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Journalism Graduates: It's Time to Reinvent Journalism

Spring is upon us and with it comes commencement season at universities across the country (Harvard's 358th commencement is this Thursday, FYI). This is a tough time for graduates in almost every discipline, but especially so for journalism grads. At least that is the conventional wisdom.

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NY Legislature Proactively Considering Whether Shield Law Applies to Bloggers? How Novel!

As anyone who's been faithfully reading the CMLP blog knows, the law hasn't been particularly good at dealing with the intersection of media shield laws and bloggers. Although there seems to be a modest trend towards application of shield laws to anonymous commenters on news stories, the judiciary's application of shield laws to bloggers has been pretty

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Web of Justice?: Jurors' Use of Social Media

At the start of a trial, the judge usually reads to jurors general instructions about how the trial will proceed. The instructions also tell jurors how they should behave during the trial, including the admonition that they should not discuss the case with others, including both trial participants and outsiders.

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The Future of Journalism and How to Start It

"Where do we go from here?"

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Blogger Wins $225,000 Settlement Over Public Records Delay

In a nice cautionary tale for government agents who refuse to take public records requests seriously, Washington state political blogger Stefan Sharkansky won a $225,000 settlement last week from a county government that took two years to comply with his request for information. The settlement ended Sharkansky's lawsuit against King County over officials' improper delay in producing documents related to the state's 2004 gubernatorial election.

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Goldman Sachs Tries To Bully Blogger

Michael Morgan is a Florida blogger who is a little bit upset with Goldman Sachs and its business practices.

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Florida

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Texas Moves Closer to Shielding Journalists, Bloggers' Protection Unclear

Bloggers in the Lone Star State are being left out of a law that would give journalists limited protection against subpoenas. The Texas House has passed overwhelmingly a bill that would let Texas join some 36 other states in erecting a shield for journalists who want to keep confidential information secret, even in the face of a subpoena.

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Mistrial by iPhone, New Technologies Present Challenges in the Courtroom

While we are generally in favor of allowing new technologies into the courtroom (e.g., live blogging, webcasts, Twitter, etc.) in order to make it easier for the public to monitor the functioning of our court systems, sometimes technology can be taken too far.

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Journalism that Matters at the Poynter Institute

Next week, I'll be participating in and speaking at Journalism that Matters: Adapting Journalism to the New News Ecology, a conference organized by the Poynter Institute and Media Giraffe Project.

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Live-blogging journalism? You betcha. It's just not always good journalism.

As a young journalist, I remember listening with interest to colleagues recounting long-ago fights for the right to bring cameras into the court room. And while that battle hasn't been won everywhere, it appears nevertheless to be giving way to a new wave of concerns.

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Journalism Graduates: It's Time to Reinvent Journalism

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NY Legislature Proactively Considering Whether Shield Law Applies to Bloggers? How Novel!

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Web of Justice?: Jurors' Use of Social Media

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The Future of Journalism and How to Start It

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Blogger Wins $225,000 Settlement Over Public Records Delay

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Goldman Sachs Tries To Bully Blogger

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Texas Moves Closer to Shielding Journalists, Bloggers' Protection Unclear

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Mistrial by iPhone, New Technologies Present Challenges in the Courtroom

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Journalism that Matters at the Poynter Institute

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Live-blogging journalism? You betcha. It's just not always good journalism.

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