The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy made 15 recommendations on how America can have a bright info-future. One of…
Category: Journalism Theory/Analysis
I Call B.S. – Placing Old Values on Citizen Journalism
It’s rare that I’ll write a post to call bullshit on somebody. It’s not a habit of mine. But every now and then you just…
The great debate: public vs. private journalism
This post was written by Jonathan Peters. The data comes to us from the Free Press sponsorship on Spot.Us and is part of our research…
An Ethical Argument for Transparency – Part II
In a recent post on my website I examined an ethical argument for transparency. I will continue this internal dialogue with the caveat that I…
The Ethical Argument for Transparency in Journalism – Part I
If one can make an ethical argument for participation in journalism and that transparency is necessary for participation to occur, then it follows that there…