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Why I’m beatblogging: It helps the print product, too

TweetAs one of the 13 reporters in Jay Rosen and David Cohn‘s beatblogging.org project, I’ve read a lot of response to the concept. The Journalism Iconoclast is behind the concept, calling you an idiot if you’re a sports reporter who isn’t on the train. In a comment on one of Cohn’s posts on Wired Journalists, …

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How bloggers are Moneyballing newspapers into competitive balance

TweetIf you’ve never read Moneyball, do it. Even if you’re not a baseball fan — if you’re reading it correctly, it’s more of a business book than a baseball book. The book in a rough summary: The Oakland A’s are a low-budget Major League Baseball team trying to compete with teams that have much, much …

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I’m not dead yet. I don’t want to go on the cart.

TweetIn a significant portion of the journalism blogging community, I’ve witnessed the following themes emerge: We’re all going to die. We’re all going to freaking die. There are two types of reporters: Those who “get it,” and those who “just don’t get it.” If you don’t know what you’re getting, then you clearly don’t get …

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CLIPS: Droves of reporters put Amish in spotlight they usually shun (10/03/06)

TweetBY DANIEL VICTOR Of The Patriot-News NICKEL MINES — John Fisher, who the hundreds of journalists here knew was Amish because he was wearing a straw hat, was fielding questions from the Baltimore Sun and New York Daily News when his cell phone appeared to ring. He excused himself and left the reporters searching for …

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