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By Alison Langley A Greek court ruled Monday that the country's public broadcasting network, known as ERT, should remain on air until it can be restructured, ending a week of turmoil that included general strikes and massive protests after the government shuttered the broadcaster. A day later, confusion reigns over the meaning of the decision. The ruling deemed that firing 2,566...
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By Steven Brill In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have received insufficient media attention. This article was originally published on Reuters.com. 1. Vetting the Syrian rebels: Most of those pushing for providing arms and other aid to the Syrian rebels -- which the Obama administration announced last week it...
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By Alison Langley While journalists and advocates continue expressing outrage over the way Greek public broadcaster ERT was closed--it went dark with little notice on Tuesday night, and 2,566 staffers lost their jobs--few Greeks appear willing to defend the network itself. Programs were serious and dry, and all three terrestrial stations had a combined viewership of 14 percent. There did not appear...
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By Alison Langley Journalists and civil society groups across Europe expressed outrage over the Greek government's abrupt closure of its public broadcasting system Tuesday evening. Some 2,655 employees were officially laid off from Hellenic Radio and Television, known as ERT, which runs four television channels, seven national radio stations, and 19 regional radio programs. "This is a blow to democracy," ERT-NET newscaster...
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By Steven Rosenbaum On ABC World News with Diane Sawyer on June 3, she asked a question that many of us are wondering: If "climate change is somehow creating a lot more tornadoes than usual." Then, she surprised many by explaining that tornadoes are actually down this year, with just 478 so far, while the average number of tornados for this time...
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By Jared Malsin Iran is holding a presidential election on Friday. And in Iran, elections have consequences. In 1997, a presidential election ushered in Mohammad Khatemi and an era of reform. Eight years later, 2005 saw the rise of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the return of conservatives. In 2009, the Iranian government granted visas to many foreign journalists to cover the presidential campaign....
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By Steven Brill In his "Stories I'd like to see" column, journalist and entrepreneur Steven Brill spotlights topics that, in his opinion, have received insufficient media attention. This article was originally published on Reuters.com. 1. Booz Allen's liability in the government snooping leaks: We now know that the source of last week's leaks revealing various US government data collection and surveillance activities...
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By Kira Goldenberg Despite rather grim numbers, staffers at digital news nonprofits are optimistic about the future of their outlets, according to a Pew report released Monday. The report, "Nonprofit Journalism: A Growing but Fragile Part of the US News System," looked at 172 news organizations throughout the country. Almost half of the outlets studied sprouted during the Great Newspaper Purge...
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By Sara Morrison Rob Fishman's announcement that "the social media editor is dead," prompted plenty of responses, from Adweek to Zombie Journalism and many social media editors and digital media strategists in between. Perhaps unsurprisingly, most of them disagreed with Fishman's premise that their role in the newsroom was obsolete, some vehemently so on HuffPost Live's discussion of the...
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By Tanveer Ali CHICAGO, IL--Pulitzer Prize winner John H. White doesn't think too much of the iPhone as a replacement for him and 27 other photographers who lost their jobs at the Chicago Sun-Times last week. "I don't think it's the right tool," White said. "You don't go into surgery with a tool that could do a little bit of everything." White was...
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