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American University to Offer Master’s in News Entrepreneurship

By  A. Adam Glenn on MediaShift, Jan. 26 – “As debris from the firewall that once separated journalism from the business of journalism continues to fly, a new educational landscape is developing, one that supports and trains those straddling the line. American University is the latest to add to that, expecting soon to launch a full-fledged graduate degree in news [...]

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Howard Owens: Ten things journalists can do to reinvent journalism

By  Howard Owens on HowardOwens.com (Jan. 25) – “For no particular reason, I found myself looking at Google Analytics and decided to open the calendar all the way back to 2007. I discovered that the most popular post I’ve written in that time (and probably since I started blogging in 2002) is “Ten Things Journalists Can Do to [...]

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AP’s ‘conditions for accuracy’ protected it from false Paterno, Giffords death reports

By Craig Silverman on Poynter, Jan. 23 – “At around 9 p.m. on Saturday night, the AP newsroom was abuzz with reports on Twitter and elsewhere that former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno had died. AP associate managing editor Ted Anthony had been tracking the story of Paterno’s health since the afternoon, and he sent an email [...]