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Learning to share in the media sandbox
Content sharing among newspapers scattered across a state or large geographic area is becoming relatively common and video pooling arrangements between local TV stations in the same city are also becoming more common. These are works in progress driven by economics, but even if the economy gives media companies a short breather, I suspect these…
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First McGill Medal awarded
You might have missed this. The University of Georgia awarded the first “McGill Medal for Journalist Courage” on April 30 to Clarion-Ledger reporter Jerry Mitchell for his reporting that has put four Ku Klux Klansmen behind bars. His investigation and reporting on the Byron de la Beckwith case alone was enough merit the award, said…
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First of a series of APME online credibility roundtables held
It would be fair to say when it comes to online, and more specifically comments on news sites, we’re making it up as we go. Because it’s evolving, it’s great to get some feedback and ideas from others. That’s what we did Wednesday night. The Associated Press Managing Editors and the Knoxville News Sentinel held…