Category Archives: Journalism

Free Archives from Newspapers and Magazines

More and more newspapers and magazines are making deep archives freely available on the web, dropping requirements for print subscriptions and registration, making it easy to find the full-text of many well-known and respected publications available online. Richard Pérez-Peña wrote … Continue reading

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Regret the Error

So much of the discussion about Wikipedia focuses on issues of accuracy, not only in Wikipedia, but also in Britannica and other “professional” resources. Regret the Error is a blog covering media corrections, retractions, apologies and clarifications, and they never … Continue reading

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Knight Foundation Awards for Digital News Projects

Journalism and librarianship are twin professions in many ways. Both professions share the goal of providing people with information, and both deal with issues of intellectual freedom, objectivity and accuracy. And we’re both always trying to anticipate the interests and … Continue reading

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Poynter Online

Journalism and librarianship are twin professions in many ways. Both professions share the goal of providing people with information, and both deal with issues of intellectual freedom, objectivity and accuracy. And we’re both always trying to anticipate the interests and … Continue reading

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