"Clinton's blunder throws light on digital age journalism
US: Clinton's blunder throws light on digital age journalism
You likely have heard about US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's foot-in-mouth moment on Friday, but how did the reporters who broke it hear this unfortunate choice of phrase?
On a live news feed, streaming 1500 miles away.
The traveling press corps of about two-dozen journalists, photographers and camera operators who were traveling with the Clinton campaign in South Dakota on Friday, were not the reporters who broke the story - the story was broken by the New York Post, after hearing it in their own newsroom.
Last week Clinton, speaking to the editorial board of the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, defended her choice to stay in the primary campaign, arguing there was historical precedence of primary campaigns running into June. "We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California."
Jeff Koons, Liberty Bell, 2007. found in Jeff Koons: First Major US Museum Survey in Fifteen Years at Chicago's MCA
What do they mean by ‘Gülen media’?
One of the core issues always being debated in Turkey is the media. The professional ethics of the press don't have any binding effect on our media, unfortunately, and some media groups blatantly implement their own self-declared principles.
UK: Telegraph's main competitors are BBC and CNN, in era of multimedia journalism
From our sister site the SFN Blog and journalism.co.uk: at the Google Zeitgeist conference last week, Telegraph Media Group editor-in-chief Will Lewis said that with the advent of multimedia reporting, he considers CNN and the BBC to be the Telegraph's main competition.
UK: Nielsen Online: Guardian, "UK's most popular newspaper website"
The Guardian's website drew 3 million online users in April, maintaining its position as UK's most popular newspaper website, according to Nielsen Online. But its grip on the top spot is slipping.
Digging Deeper::Newspaper Vet Malcolm Finds Blog Religion with 'Top of the Ticket'
If you have preconceived notions about political blogging, Andrew Malcolm is here to shatter them. Malcolm, 64, has decades of experience as a foreign correspondent and bureau chief at the New York Times, and later as an editorial board member and feature writer for the Los Angeles Times. He has ink in his blood, but when he was tapped by the L.A. Times to help write the new political blog, Top of the Ticket, Malcolm became a quick convert to the online religion.
Opinion: The future of all things Web, with Francis Pisani
Lemonde.fr organized an online chat with French new media and technology specialist Francis Pisani. The expert gave his views on multiple topics, including the future of the mobile Web, anonymity online, social networks, and the public's fear of a Big Brother digital society.
Unbeknownst to U.S., Islamic Media Shapes the Mid-East
| A DVD is now available of a conference RAND sponsored to build awareness of popular media initiatives in the Islamic world that are successfully combating extremist agendas. |
Print is not a dying industry, study indicates
A recent study by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants finds cause for optimism for the print newspaper industry. The study foresees the future growth of print media, but urges imminent action in order to ensure its survival.When to agree to users' retraction requests in the digital age
In Monday's Guardian Reader's Editor Siobhain Butterworth ponders a universal standard for evaluating citizens' requests for retracting their comments in published stories, noting the difficulty of creating such a measurement - especially in the digital age.US: Twitter, the new breaking news warning system
A tornado sweeping through the Colorado area Thursday prompted Poynter reporter Amy Gahran to search online for additional information. Thanks to a friend's warning on Twitter and visits to a couple of hyperlocal news sites, Gahran was swiftly informed of the tornado's path.Press Roundup
A poster representing Beşiktaş soccer fan group Çarşı, which announced on Tuesday that it is to disband. Çarşı was known for its passionate support of the team as well as its politically charged and left-leaning banners and chants.
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RADIKAL Incentive leads to unemployment Employers have started discharging male workers over the age of 29 and hiring men between the ages of 18 and 29, because under a new employment law the state will pay the social security premium of workers between those ages, daily Radikal reported yesterday. The new employment law aims to create incentives by eliminating the employer insurance premiums of companies that hire for five years women of any age and men between the ages 18 and 29, from May 26 to May 25, 2009. To prevent employers from replacing workers older than 29 with younger ones, an article was added to the law that only additional workers hired will fall under the incent
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Quota doubled for theology schools – Milliyet The Higher Education Board, or YÖK, has doubled the student quota for theology faculties, daily Milliyet reported yesterday. Nine YÖK members presented a statement of dissent regarding the decision, stating, “The increase in the quota of students was done haphazardly and hastily and the decision was based on political grounds.” Headed by YÖK President Professor Yusuf Ziya Özcan, the YÖK Board convened Monday. The quota for undergraduate-level university students was raised from 130,000 to 154,000, while the quota for graduate-level students was increased by 42,000. The quota for two-year undergraduate level programs was increased to 225
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday introduced the government's new action plan to complete the Southeastern Anatolia Project in Diyarbakır. He chatted with a disabled person before the program.
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Culture and Tourism Minister Ertuğrul Günay recently announced his ministry’s plans to turn Yassıada, the island where the victims of the May 27, 1960 coup were tried, into a tourism center.Press Roundup
Hundreds of foreign students in Turkey for the 6th International Turkish Language Olympics participated in a cultural festival to promote their countries at Ankara's Altınpark Congress Center over the weekend. Press Roundup
The 7th Bosporus Cup was held in İstanbul on Saturday. Held against a backdrop of the city’s unique skyline, the day’s sailing under sunny skies left sailors and spectators alike in high spirits. 