http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/05/01/journalists-call-for-global-solidarity-to-overcome-threats-to-media/ As The Media Watches The World, We Watch The Media Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:57:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/05/01/journalists-call-for-global-solidarity-to-overcome-threats-to-media/#comment-15330 Fri, 02 May 2008 02:03:59 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/05/01/journalists-call-for-global-solidarity-to-overcome-threats-to-media/#comment-15330 I note that it takes Europeans to talk about the abysmal economics and individual safety of journalists. The last step in that direction in the US that was meaningful was cutting out smoking in the city room. What about advanced schooling for people working specialized beats and when was it I saw a cub reporter covering the courts?Most reporters today couldn't fix a parking ticket like most lawyers. Individual journalism can be shallow in the pocket book as well as in print and conversation. I note that it takes Europeans to talk about the abysmal economics and individual safety of journalists. The last step in that direction in the US that was meaningful was cutting out smoking in the city room.
What about advanced schooling for people working specialized beats and when was it I saw a cub reporter covering the courts?Most reporters today couldn’t fix a parking ticket like most lawyers.
Individual journalism can be shallow in the pocket book as well as in print and conversation.

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