(Source: xojellyfishxo)

sportsnetny:

via @elilanger

In the midst of a terrible tragedy like Kevin Ware’s leg injury, a sidebar story is how the media should cover this. The are obligated to tell the story of the game.  But do they show a replay?  If so, should they edit it?  Should they use slow-motion?  Times like this are when your ethics discussions pay off, and are the reason why you need those ethics discussions in the first place.

newyorker:

Cartoon of the day by Matthew Diffee. For more from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/QQfAIp

theweekmagazine:

Are you guilty of this?

I hear this every year, but I’m too busy watching games to research whether or not this claim is accurate…

journalismnow:

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kevinloker:

(via Friends and Family – Important Drivers of News | State of the Media)

Word-of-mouth still motivates a large amount of news discovery. Seventy-two percent who get news from friends or family received that information via spoken word-of-mouth (in person or phone). Of those who learn of news this way, nearly two-thirds “often” or “very often” seek out news stories online later.

The breakdowns vary a little bit by age, as to be expected: 23 percent of those age 18 to 29-years-old get news from family or friends via social media. Seventy percent in this bracket still say word-of-mouth, however.

This of course doesn’t mean that those who get news via word-of-mouth don’t also read engage news elsewhere on their own. But it does make you think about 1) what inspires people to share something IRL, and 2) the importance of SEO and other search functionality.

The stats are at least worth a look, as is the rest of this year’s Pew Excellence in Journalism State of the News Media report. 

newyorker:

Cartoon by Roz Chast. For more from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/YK4BCb

motherjones:

world-shaker:

I hear they were dividing by zero.

And that’s why you listen to your math teacher, kids.