Recently Police officials have been making decisions based on the fact that they don't consider some reporters for Internets based publications to be eligible for
In the San Francisco Bay Area, the big topic among journalists for the past week, was not the Romney victory in the
Citizens and media owners seem eerily silent about this latest trend in journalism; could it be that they don't care about the health and welfare of America's free press?
It would be a bit easier to write a weekend-update column, if a fellow could compare notes at an impromptu Press Club. Macy's may not tell Gimbel's what's going to go on sale next week, but journalist do talk to each other on an "this is off the record" basis and swap some information which can help determine the newsworthyness of some topics.
For instance, what if an online columnist noted that during the past week there had been some headlines online that indicated that a nuclear facility in Illinois had a bit of trouble with their hardware, the San Onofre nuclear plant in Southern California had a radioactive leak, and a big shot in Washington had announced that the next terrorist attack on the USA might come in the form of a hack attack.
Wasn't there a story recently alleging that somebody had used computers to sabotage and slow down
If there was an informal Press Club in
If other journalists thought that all these separate bits of information could be lumped together legitimately, then OK, but if they said it didn't pass the smell test, then it might be prudent to pass on the idea.
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