Studying the intersection of journalism, interactive communications and public discourse
“My mood, I say, was one of exaltation. I felt as a seeing man might do, with padded feet and noiseless clothes, in a city of the blind. I experienced a wild impulse to jest, to startle people, to clap men on the back, fling people’s hats astray, and generally revel in my extraordinary advantage.” …
A journalist’s professional reputation hinges upon credibility. Journalistic credibility is a recipe with five ingredients: Your published body of work, the organization you work for, the company you keep (friends, colleagues, followers, fans), what others may say about you, and, lastly, how you conduct yourself in public. Nowadays, “public” includes any online posts accessible by an …
A class action defamation lawsuit filed against three Connecticut news outlets has been dismissed by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea rejected Lorraine Martin’s claim that archived online news articles detailing her 2010 arrest on drug charges on the websites of The Connecticut Post, The Stamford Advocate, and The Greenwich Time — …
I discovered a new metric today from Google. As I tried tweaking some of the webmaster tools for this website – mariekshanahan.com – I spotted a link in Google Webmaster Tools labeled “Labs -> Authorship.” If you use any Google products regularly, you likely have a Google account. As such, all your Google-based activities are …