Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Ethics

"When it comes to foreign news journalism, you can earn a lot of points by going to a dangerous place."

Sending reporters to dangerous places is a difficult procedure, and can cause a lot of pressures among journalists and their families. The Guardian just reported this sad example, which should rise ethical talks within the BBC News, and elsewhere in foreign news business.

BBC journalist shot dead in Somalia felt under pressure to go, family say

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Citizen Media

AllVoices, the newest online-try to use non-journalists as main contributors for creating a new international news media. Innovative, indeed.

See also the review by EJC.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Crisis reporting

We all know that there is nothing as expensive in journalism as producing foreign news. Therefore, in these economically turbulent times, this model by Pulitzer Center On Crisis Reporting can been as a model for future of international reporting.