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The article explores the practices of digital media groups and their impact on journalism, highlighting how aspiring journalists work in high-pressure environments to generate attention-grabbing content. It also discusses the ethical challenges faced, the selection criteria for topics, and the influence of advertising on news production.

The article presents news briefs related to fake news around the world as of June 2018. Topics discussed include Indian Information and Broadcasting ministry's circular for amending guideline for accreditation of journalists, the U.S. President Donald Trump using the term "fake news" most and named the word of the year by Collins Dictionary, and distinguish between fake news created and real news. INSETS: Fighting Fake News;Fake News Travels Faster Than Truth.

The article examines the growing roles of artificial intelligence (AI) in journalism due to its technological improvements, including newsgathering and assessing the newsworthiness of research papers.

The article discusses ways on how to confront new challenges to newsgathering. Topics covered include the need for the government to obtain confidential information from government resources. Also mentioned is the trend concerning the increased government secrecy, search warrants and subpoenas released in the U.S.

The article discusses the alleged restrictions given by federal agencies to public health reporters when it comes to important health issues. Topics discussed include the case filed by the Argus Leader in Sioux Falls, South Dakota against the U.S. Department ofAgriculture (USDA) after a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request rejection, tips for journalists who are having difficulties in getting data from government agencies, and other transparency controversies in the U.S.

The article focuses on Truthdig.com founded by Zuade Kaufman and Robert Scheer in 2005 to report news that are too rarely make headlines, with particular consideration on how the site can survive in a free and open society. Topics included the "Los Angeles Times" magazine, the "New York Times" correspondent Chris Hedges, and Donald Kaufman of the band Visceral Design.

The article discusses the ethical and legal issues surrounding drones which are contemplated for newsgathering. The passage of a law requiring the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to prepare the skies for commercial drones has drive journalists to integrate drone use into everyday reporting. Privacy concerns raised by commercial use of drones are noted. INSETS: State-by-state legislation on drones;Drones by the numbers;What exactly is a drone?.

The article presents a discussion on issues related to news gathering with special emphasis on Wikileaks, adapted from the article "Recent Developments in Media, Privacy, and Defamation Law," published in the fall 2012 issue of the journal "Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law."

The article takes a look at the British Broadcasting Corp.'s (BBC) verification hub. According to the author, the BBC verification hub was launched in 2005 and aimed to sift through unsolicited contributions previously examined by different teams. The author adds that the Hub has shifted toward semi-conventional newsgathering with a Web 2.0 slant.

The article discusses journalist's civil rights claims after an arrest and ways to deal with government interference with news-gathering activities in the U.S. Based on Section 1983 claims, a plaintiff could seek damages from the government and the public official for unlawful conduct, and the Fourth Amendment right allows the suing of a federal official for civil rights violations. Noted is the effect of the qualified immunity doctrine on civil rights claims.

The article discusses the topic of hyperlocal journalism undertaken by reporters Debbie Galant and Erika Bleiberg, the respective founder and daily editor of the news web site Baristanet that reports on the local news of Montclair, New Jersey. The author discusses the news gathering strategies of Galant and Bleiberg for local news-worthy subjects such as baseball player Yogi Berra. Topics include other hyperlocal news web sites such as Patch, owned by technology company America Online (AOL) and run by various local editors throughout the country, and Ann Arbor, Michigan-based web site Ann Arbor Chronicle. Comments by Washington, D.C.- based Patch editors Andre Taylor, Douglas Tallman, and Lauren Sausser are presented.

The article discusses how online information, deadlines and declining newsroom resources have changed news gathering in the U.S. It presents views from reporters, editors and news researchers who stressed that beat coverage is still the main source for most background information, but that the default process for background research is to Google-first, ask-questions-later. Paid online databases have reportedly replaced news libraries and print resources.

The article offers information on how to create an online news program through multimodal media literacy unit for year eight students. It mentions the relevance of the said literacy unit in aiding students to improve their skills in delivering news. It instructs how students deliver their news by using web-based communication. The significance of planning in creating news is also noted.

The article considers the role of social media and user-generated content in journalism and news gathering. The unwitting reporting of Pakistani resident Sohaib Athar on the U.S. raid which killed terrorist Osama bin Laden through his use of the microblog service Twitter is used as an example of how social media is altering both the nature of reporting and the relationship between mass media devoted to journalism and their customers.

The article focuses on Internet protocol-based satellite newsgathering (IP-SNG) which is being used to enhance newscasts at regional and local television stations in Europe. It discusses how Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television AB (SVT) applies the IP-SNG network and the benefits it draws for the station. It concludes that IP-SNG has significantly changed the way television stations and programs in Sweden bring news to their audiences.

The article presents the finding of the informal survey pertaining to the efficiency of using live event streaming media in production and delivery in the U.S. The survey reveals that most consumers will use streaming media to gain news updates followed by sports, and concert market segment. Matt Smith, an executive at Yahoo! Broadcast Solutions, cites of using venue cameras and broadcast cameras in covering large-scale events.

The article focuses on the important aspects of court secrecy and how they affect the newsgathering process in the U.S. It examines the trends in the country toward court secrecy and what journalists can do to challenge it. The author argues that the media, as the representative of the public, should be aware of threats to openness in court proceedings. In addition, it mentions that the media must be prepared to fight to insure continued access to trials.

The article examines citizen journalism and its use by traditional mass media and online journalism outlets. The possibility of harnessing the resources of many individuals to produce journalism to supplement the reporting of traditional journalists moved from theory to practice in the 2000s. The start-up period saw many reverses, as the first attempts to make citizen journalism an ongoing enterprise met unanticipated problems with organizing and managing large numbers of volunteer participants. Two examples are provided of citizen journalism which surmounted those difficulties, a regular feature called "Get Published," which provides local news to the "Cincinnati Enquirer" newspaper, and the "Off the Bus" feature of the Web site The Huffington Post, which offered coverage of the 2008 U.S. presidential election.

This article reports on the history and contemporary manifestations of journalism that tampers with reality and then reports on the results, as when reporters pose as a person needing help to see how many people respond. Examples are given from newspapers such as the "Washington Post," the "New York Times," and "Reader's Digest." The trend is compared with reality television programs, and the "What Would You Do?" series of "Primetime" news magazine episodes on ABC. The ethical debates over such efforts are discussed, and historical experiments in social psychology, such as those conducted in the 1960s by Stanley Milgram, are also mentioned.

This article reports on the precarious state of the news media as they transition into the Internet age, and new models in nonprofit journalism that may be able to cope with the changes. While financially strained newspapers and news magazines are laying off reporters and closing foreign news desks, noncommercial news organizations like National Public Radio (NPR), the Center for Public Integrity, and other nonprofits offer examples of ways to keep alive the costly but necessary practice of in-depth investigative reporting.

The article presents information on the legal aspects of citizen journalism. It states that the growing use of citizen journalism raises legal questions, concerning conventional media laws, intellectual property and copyrights. According to the article, the conventional media concepts are applicable or adaptable to citizen journalism, but courts have to address the issues related to this in a different context. According to the article, the potential liability for defamatory issues against citizen journalists is considered an issue of legal concern.

The article discusses the significant role of high definition (HD) technology in the local newscasting industry. According to the author, the demand for HD news on the local level has slowly build with time. Several different local stations airing high definition newscast were also observed launching every few weeks.

The article focuses on the issue of migrating to high-definition television (HDTV) newsgathering. Broadcasters interested in the concept seem to be separated into two groups: those wanting transition to full HDTV production and those wanting a more paced transition. The challenge to the second approach involves the integration of upconverted widescreen satellite digital material with the programming of the HDTV news studio.

The article explores several news-gathering scenarios commonly encountered by journalists in the U.S. The public forum analysis is used to determine speech rights in places that are open to the public. The restrictions that the government can impose on public forums must satisfy a three-part test: they must be content neutral, narrowly tailored to serve a significant government interest and must leave open alternative channels of communication. Reporters who are in violation of a criminal trespass statute are not exempt from prosecution simply because they are exercising a First Amendment right.

The article explores the emergence and practice of citizen journalism. The profession of journalism is not only threatened by new technology advances but by its audiences as well. Everywhere citizens are getting connected via the Internet to set the agenda for news, to inform one another about local or global issues, and to form news services. Citizen media is becoming a trend that mainstream news media clearly acknowledge. However, citizen media should not be seen as the end of journalism or news media agencies but as a shift in where value is being formed.

The article presents information on news reporters during the nineteenth century, who used to make false stories while reporting events in newspapers. Theodore Dreiser was a new reporter at the New York World, who reported about a fight between two drunk neighbors by making a fake story on the basis of his free imagination. Getting correct facts about the news was a hard task for reporters due to the difficulties of communications and travel needed for gathering news.

The article features Domei, news-gathering and distribution organization, in Tokyo, Japan. The organization has thousands of men covering global news with 9 out of 10 dailies in the country depending on it for their headlines. Domei, which is begotten the army, has played a major role in each of Japan's invaded regions with a dominant voice in the cabinet Board of Information.

The article discusses the so-called alternative or underground newspapers in the U.S. and states the difficulty in defining what these really are. It notes as to how alternative press is established and points out that it has grown old with its original audience. It compares the conventional newspapers with that of their alternative counterpart in terms of the contents. It focuses as well on the different things these alternative newspapers bring particularly when it comes to news coverage, their editors and their interest in featuring unknown writers and publishing long articles. Moreover, it presents the reason why their editors are becoming uneasy despite the fact these have become respectable.

The article reports on the accusation of the Israeli government that American and European new organizations are suppressing negative stories on Syria and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). It mentions the television program "20/20," which describes the Israeli treatment of Palestinians which angered Ze'ev Chafets, director of the government press office. It states that the U.S. and European news organizations fear terrorist reprisals which is the major reason for suppressing stories.

The article offers information related to the quality of reports by watchers in Hong Kong, China. It comments that since the watchers must settle for secondary sources from newspapers, radio, returning visitors, they tend to keep their conclusions conservative. It states that the watchers have some evidence that could affect many parts of the country.

The article focuses on the rumor concerning the launch of a manned missile into space by the Soviet Union in 1958. It states that the rumor was brought out by the Associated Press (AP) and was reported by some correspondents such as Moscow Bureau Chief Constantin Zar-nekau of the Agence France-Presse staying that for the fist time a man has sent aboard a Soviet rocket. However, it also mentions that some of the correspondents say the rumors have no official confirmation yet.

The article focuses on the media coverage made by patrolman Henry Gordon wherein he monitors the workings of a police department in Cleveland, Ohio. It states that Gordon does the job of an actual police within six months and observes the workings of policemen. It says that Gordon unveils the policemen who drunk and loaf while on duty, however, he also reports that some policemen are brave, dedicated, and underpaid. Police Chief Frank Story welcomes any information uncovered by Gordon.

The article discusses the presence of foreign correspondents, including Max Freedman, gathering news about the federal government in Washington D.C. It notes that Washington is the appropriate place for news since it offers endless possibilities for foreign newsmen in search for interesting source materials about the country. Particular focus is also given to foreign newsmen gaining access to officials in the capital including Switzerland's Werner Imhoof and Great Britain's O. Henry Brandon.

The article stresses the entitlement of U.S. journalists to news gathering protection under the First Amendment. It cites the cases of Amy Goodman who was awarded a 100,000 U.S. dollar settlement after being arrested by the St. Paul Police Department and Asa Eslocker who was arrested but whose charges were later dropped. Police departments are instructed that the right to record police activity is lawful, that they clearly identify public domain and that they prohibit recordings' destruction.

The article considers the impact on journalism and mass media of technological innovations related to the Internet such as Internet videos and social media. The increasing use by journalism organizations such as television news broadcasters of user-generated content from social media, especially Internet videos, in their own reporting is discussed. The television network Al Jazeera and its coverage of revolutions in 2011 in Arab countries is used as an example.

The article discusses the evolution of the International Reporting Project (IRP) from its founding in 1998 in its approach to international news gathering. It cites various recipients of the IRP's journalism fellowship programs including reporters from such news organizations as "The Dallas Morning News," "The Boston Globe" and "Newsday." It presents the move by IRP to accept freelancers in its fellowship programs. The fund contributors to the IRP are also cited, including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund."

The article offers information on the wireless technology and simple encoding devices that allow reporters to stream live news coverage. Accordingly, the traditional approach of news gathering in a remote location has been to roll a truckload of gadgets, expenses, and complexities. However, mobile satellites and IP networks have offered new options for remote and live news gathering in a simple IP encoding software loaded in a smartphone or internet connection.

The article focuses on the author's experience as a blogger for New Media and its contribution to the reality of every covered story. He states how he started with "The New York Times" as a consumer who disagrees on wrong views then become producing the news. He discusses the importance of New Media and criticizes the mainstream media which differs in the nature of delivering the news including the Obamacare debate, Biden in Israel, and children of Jewish Holocaust survivors.

The article discusses the efforts of repressive governments to control the internet as a global outlet for news about their activities. The internet's effect on news gathering, in shifting it from professional journalists to average citizens via email, social networking web sites, text messaging, and other online technologies, is discussed. Also discussed are the technologies governments are using to try to control the flow of information over telecommunication networks. Examples are discussed from Iran, China, Burma, and elsewhere.

The article discusses the how the telegraph affected U.S. newspaper publishing. Newspaper editor James Gordon Bennett predicted the development of the telegraph by inventor Samuel Morse would put newspapers out of business. News gathering methods utilized by newspapers are noted. The inability of the telegraph to deliver news to mass audiences preserved the newspaper industry. The author compares the impact of the telegraph on newspapers to that of the Internet.

El artículo trata la evolución del periodismo de investigación desde el escándalo político estadounidense Watergate. Afirma que, a pesar de cambios tecnológicos, permanecen algunos aspectos fundamentales en la practica del periodismo de investigación, incluido el instinto con que debe contar el periodista para detectar la verdad detrás de las historias oficiales, la capacidad de asimilar grandes cantidades de datos y la verificación de estos datos.

This article discusses the issue of whether it is ever ethically permissible for a journalist to pay a source. Several examples of financial transactions between reporters, authors, or news outlets and their subjects are presented, including "Esquire" magazine's payment to U.S. Marine Lieutenant William Calley for a story about his role in the My Lai massacre, payments by writer Jon Krakauer to the subject of his book "Under the Banner of Heaven," and money sent by "New York Times" reporter Kurt Eichenwald to a boy featured prominently in an article on child pornography.

The article provides information on portable news systems. With regards to any satellite newsgathering, the choices include a flyaway and a broadband global area network (BGAN). The flyaway has long been the choice to cover breaking news in remote places where uplink trucks are unavailable. New technology is supporting news organizations to reach the story quickly and to file live reports immediately. BGAN offers a flexibility that can get pictures within hours of an event.

The article offers a look at how tabloids in the U.S. get their news and gossips about celebrities. Most tabloids get information from friends, family members, law firms, personal assistants and sometimes even the celebrities themselves. Although sometimes publicists claim that tabloid stories are not true, people are still buying tabloids because of the desire for celebrity news.

The article presents the author's views on the use of Public Insight Journalism (PIJ) to expand and improve the Rolodex of sources. It details the PIJ process. It cites the measures taken in order to implement the PIJ process. It provides examples where the PIJ method was used.

This article comments on the digitization of news on the Web and evaluates the Daylife Web site which provides a service that offers subject-specific, up to the minute streaming of news articles from various sources. Publishers subscribe to Daylife's service in order to keep their content fresh and minimize staffing.

This article presents the results of a poll which found that many people trust news from the media more than they trust news from their own governments. The poll, conducted by the BBC, Reuters, and the American Press Institute's Media Center, surveyed over 10,000 people in 10 countries. 61% of those surveyed said they trusted media coverage of news over explanations from their own governments. The study also demonstrated the increasing impact of Internet news sources. 77% of those surveyed prefer gathering information on a topic from multiple news sources.

The article focuses on the day-to-day experiences of media men and newspapermen on news gathering in the U.S. For radio reporters, things happen fast for them, with none of the waiting around so common in bleak old reality. Half of a reporter's life is spent waiting for a jury to decide whether to vote now or have another dinner on the county, waiting while the assistant state's attorney changes into a suit he thinks will photograph better or waiting at sunny airports.