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Journalism Corner
At Stanford, we are students of journalism as much as we are producers of journalism.
In this section, we present links to multimedia stories that inspired us, commentary and analysis that gave us pause, and web journalism resource and tutorial sites that helped us get started.
Please use the comments page to add any links that we've forgotten or overlooked.
Washington Post "Being a Black Man"
San Jose Mercury News "Saratoga Idol"
San Jose Mercury News multimedia portal
"Old Think v. New Think: Spelling Out the Media Shift"
An article from the PBS Media Shift blog.
"Online Venom or Vibrant Speech?"
Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell sounds off against pernicious commenters.
"Breaking the News"
Mother Jones writes, “It's not the Internet that's killing newspapers. It's the equity-chasing investors and their friends at the FCC who have put outsize profits before a free press.”
knightforum
A Knight Foundation site discussing the transformation of journalism.
State of the News Media 2007
The Project for Excellence in Journalism makes its annual evaluation of the news industry.
News Coverage Index
A weekly report on the topics that got the most play in the mainstream press, also by the Project for Excellence in Journalism.
Nieman Report on the Future of Web Journalism
Published by the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University. See, especially, Jane Stevens’s "Becoming a Web-Centric News Organization."
Reflections of a Newsosaur
The self-described “musings and (occasional urgent warnings) of a veteran media executive, who fears our news-gathering companies are stumbling to extinction.”
MultimediaShooter
A blog about the essentials of backpack reporting.
MacLoo and ToJou
Two sites about online journalism maintained by Mindy McAdams, a new media professor at the University of Florida.
Cyberjournalist.net
A news and resource site that focuses on how the Internet, convergence and new technologies are changing the media.
Center for Innovation in College Media
Citizen Journalism Sites and Analysis
Assignment Zero
A site that brings together amateur and professional journalists.
Public Insight Journalism
Operated by Minnesota Public Radio.
"The 11 Layers of Citizen Journalism"
An overview by the Poynter Institute
Center for Citizen Media
An affiliate of Harvard Law School and the University of California Berkeley.
Great Lakes Wiki
A student-led citizen journalism site at the University of Michigan
Picturephoning
A blog about how camera phones are shaping citizen journalism and the public sphere