Blogs raise many challenging legal issues, including those involving defamation, privacy, and the legal definition of a blogger. From a legal perspective, emerging new media, which includes blogs, is rapidly evolving. The law has yet to catch up with the
Tenant’s tweet leads to lawsuit
Who knew that a 140 character tweet could lead to a $50,000 defamation lawsuit for a Chicago woman? Amanda Bonnen wrote the tweet in reference to a battle with her landlord over alleged mold in her apartment. (I’ve learned you
Is Jon Stewart the most trusted anchor?
Now that Walter Cronkite is gone, is there another news anchor who might be worthy of the being called “The Most Trusted Man in America.” Brian Williams? Matt Lauer? Charles Gibson? Nope! Think Jon Stewart. Stewart’s show that mocks traditional
My predictions about the Web were all wrong
In the late ’90s when I was studying abroad in Europe, one of my communications professors assigned a term paper that was to focus on our predictions of the Internet’s future. Until a recent spring-cleaning — a purging of sorts
Learning from Cronkite
It’s not just journalists who should take pause to reflect on the contributions of Walter Cronkite. All communications professionals can learn a valuable lesson from Cronkite’s matter-a-fact style, a signature of a truly credible man. A 1973 U.S. poll named
The passing of journalism’s rock
Walter Cronkite embodied all that journalism should be: open, honest, credible, and truthful. I fear the passing of Cronkite signals the end to an era when journalism stayed true to the fundamentals it was built upon. Cronkite’s passing comes at
iPhone photography
A follow-up to my previous post about a Miami reporter who used an iPhone to tape an entire news story. In a recent Al’s Morning Meeting memo, Al Tompkins writes about a St. Petersburg Times photojournalist who shot a weekend
YouTube offers pointers for citizen journalists
For all those folks who want to be citizen journalists, YouTube has launched the Reporters’ Center, a channel with pointers from journalism pros, including Katie Couric and Bob Woodward. With the explosion of new media and technology, we’re seeing average
How did you first hear about Michael Jackson’s death?
How did you first hear about the death of Michael Jackson? From TV or one of your favorite online newspapers sites? Odds are you might have received the first word about the death via a social networking site such as
Bloggers vs Mainstream Media
While most blogs remains relatively unknown, there’s little denying nowadays that a number of high-profile bloggers are getting noticed – and not just in the blogosphere. For example, Huffington Post and Instapundit are two blogs that are actually challenging the