Assorted journalism links for May 27

Lots of good links from around the journosphere that I’ve found especially helpful, intriguing or worth paying attention to for other reasons: • A writer’s search for journalism in the age of branding — Maureen Tkacik is a young journalist, but her battered, whirlwind experiences make her sound like my jaded generation of printies. She [...]

Thoughts on redefining journalism, Part 2

A recent commenter on a post I wrote here some time ago clarified some thoughts I was trying to make on “redefining journalism” by reminding me it wasn’t necessary to go that far: “In my opinion it isn’t a matter of ‘redefining’ journalism. The definition hasn’t changed. “It is, as has been somewhat indicated, a [...]

Fear, loathing and privacy on Facebook

Bipartisan Congressional action on anything — much less social media privacy? The latest furor over the most recent Facebook changes comes as a House Democrat and Republican are soon to introduce legislation that would regulate what information Internet companies could make public and allow users easier opt-out procedures. In truth, this bill has been in the [...]