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Here’s what I want from news orgs

By Julie Starr | Published: May 29, 2010
A conversation this week got my brain fizzing again about news. (Nice to fizz rather than funk). The conversation ranged through what is perceived to be wrong with the news business, what’s right about it, what impact it’s having on society, what journalism graduates need to know, who journalists need to be. The usual stuff. [...]
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‘Source tagging’ lets readers find news they trust

By Julie Starr | Published: October 30, 2008
From time to time I make noises about adding context to news stories by including a reference/source list - who was spoken to, what documents, books, websites were referenced, even who initiated the story. So I was chuffed today to read about a project under way to develop 'source tagging' technology. Called Transparent Journalism, the project is the brainchild of Sir Tim Berners Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, and Martin Moore, director of the Media Standards Trust. It's being funded by the Knight Foundation's News Challenge programme and is consulting the BBC and Reuters about how to include 'source tagging' in reporters' daily workflows.
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