If it was PM Erdoğan, he would throw it back…
A collection of cartoons on shoe throwing, mostly from Turkish press..
Iraqi Journalist’s Shoes Make Turkish Media Happy – The Jamestown Foundation
Esra Arsan discusses unionization efforts in Turkish press.
A new chapter in the Turkish media?
The European Union is to open the chapter Information Society and Media in Turkey’s accessions negotiations with the EU bloc.I am sure that even the Greek Cypriots will not blog this chapter. Turkey will be under intense scrutiny about Freedom of Press, Freedom of Thought (important as well – consider your self in a Turkish court and you are there because some prosecutor filled a complain on behalf of the PM or some Ultra Nationalists and you went to express your self well but you feel that what you want to say can not be said because of some ‘Turkish sensitiveness’) and Freedom of establishing a press organ.
Pulitzers Open to Online-Only Entrants — But Who Qualifies?
When it was announced earlier this year that Joshua Marshall, founder of TalkingPointsMemo, had become the first blogger to win a George Polk Award for his coverage of the attorney firing scandal, many recognized the news as a milestone for online journalism. A somewhat condescending New York Times headline read, "Blogger, Sans Pajamas, Rakes Muck and a Prize."
Earlier this week the Pulitzer Prize Board initiated another milestone when it announced that it would expand the prestigious prize to online-only news organizations for all 14 of its journalism categories.
Pulitzer Prizes in the 21st Century
The people who run the Pulitzer Prizes, undoubtedly America’s premier journalism awards, have taken some useful steps into the 21st Century with new rules that welcome online-only entries. From the official rules (PDF):
NY Times Continues to Push Old-Media Boundaries
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Two interesting developments today at the New York Times online:
The first, and most noteworthy, is the paper’s welcome discovery that aggregation of and links to things it didn’t produce in-house improve the audience experience. As the graphic shows, the green-highlighted items below the story summaries are links to coverage in other media — including bloggers and direct competitors. The technology behind this feature comes from Blogrunner, a news aggregator the Times acquired a while back.
No, this is not a new idea. In fact, it’s as old as the Web, and the Times’ own Frank Rich has been doing it liberally for some time in his Sunday column. But to see the Times do it in this way — on the home page (and section homes) is a step forward. It moves the paper much more into the linked world we all now inhabit.
Wikipedia as Vital Breaking News Source
Take a look at today’s Wikipedia entry on today’s Mumbai terrorist attacks — a comprehensive and valuable addition to the breaking news we’re getting from TV and other sources. There are two fundamental elements to note: the rapid updating and the long list of links at the bottom.
Wikis Still Slow to Catch on Internally, Externally
Our newsroom at Mediafin is transforming into an integrated multimedia operation. To prepare for this, we recently decided to create two wikis to stimulate talk and facilitate media training programs. At the same time we also created another wiki to encourage discussion amongst our readers.
In this very early phase of the experiments, I learned that wikis are still an unusual concept for many people. For people who already know each other well, a wiki can be an efficient way to prepare projects and events, but the tool seems less useful for a group of strangers. Thus, I am not yet convinced that a wiki is a good way to let Mediafin’s reading audience create new content.
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