What a way to start the weekend
Is anyone surprised by the latest Gallup poll about media credibility? The Baltimore Sun talks about it here (registration required.)
I'm not. We do it to ourselves. With all the talk about Jayson Blair and Dan Rather, you can also die a death by 1,000 cuts. Here's an example of one down in Miami in which a quote was misunderstood or mistranslated and ran around the world a couple times before it was tracked down. Didn't destroy anyone's career, but it was just plain wrong.
After all this, who's going to blame readers for being skeptical? Those of us in the news business, we've got one heckuva hill to climb. Suggestions on where to start?
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The first step on the road to recovery is acknowledging that there is a problem.
Step one (for N&R at least): check
Step two: Hard work
To me, the N&R creates the most buzz and gains the most credibility when it places its resources into doing the hard work it takes to create news - investigative reporting - proactive, not just reactive journalism.
In my opinion, you're finest hours of the past year was the excellent work on Project Homestead and Fortress Re.
Dig deeply into some things - there is a lot out there.
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Posted on December 12, 2004 5:51 PM
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Posted on December 12, 2004 7:46 PM