{"id":550,"date":"2004-02-11T08:11:37","date_gmt":"2004-02-11T08:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tommangan.net\/printsthechaff\/?p=550"},"modified":"2004-02-11T08:11:37","modified_gmt":"2004-02-11T08:11:37","slug":"commonsense-journalism-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tommangan.net\/printsthechaff\/2004\/02\/commonsense-journalism-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonsense journalism blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commonsensej.blogspot.com\/\">It&#8217;s the work of Doug Fisher,<\/a> a journalism prof at University of South Carolina. An <a href=\"http:\/\/commonsensej.blogspot.com\/2004_02_01_commonsensej_archive.html#107645748969290059\">observation<\/a> from the  Poynter &#8220;convergence conference&#8221; he&#8217;s attending:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Out of the ethics discussion came one &#8220;ah ha&#8221; moment: While convergence gives us more freedom, it also might well limit our independence. Consider a case where you, as editor, have qualms about a story, but one of your convergence partners wants your reporter on air? Sound easy to say &#8220;no&#8221;? What about if the GM of that broadcast station calls your publisher or, worse, the group VP, and says, &#8220;Hey, we&#8217;re paying thousands of dollars into this partnership&#8221; &#8230; etc. Sound so simple now?<BR><br \/>\nSomething to think about.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Link via <a href=\"http:\/\/newsgorilla.blogspot.com\/\">BONGmeister<\/a> Charley Stough.<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the work of Doug Fisher, a journalism prof at University of South Carolina. An observation from the Poynter &#8220;convergence conference&#8221; he&#8217;s attending: Out of the ethics discussion came one &#8220;ah ha&#8221; moment: While convergence gives us more freedom, it&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tommangan.net\/printsthechaff\/2004\/02\/commonsense-journalism-blog\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommangan.net\/printsthechaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommangan.net\/printsthechaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommangan.net\/printsthechaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommangan.net\/printsthechaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommangan.net\/printsthechaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tommangan.net\/printsthechaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tommangan.net\/printsthechaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommangan.net\/printsthechaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tommangan.net\/printsthechaff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}