Texas has one of the nation’s leading state laws to protect reporters and others from being sued for trying to obtain or share public information. Anti-SLAPP statutes, where SLAPP stands for strategic lawsuits against public participation, are designed to deter “a lawsuit filed for the purpose of shutting someone up,” explains Kevin Goldberg, legal counsel…
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How much thought is given to the relationship between journalists and their editors? George Sylvie, an assistant professor of journalism with the University of Texas at Austin and author of Reshaping the News: Community, Engagement, and Editors, says that people forget that “journalism is, number one, based on relationships between individuals and grounds. The bedrock…
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Metrics have always played an important role in journalism, but different newsrooms might not think about them in the same way. By measuring something as simple as a reader comment, or whether a far-reaching and well-received investigative piece was well received and a tool for change, newsrooms and journalists can better gauge if they’re doing…
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Once again, it all comes back to Serial. Martin Spinelli, a senior lecturer in media and cultural studies within the Media, Film and Music School at the University of Sussex in Great Britain, was talking with young student journalists and audio producers during an event at Reuters’ international headquarters in London back in 2014 and…
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Research papers come out all the time, but how do journalists know which ones are worth noting and which aren’t worth the paper the press release was printed on? Journalist’s Resource, a website and tool from Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, wants to help make that distinction exquisitely clear….
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Every reporter has been there: An editor assigns a story on an unfamiliar topic and there’s a mad-dash to find a source who can provide crucial information. But how to find a reputable, reliable source? In 2007, a public relations professional named Peter Shankman created a database that would put reporters in touch with sources…
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