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If Old Journalism Dies . . .It is fresh news—daily, or at least weekly, news—that keeps citizens feeling connected to the decisions and events that alter their lives.

The Era of Omniscience is Over... Andrew Heyward
President, CBS News: We have to abandon any claim to omniscience. Walter Cronkite used to end his broadcast with “That’s the way it is.” Dan Rather pulled that back, appropriately, to “That’s part of our world tonight.” The digital journalist, if he or she were being honest, would say something like “That’s some of what we did our best to find out today.”

Edward R. Movie: Good Night, and Good Luck and bad history....Plowing through the Murrow and McCarthy literature after viewing the film, I was impressed at how deeply Clooney and Heslov researched the topic yet dismayed at how they cherry-picked material to compose their sermon.

 

Resources: Media Critics Australia

Media Watch

Home of the ABC's weekly media critique good archive of transcripts and other material.

Australian Media Section

Online version of the Media section of the Australian published each Thursday.

Fifth Estate

A media analysis and commentary site from the RMIT Journalism department

 

Resources: Media Critics USA

A number of US Newspapers and websites have very active media critics. they are good for tracking ongoing controversies in US News and Current Affairs.

CJR Daily

The gang at Columbia Journalism Review bring a wealth of experience to their daily commentary.

Alternet: Media

The alternative news site Alternet collects varied views on the media and media culture

Washington Post: Howard Kurtz

One of the most active critics publishes a daily weblog column with lots of links to other critics and blogs.

Boston Phoenix: Media Log

Former Boston Globe media critic Mark Jurkowitz now writes a daily weblog at the Boston alt weekly

Media Nation

Dan Kennedy, long time Boston Phoenix media critic now runs his own blog and is always worth reading

Slate's Press Box

Jack Shafer is is one of the most accomplished and incisive media critics - and always a pleasure to read.

Village Voice's Press Clips

Sydney H. Schanberg has taken up the post recently at Village Voice and is always an interesting weekly read.

SF Gate's World Views

Edward M. Gomez translates a selection from world media on a topic of the week every Tuesday.

Resources: Media Critics UK

Guardian Media Section

A detailed website with daily updates that monitors the media business in the UK.

 

 

 

 

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