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Another Former Washington Times Sportswriter Gone Indie
Another former Washington Times writer is going the route of Mark Zuckerman and working to raise money so he can cover sports independently via a blog. Just as Zuckerman is doing with the Nats on his Nats Insider blog, former … Continue reading
Filed under Media/Journalism, Sports, Washington DC Area
The Mike Wise Issue in One Tweet
Regarding Washington Post columnist Mike Wise and his experiment on Twitter—where he sent out tweets containing made-up information to basically test a theory and see if people would pass it on without verifying its accuracy—this tweet by John Ourand with … Continue reading
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Nats Writer Mark Zuckerman & Questions on New Journalism Models
If you missed the story a few week’s back, this is just cool. Mark Zuckerman, former Nats/MLB beat writer for The Washington Times, started a blog and then a campaign to raise funds to travel to and report on Nats … Continue reading
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Washington Post: I’d Like a Saturday/Sunday Subscription Option
If I have any time to sit down and read the print edition of the newspaper, it’s on the weekend. Those are the days I’m in less of a hurry to get out the door and I can sometimes sit … Continue reading
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Readers (and PR people) deserve better
If a news outlet is going to run a story that includes comments about an organization, shouldn’t the reporter contact the organization to get their side of the story and to–at the very least–make sure that what’s been said is … Continue reading
