Journalism News: Page 8
Joel Stein Doesn't Want To Talk To His Readers (January 3, 2007): L.
Dick Tracy Celebrates 75th Anniversary (November 24, 2006): The Dick Tracy comic is still going strong on his 75th anniversary.
The Life of a Lexicographer (November 6, 2006): In a somewhat lengthy article, The New York Times describes the life of the lexicographers who are hard at work creating the 3rd edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Google's Trademark Lawyers Are Not Happy (October 30, 2006): Michael Krantz of the official Google blog team addresses the trademark issues the company is facing as the word "google" is increasingly being used as a verb.
Writers and Editors Sue Dallas Morning News For Age Discrimination (October 26, 2006): Eighteen former employees of The Dallas Morning News are suing the newspaper and its parent corporation, Belo Corp.
Google's Trademark Lawyers Take Aim At Googling (August 16, 2006): We knew it.
Jill Carroll's Hostage Story on Christian Science Monitor (August 15, 2006): Jill Carroll is writing about her experience as a hostage in Baghdad for the first time in an eleven part series on the Christian Science Monitor located at csmonitor.
Bloggers Discover Doctored Reuters Photographs (August 7, 2006): Bloggers recently discovered that at least two Reuters photographs were doctored by photographer Adnan Hajj.
Journalist Perihan Magden Acquitted of Charges of Criticizing Turkish Government (August 1, 2006): Turkish journalist and writer Perihan Magden has been acquitted of charges under Article 301 of the Turkish consitution, which allows no criticism of the government or its policies.
Capsule Movie Reviews: Keeping It Short and Not So Sweet (July 27, 2006): Slate examines what makes the best writers at The New York Times.
New York Times Writers Unhappy About Reuse of Work Without Payment (July 10, 2006): The New York Times is about to publish its Practical Guide to Practically Everything (St.
Unibrow and Himbo Make It Into the Dictionary (July 7, 2006): Some new words have been added to the dictionary.
Anderson Cooper's Dispatches From The Edge (May 30, 2006): He's a journalist.
Journalist Compares Blogging to Baking Bread (May 13, 2006): Dan Brown compares blogging to baking bread in the London Free Press.
Gossip Columns Aren't What They Used to Be (April 19, 2006): Gossip columns are very popular in newspapers, but the writers often get slammed for not being "real" journalists.
Newspapers Win Pulitzers for Katrina Reporting (April 18, 2006): The Times-Picayune of New Orleans and Sun Herald of Biloxi, Mississippi have both won Pulitzers for Public Service.
The Washington Post Wades Back Into the Blogosphere (April 7, 2006): In the wake of the Washington Post blogging debacle, the newspaper is now starting over in the blogosphere: the paper is now actively looking to hire one conservative blogger and one liberal blogger to create a kind of "Point-Counterpoint" of Blogging.
New Trademark Bill Could Affect Writers and Journalists (February 17, 2006): In your new novel, your character drinks a Coke, has some Doritos and then uses his Xerox machine to copy some documents.
Reporters Without Borders Accuses Yahoo of Indirectly Helping to Jail Chinese Writers (February 9, 2006): Yahoo has been accused by Reporters Without Borders of providing information which led to the arrest of Chinese dissident writer Li Zhi.
Two Editors Fired Over Mohammed Cartoon Row (February 4, 2006): Two editors have been fired because of the growing Mohammed cartoon row.
