Monday, March 17, 2008

[CW:MONTHLY] The Click List

Roy's Totally Subjective Picks: 85 Wonders of the Journalism World
Roy Peter Clark, Ellyn Angelotti & Mallary Tenore, Poynter Institute
Here are our lists of finalists for the Wonders of the Journalism World. Our original plan was to have seven wonders in each of seven categories but, like most journalists, we were not slaves to the numbers. We wound up with five viable categories: story forms and shapes, institutions/organizations, technologies, documents and people.

When is a Citizen Journalist Not a Citizen Journalist?
John C Abell, Committee of Concerned Journalists
There are plenty of people who really don't like the term "citizen journalism," but Todd Wolfson has a pretty interesting reason of his own for his displeasure with that appellation: Plenty of the people he is training to make video reports for the Internet aren't citizens at all - at least of the United States.

Open-Source Troubles in Wiki World
Noam Cohen, New York Times
Since he helped create Wikipedia in 2001, Jimmy Wales has been called many things: benevolent dictator, constitutional monarch, digital evangelist and spiritual leader of the tens of thousands of volunteers who have made the online encyclopedia one of the top 10 most visited Web sites.

Iraq War Disappears as TV Story
David Bauder, Associated Press
Remember the war in Iraq? The question isn't entirely facetious. The war has nearly vanished from TV screens over the past few months, replaced by stories about the fascinating presidential campaign and faltering economy.

Televisa, Telemundo Join Forces
Jose de Cordoba & John Lyons, Wall Street Journal
Mexican television giant Grupo Televisa SA and Telemundo, General Electric Co.'s Spanish-language broadcaster, have reached a content-sharing deal in Mexico, opening the door to an eventual broader alliance in the key U.S. Hispanic market, people familiar with the situation say.