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Toward a New Journalism With Verification

‘This journalism must recognize that the distribution, the organization, and the sources of our work must change.’

Newspaper Gallery

This model #1 linotype machine, built between January and June 1893, was first used in the Baltimore, Maryland area. It was sold to The Rappahanock Record circa 1925. Newseum collection/gift,…

Caught in the Web

As journalists, we think about what the Web means for work we do in reporting and disseminating news and information. Given its transformative capacity, we can regard the Web as…

Blogging News in China

‘In China, the Internet enjoys relatively greater freedom than other media. Even so, three of the articles I posted on my blog vanished without notice.’

Winter 2006: Introduction

Journalism is on a fast-paced, transformative journey, its destination still unknown. That the Web and other media technologies are affecting mightily the practice of journalism is beyond dispute. Less clear…

A Dinosaur Adapts

‘Unencumbered by the need to squeeze words into a finite space, the Internet proved better for me, as the writer, and I'd argue for readers, too, than newsprint.’

Why Anonymity Exists and Works on Newspapers’ Web Sites

‘If we require real names in print, shouldn’t we do the same thing online?’

Meshing Purpose With Product

Heeding the warning against forcing ‘existing quality standards into new technology,’ a journalist is cautiously optimistic about the digital future.

An Optimistic Plunge Into Multimedia Reporting

‘One columnist took on a controversial local issue and covered it in a way we'd never done before.’

Inviting Readers Into the Editorial Process

In online polling about story selection, editors at the Wisconsin State Journal learn that ‘the readers who vote consistently do choose weighty stories.’