Pew: Most say Chelsea’s wedding got too much coverage

People-Press.org According to Pew’s News Index Survey, 58 percent say the wedding of Chelsea Clinton received too much coverage from news organizations, while just 8 percent say it received too little coverage. The WikiLeaks disclosure of classified documents about the war in Afghanistan was seen as receiving too little coverage by 41 percent of those surveyed. || “On the Media” coverage of WikiLeaks

‘If you could see my desk, you’d weep’: Santa Fe reporter trawls data for wealth story

Here’s a great example of the value in data for journalists. The Reynolds Center for Business Journalism ran a feature on Corey Pein, a journalist for Santa Fe Reporter, who spent two weeks working through raw data to compile a list of the wealthiest residents on his patch. His resources included property records, nonprofit tax returns, donor lists, private aircraft registrations and court records

Tribune Media Services adds Brinkley, Cox, others as columnists

Press release TMS TO OFFER NEW VOICES FOR COMMENTARY (Chicago, IL, June 29, 2010)Aiming to enliven and enhance the world of media commentary, Tribune Media Services (TMS) is introducing a collection of four high-profile columnists covering politics, culture, economics and foreign affairs in its new syndication package, American Voices. The package will feature economist and former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign affairs writer Joel Brinkley, blogger and political correspondent Ana Marie Cox and The Atlantic senior editor Ta-Nehisi Coates

TheGame: How World Cup journalism works

The phone goes. It is the newsdesk. “We need you to go and find North Korean fans now,” comes the instruction

Current TV to air documentary on journalist’s imprisonment in North Korea

Tomorrow (19 May) Current TV will broadcast a special episode in its Vanguard series featuring an interview with Laura Ling , the Current journalist who was arrested and held in North Korea last year with producer Euna Lee while working on a human trafficking program. The programme will air at at 10pm/9pm (CDT/CST) . Here’s a trailer: Similar Posts: Politico: Bill Clinton will try to secure release of US journalists held in North Korea BBC News: Current TV journalists will face North Korea trial in June NYTimes.com: Current reporters to be tried in North Korea Current TV’s Vanguard video journalism programme to launch in the UK US journalists released from North Korea

St. Petersburg Times, ProPublica/NYT Magazine win 2010 Dart Awards

Press release The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbias Graduate School of Journalism Announces Winners of 2010 Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma. New York, April 15, 2010 The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, a project of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, today announced the winners of the 2010 Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma

Msnbc.com Uses Slide Show for In-Depth Narrative Story

Like most investigative reporters, the culmination of Bill Dedman ’s reporting is generally an article or a package of articles. As he worked on his latest project, he collected images and documents that helped tell the story of a wealthy, elderly heiress who owns several expansive homes but doesn’t appear to live in them. When he was ready to write, he decided that, rather than craft a 2,500-word story, he’d rely on the images he had shown to his family and coworkers, accompanied by captions.