in journalism, and whether it serves any useful purpose. Former Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery wrote in the New York Times that what we call objective journalism “is constructed atop a pyramid of subjective decision-making,” and has been defined “almost exclusively by white reporters and their mostly white bosses.” Since then, journalists at the Los Angeles Times and other newsrooms have spoken out about their longstanding experiences of racism, and the impact those have had on the journalism they and their employers do. So is objectivity a relic? And if so, what should we replace it with? We got a group of journalists and other experts together on CJR’s Galley platform this week for a virtual panel discussion on those and other related questions. Lewis Raven Wallace is a writer, journalist, and author of the recent book The View From Somewhere, as well as the host of a podcast of the same name. He is also a co-founder of Press On, a Southern collective of journalists, storytellers, and organizers that uses journalism in the service of liberation. Wallace’s book is based in part on his personal experience as a former reporter for Marketplace, from which he was fired in 2017 after he wrote a blog post questioning the idea of objective... Continue reading at 'Columbia Journalism Review'
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Media Source CEO, Randy Asmo will serve as interim publisher while a search is conducted for Singer's replacement. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Resources to be redirected to faster-moving digital and daily products. The post National Journal Magazine to Cease Publication By Year’s End appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As part of its global restructuring, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is trimming down its India operations and eventually close its India edition, according to a media report. The New-York based news publisher will merge its India-specific websi ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than 50 percent of academic papers published are owned by five major publishers. The post The Web Will Either Kill Science Journals or Save Them appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2015-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Remnick, the longtime editor of The New Yorker, recently recounted a meeting during the early days of online publishing when the veteran sports essayist Roger Angell said he would always “want to be able to describe, in English, how t ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In any standards landscape, there is diversity and not likely to be a single or permanent solution. Because content often has to connect to bibliographic and business metadata, integration with other standards can be a requirement and a challenge. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Caroline Ridding, publisher of the Avon imprint at HarperCollins, is to join Head of Zeus in August to set up a new fiction imprint. The new HoZ imprint, to be called Aria, will publish original, full-length mass-market fiction from new and established authors, predominantly in ebook... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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He is long known to have used composite characters and a new biography will reveal more embellishments – but perhaps that’s the magic of his workOver the weekend, the feathers of American literary journalists ruffled lightly in the breeze of a review that appeared in the New York Review of... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Science journal Nature and the stable of 17 Nature Research Journals are all to offer the system of peer review known as "double-blind" for article submissions from March, following a trial of the system with two of the journals. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Carr, the well-known media columnist for The New York Times, died at work on Thursday, the paper reported last night. He was 58.Although he often used his Media Equation column to spotlight people doing things right, it also cut to the heart of the players, tactics and forces so vigorously... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elsevier is launching a new open access journal which will accept articles across all disciplines. The as-yet-unnamed journal, which is due to begin this year, is designed to have a "streamlined, simple and intuitive article submission and publication process,", with authors able to track... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Arts Council England (ACE) has launched a new journal devoted to discussing "the value of art and culture". The magazine, Create, available digitally through ACE's website, features pieces from former prime minister John Major, novelist Naomi Alderman, and an interview with Neil Gaiman speaking... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oyster, the ebook subscription service, is launching the 'Oyster Review,' an online literary journal that will publish original material on books and writing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the Digiday Publishing Summit, Trevor Fellows, the Journal's global head of advertising sales, outlined five key elements to making that process less "painful." The post The Wall Street Journal’s guide to making great native ads appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Journalism is expensive. As big publishers close bureaus and slash staff, they're leaving major areas and big issues uncovered. And crowd funding platform Beacon has been quietly picking up some slack. The post A Kickstarter for journalism enters the big leagues appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Group SJR has hired Pulitzer Prize winners and is stepping up its international expansion to compete with publishers' native ad studios for marketing spend. The post WPP touts its journalism cred in battle for branded content appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook will reduce “click-bait” posts of outside links that try to lure users with eye-catching headlines.Headlines such as “You’ll never believe why ...” or “This is the craziest thing ever,” are common on the Internet. Publishers, including marketers, post the links on social sites like... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the new era of digital media, everyone’s a publisher — celebrities, nobodies, spy agencies, house plants and, especially, brands. Building “the plumbing” for brands that want to be part of this new era, and ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In 2012, three women who had been working in the book industry decided that the time was right to strike out on their own. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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