Archives for December 2009

Blogs and the news: How blogging & journalism intersect

The following resources provide information about new forms of personal journalism — including weblogs, collaborative news sites, personal broadcasting, and more — as well as pointers to examples of each genre.

• The New Media Resources collection at the University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism has published an earlier version of this page.

The published articles are presented, weblog-like, with the most recent articles first.

Note: I’ve left the dead links intact below to show how much link rot has occurred since 2003:

Weblogs

Introduction to blogging:

Blogging for Beginners: What You Need to Know to Start a Weblog
Jeremy Wagstaff
Wall Street Journal, July 10, 2002
Introduction to weblogging. [Read more…] about Blogs and the news: How blogging & journalism intersect

snopes

Debunking Internet hoaxes

Almost every day I get queries about whether a particular report or rumor circulating on the Internet is true or not. Not sure whether that e-mail you got contains the truth, a shred of truth, or is a complete fabrication? Here are some of the best resources for verifying or discounting possible Internet hoaxes.

Snopes2
The best of the bunch.

Hoax info from Internet 101
Advisories and warnings about hoaxes, myths, chain letters, bogus virus alerts and more.

Vmyths
Learn about computer virus myths, hoaxes, urban legends, hysteria, and the implications if you believe in them. [Read more…] about Debunking Internet hoaxes

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