I hardly ever click through on ‘clickbait’ – but that’s just me. Maybe it’s because I know the tactic well, having studied the art of a compelling, click-driven tweet in my journalism c...
http://blogs.spjnetwork.org/tech/2015/10/01/clickbait-vs-long-form-what-do-readers-want/
What’s black and white and white all over? Answer: Most college newsrooms. Here’s how some silly censors accidentally raised a serious issue… Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts s...
http://blogs.spjnetwork.org/diversity/2015/10/01/diverse-averse/
Twitter is said to be introducing a product to expand its 140 character limit, according to reports. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons under CC license) A report emerged today that Twitter is to expan...
http://blogs.spjnetwork.org/tech/2015/09/29/new-questions-twitter-product/
The author wrote on the trends from the view of Kettle Magazine editors. (Photo: Red Chilli Publishing Ltd.) One trend that has been present as of late in the US is the rise of women studying jou...
http://blogs.spjnetwork.org/ijc/2015/09/29/female-students-britains-media/
SPJ’s long weekend in tropical Orlando – EIJ15 – came to a close on Sept. 21 with the meeting of the new officers and board of directors. Here are some of the highlights and action items fr...
http://blogs.spjnetwork.org/president/2015/09/29/the-final-word-from-eij15/
Joel Simon from the Committee to Protect Journalists has a featured piece in Columbia Journalism Review on how the United Nations should — but really can’t — do something about press freedo...
Sept. 28 is kind of a big day for the concept of democracy. Yes, Congress submitted the U.S. Constitution on this day in 1787 to states for ratification. We all know how that turned out. But Sept...
http://blogs.spjnetwork.org/foi/2015/09/28/show-why-foi-matters/
Guest blogger: Elle Toussi Nearly one in three working Americans is an independent worker. Wow! That statistic from the Freelancers Union website can make you stop in your tracks and take a mome...
The Online News Association (ONA) unveiled this week its much-anticipated project that allows people to “Build Your Own Ethics Code.” ONA’s website features a tool that allows people to add...
http://blogs.spjnetwork.org/ethics/2015/09/25/ona-unveils-ethics-project/
Guest blogger: Hazel Becker Excellence in Journalism 2015 (EIJ15), the big SPJ journalism conference that took place in Orlando, Fla., last weekend, offered several opportunities for freelancer...
http://blogs.spjnetwork.org/freelance/2015/09/23/one-freelancers-take-aways-from-eij15/
The Thai printer of the International New York Times refused to publish the Tuesday, September 22, edition because of a front page story about the health of the Thai king. Seems the printer thoug...
http://blogs.spjnetwork.org/ijc/2015/09/22/thailand-where-exporting-free-press-is-an-issue/
Steve Buttry has a great piece: Media lessons from ‘The Wright Brothers’: What historic stories are we missing today? The lesson here is to be open minded and look for the unusual. Today thi...
http://blogs.spjnetwork.org/ijc/2015/09/21/lessons-from-the-wright-brothers-first-flight/
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/JOHN SYKES JR. – Sonny Albarado SPJ presidents seldom ride off into the sunset after their terms end. Let’s tip our (cowboy) hats to all of them. One of our former p...
Just as the U.S. economy is connected to the rest of the world, so too are our laws and courts. Many thanks to Nina Totenberg at NPR for her interview with Supreme Court Stephen Breyer on the c...
http://blogs.spjnetwork.org/ijc/2015/09/14/justice-breyer-local-global/
Chinese president Xi Jinping will be in Washington later this month. A group of human rights groups, including free press organizations, sent President Barack Obama a letter asking him to raise t...
Flickr/Ed Uthman (http://bit.ly/1KHZL70) Few actions are more offensive than educational institutions stomping on the First Amendment rights of students. Those breaches include the all-too-freque...
http://blogs.spjnetwork.org/ethics/2015/09/10/all-student-journalists-need-the-first-amendment/
Guest blogger: Hope Yancey As a freelancer writer, I spend a lot of time working alone, so I’m often curious about how other freelancers do things and whether I am going about my writing tasks ...
http://blogs.spjnetwork.org/freelance/2015/09/07/interviews-to-record-or-not-to-record/
Writing about international connections does not mean getting a passport and spending loads of money visiting another country. A lot can be done right at home. (And this has to be good news to ca...
http://blogs.spjnetwork.org/ijc/2015/09/06/sports-and-local-global-connections/
Guest blogger: Anthony Iverson For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved music and writing — and for me, music journalism is a great way to combine these passions. This venture, though, has...
http://blogs.spjnetwork.org/freelance/2015/09/03/an-entry-point-to-music-journalism/
Twitter will turn 10 next March. I’d like to hear from you about its future for journalists. (Image: Flickr user Anthony Quintano under CC) This post was updated on September 8, 2015 to reflect...
http://blogs.spjnetwork.org/tech/2015/08/31/thoughts-twitter-next-10-years/