Tag Archives: trust

‘Quality mark’ suggested for news websites

By Julie Starr | Published: January 22, 2009
A UK report into the news industry is expected to float the idea of a kitemark, or quality stamp, for news websites that meet certain criteria, according to Press Gazette. This was an idea waiting to happen, albeit one fraught with difficulties. Yes, it would be nice for people to have a simple way of [...]
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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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The moral of this *fake* story is: check
your sources

By Julie Starr | Published: May 25, 2008
A story did the rounds earlier this month of a Texan teenager who was convicted of fraud after stealing his father's credit card and using it to buy an X-box and the services of two prostitutes. The source was a UK news site called money.co.uk. The story was posted on news sites all around the world, including here in NZ. Only trouble is, the story was a hoax.
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67% of Americans are unhappy with quality of journalism

By Julie Starr | Published: March 9, 2008
More for the doom and gloom file. A survey by Zogby International shows that almost half of Americans get their news online and 67% are dissatisfied with the quality of journalism:
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Does PR rule the newsroom?

By Julie Starr | Published: February 10, 2008
This is a worthwhile read if you're someone who muses on the quality of journalism, whether today's reporters are overworked and the extent of PR influence in reporting. It flared up a week or so ago (I'm still clearing my inbox after holiday) so you may have already caught it.
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