Issues
There are a total of 23 listings in this category.
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Copyright and Intellectual Property
Stanford University guide to laws, issues and resources related to copyright and intellectual property. Includes FAQ.
palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/intprop
Crunch Times
Explores the profits and layoffs controversies in downsizing newsrooms.
www.poynterextra.org/Extra/Crunchtimes
CyberJournalist.net
Resource which gathers a variety of issues and stories about internet journalism.
cyberjournalist.net
Diversity Watch
Diversity Watch provides resources and story ideas for journalists covering minority groups.
www.diversitywatch.ryerson.ca
EPIC 2014
The future of journalism. A prediction. [Flash].
chalksidewalk.com/epic
FAIR - Extra!
Bimonthly magazine of media criticism.
www.fair.org/index.php?page=4
Final Days? - A Newsroom Diary
A personal view from the newsroom of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, which is at the center of a precedent-setting legal battle over the antitrust limits of newspaper joint operating agreements.
home.hawaii.rr.com/chesneylind/sb_diary.htm
Freedom of speech in Egypt.
Master's thesis of Ib Knutsen that Free speech has increased in Egypt as a result of satellite technology in spite of a harsher government policy.
www.ibsite.com//thesis.htm
Institute for Media Analysis (IMA)
Non-profit providing educational materials relating to the workings of government and of the media, and in particular the relations between the two. Includes archives, books and recommendations.
www.covertaction.org
Intellectual Property on the Net
Scholarly paper examines the ethics of electronic publication.
www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/6095/student-papers/fall95-papers/dykes-IP.html
International News Safety Institute
Media safety network promoting the provision of safety training, materials and assistance to journalists and media staff. Mission statement and a list of supporting organisations.
www.newssafety.com
Media Helping Media
Help for media groups achieve independent financial sustainability in transition and post-conflict states. Discussion forum, articles, tutorials, job vacancies, and news feeds.
www.mediahelpingmedia.org
Micro Persuasion
Steve Rubel on how blogs and participatory journalism are impacting the practice of public relations.
www.micropersuasion.com
Nathan Ashby-Kuhlman
Online news blog about Web journalism and new online storytelling forms that critiques newspapers' Web sites.
www.ashbykuhlman.net
News & Views Exchange Central
Message board for journalists to exchange the latest international news and views as well as topical professional issues. [English, Russian]
www.newsbee.org
News Blues
TV News insiders dish the dirt on America's television newsrooms.(Subscription based.)
www.newsblues.com
Numberboy.org
Numerical analysis of 'lazy media babbling and other stupid, false and/or misleading claims.'
www.numberboy.org
Play the game
Web site for the second world conference for journalists in a globalized sports society, focusing on the tension between journalistic ethics and sports business. In Copenhagen, November 2000.
www.play-the-game.org
Pretrial publicity prevents fair trial
Essay by US attorney Ronald B. Standler. [PDF]
www.rbs2.com/pretrial.pdf
The Daily Howler
Covers the mistakes of the Washington press and pundits
www.dailyhowler.com
The Electronic Journalist
The Society of Professional Journalists' online magazine covers issues of current and historical interest, such as prison access, libel, protecting sources, journalism education, and freedom of information. Also reports on SPJ activities and minutes of SP
spj.org
The Ethics of Journalism: Comparison and Transformations in the Islamic-Western Context
An international conference to be held in March 2001, sponsored by the German Institute for Middle East Studies, Hamburg.
www.journalism-islam.de
The Organization of News Ombudsmen
The group focuses on maintaining high standards in the coverage of minorities, sex crimes, anonymous sources, invasion of privacy; plagiarism, conflicts of interest, and other ethical issues.
www.newsombudsmen.org