Comments on: Again, McClatchy Does Real Journalism http://citmedia.org/blog/2008/06/26/again-mcclatchy-does-real-journalism/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:55:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Dan Gillmor http://citmedia.org/blog/2008/06/26/again-mcclatchy-does-real-journalism/#comment-153490 Dan Gillmor Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:01:04 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/?p=1387#comment-153490 Jon, very good point, and I'm working on something about this. Jon, very good point, and I’m working on something about this.

]]> By: Things that were Not Invented Here are OK. Really. : Eat Sleep Publish http://citmedia.org/blog/2008/06/26/again-mcclatchy-does-real-journalism/#comment-153487 Things that were Not Invented Here are OK. Really. : Eat Sleep Publish Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:45:45 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/?p=1387#comment-153487 [...] just saw Dan Gillmor’s post from a few days ago about McClatchy doing real journalism on Guantanamo and getting ignored: [...] [...] just saw Dan Gillmor’s post from a few days ago about McClatchy doing real journalism on Guantanamo and getting ignored: [...]

]]> By: Jon Garfunkel http://citmedia.org/blog/2008/06/26/again-mcclatchy-does-real-journalism/#comment-153481 Jon Garfunkel Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:12:46 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/?p=1387#comment-153481 Thanks for the link. But I'd hate to think this was beyond remedy. <a href="http://www.blogpulse.com/trend?query1=%22Broken+Laws%2C+Broken+Lives%22&label1=&query2=%22Guantanamo%3A+Beyond+the+Law%22&label2=&query3=&label3=&days=30&x=32&y=14" rel="nofollow">Compare its reception</a> to the Physician for Human Rights 140-page report "Broken Laws, "Broken Lives" series released the same week. I suppose that it's easier to promote an "independent" report as a singular piece of work than a a newspaper series. I suppose also that this was more a depth piece than a scoop piece, other newsrooms didn't pay as much attention. Bear in mind that the NYT created the "Opinionator" blog to echo what's what's discussed in the opinion-o-sphere, and not the fact-o-sphere. And Slate's popular amplifier "Today's Papers" still focuses on the "Big Five" daily papers, and doesn't tend to look beyond them, and it certainly didn't for the week of June 15-19th for the series. I assume you have some pipeline into working newsrooms (more than I do), and might come up with some better answers. Most of the editors who make these decisions are outside Thanks for the link. But I’d hate to think this was beyond remedy.

Compare its reception to the Physician for Human Rights 140-page report “Broken Laws, “Broken Lives” series released the same week.

I suppose that it’s easier to promote an “independent” report as a singular piece of work than a a newspaper series. I suppose also that this was more a depth piece than a scoop piece, other newsrooms didn’t pay as much attention.

Bear in mind that the NYT created the “Opinionator” blog to echo what’s what’s discussed in the opinion-o-sphere, and not the fact-o-sphere. And Slate’s popular amplifier “Today’s Papers” still focuses on the “Big Five” daily papers, and doesn’t tend to look beyond them, and it certainly didn’t for the week of June 15-19th for the series.

I assume you have some pipeline into working newsrooms (more than I do), and might come up with some better answers. Most of the editors who make these decisions are outside

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