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The balancing act
Quick definition: “He said, she said” journalism means… There’s a public dispute. The dispute makes news. No real attempt is made to assess clashing truth claims in the story, even though they are in some sense the reason for the story. (Under the “conflict makes news” test.) The means for assessment do exist, so it’s…
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Going bats
Baseball bats in the Bearden dugout on Friday, April 10. Despite the storms, game got played.
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Paid content: A growth limiting strategy
Vivian Schiller, CEO and president at NPR and the former head of NYTimes.com on paid news content. So I’m a little bit of a contrarian with some of those in the news industry who are saying it was a big mistake, we should lock everything behind a pay wall. I think that will drive audiences…