Convergence Reporting II

García Media → Writing short for mobile makes sense.

How publishers should build credibility through transparency.

Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray’s case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the “wet streets cause rain” stories. Paper’s full of them.

In any case, you read with exasperation or amusement the multiple errors in a story, and then turn the page to national or international affairs, and read as if the rest of the newspaper was somehow more accurate about Palestine than the baloney you just read. You turn the page, and forget what you know.

Michael Crichton

As the great Louis Jordan warned, “Beware, brother, beware!”

Falling Off the Bone Brisket : TMBBQ.

Tip Sheet: How to Cover a Campus Crisis | Mediashift | PBS.

Robert McCormick’s Daughter ‘Appalled’ by NYT Magazine Cover Story | New York Observer.

WSJ hires Stiles from NPR | Talking Biz News.

Los Angeles Times Fires Writer of Articles on College – NYTimes.com.

Judge Lee Hamilton talked about the murder charge to the jury during our visit Wednesday to his courtroom. Here is an example of one in a case of murder.

I’ll add these to the links page, but I thought I’d put them here, too, in case you need them

Texas statutes in Findlaw

Journalist’s Guide to the Federal Courts