“If You Harbor Terrorists, You Are a Terrorist”: Newsroom: The Independent Institute

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Do Wikis Have a Place in the Newsroom?

Do Wikis Have a Place in the Newsroom? 09/08/2004 09:48 PM
Mark Glaser, in the Online Journalism Review asks a very big question: Do Wikis Have a Place in the Newsroom? He covers the latest tests to Wikipedia authority, the Wemedia Project and gets comment on public wikis: "Most user-generated content...

Epson Corporate: Newsroom

Epson Corporate: Newsroom 08/20/2004 04:22 AM
Man, doesn't this look like fun! .. Micro flying robot .. fly a helicopter .. pressrelease .. epson.co.jp

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Mood of the Newsroom: Letters from Three
Journalists

Mood of the Newsroom: Letters from Three
Journalists 06/05/2005 11:17 PM
Daniel Conover, a newsroom veteran, and Scott Heiser, a collegiate journalist, ask Tim Porter if he knows what he's saying. Bill Grueskin of the Wall Street Journal responds to Ethan Zuckerman's "Bloggiest Newspaper."

Reports rap USA Today newsroom culture

Reports rap USA Today newsroom culture 04/22/2004 09:07 AM

Newsroom codes of ethics: Let's pretend
our reporters don't think at all!

Newsroom codes of ethics: Let's pretend
our reporters don't think at all! 08/31/2004 01:04 AM
What are we to make of the absurdity emerging from the Miami Herald, where an editor has apparently told his staff that they'd better not purchase tickets to political benefit concerts, because such activities will taint the sanctity of their news-gathering enterprise?

I've never understood the sort of journalistic code of ethics -- now prevalent in many American newsrooms, particularly those owned by big corporate chains -- that requires newspeople to pretend that they are not human beings with brains and beliefs and emotions and lives. The logic of these rules -- that, for instance, forbid reporters from participating in political rallies or contributing to campaigns or otherwise behaving like normal, politically engaged citizens -- seems to stem from fear. The editors and publishers who promulgate them are worried that, if critics of their institutions get hold of factual evidence that reporters actually hold their own opinions and beliefs, those critics will be able to argue that their news reports are biased. This is the sort of fear that drives executives insane, since -- despite decades of effort -- no American corporation has yet figured out how to find that ideal Employee With No Mind of His Own, and a newsroom is the last place you'd want to hire him, anyway.

This issue, of course, leads one deep into the swamp of the hoary debate over "journalistic objectivity." Me, I can't imagine how any thinking journalist or reader in 2004 can imagine that it's possible for a reporter to so thoroughly suppress his individuality and experiences that he can provide an account of events that's unshaped by who he is -- or that, were it possible, such an account would be desirable. But others disagree, and in fact I hear the "lack of objectivity" charge today less often from journalists than from consumers of journalism, who have -- sadly but understandably -- taken the profession's traditional avowal of objectivity at face value, and then become outraged at its failure to achieve that pristine state.

For clarity here, let's distinguish between the unattainable standard of objectivity -- a scientific absolute poised as subjectivity's opposite -- and the entirely attainable, and laudable, standards of fairness and accuracy and honesty and transparency that any journalist of good mind and heart will subscribe to. Fairness: If you're presenting one side of a story, you owe it to your readers, your subjects and yourself to weigh the other side's case. Accuracy: Observation should always trump preconception, and you just don't publish something that you know is untrue, even if it helps make an argument you cherish. Honesty: You do your best to present the truth as you have witnessed it and understand it, knowing that your witness and understanding are shaped by who you are, yet also knowing that honesty will sometimes require you to report things that make you uncomfortable or call your own beliefs into question. Transparency: You do your best to avoid financial conflicts of interest, and where you have an unavoidable interest in a story you're covering, you reveal it up front.

These principles seem so simple and obvious to me after a quarter century of writing and editing that when I read something like these words from the Miami Herald memo, my eyes roll: "As you know and understand, it is improper for independent journalists -- which we are -- to engage in partisan politics or to advocate for political causes. In this case, buying a ticket to any of these events is tantamount to making a political contribution, which is prohibited by the newsroom's Guidelines on Ethics."

Where to begin here? Note how the newspaper has revised the concept of conflict of interest -- which should apply to situations where an individual can improperly gain material benefit in the course of pursuing her professional responsibilities -- and turned it into a stricture demanding that all reporters neuter their civic selves.

Sure, any "Guideline on Ethics" ought to forbid journalists accepting contributions (i.e., bribes) from politicians -- that's a conflict of interest! But if you accept the logic that a reporter contributing to a political campaign constitutes a conflict of interest, you really can't avoid insisting that the reporter, um, not vote, either.

If you believe that a reporter who contributes to a political campaign can't write about politics, you've set an all-consuming trap for the entire journalistic enterprise. Your rule will keep widening its net: If buying a ticket to a political benefit is verboten, since the money from the benefit will end up in a campaign's coffers, then the reporter should carefully refrain as well from buying a movie ticket from any studio that has used its profits to make any sort of political contribution. For that matter, better stay away from buying any product from any corporation that has chosen to give dough to any candidate. If you pay taxes, you'd better think twice about writing about any arm of the government to which you've contributed. And so on.

It's hopeless; the Herald's staff might as well take vows of poverty, chastity and silence -- and leave their paper's columns blank. (Meanwhile, of course, these corporate codes of ethics never seem to apply any strictures to the folks who own the papers -- and who have far more substantial interests that tend to be far more conflicted.)

Alternately, American journalism's managerial class could accept that reporters are people with lives -- and that their best bet at salvaging their profession is to start from that point, rather than desperately run from it. The vitality of the blogosphere offers one hopeful sign: here's a model of journalism that rests on a foundation of openness, individuality and participation. But the Miami Herald's code of ethics probably bans blogging, too.

"EO Newsroom: New Images - Massive Solar
Flare"

"EO Newsroom: New Images - Massive Solar
Flare" 10/29/2003 09:21 PM

EO Newsroom: New Images - Massive Solar
Flare

EO Newsroom: New Images - Massive Solar
Flare 10/29/2003 03:52 PM
caughtfor posterity on its way to Earth .. massive solar flare .. hi-rez photos

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Deep Throat, J-School and Newsroom
Religion

Deep Throat, J-School and Newsroom
Religion 06/05/2005 11:17 PM
Watergate is the great redemptive story believers learn to tell about the press and what it can do for the American people. Whether the story can continue to claim enough believers--and connect the humble to the heroic in journalism--is a big question. Whether it should is another question.

Bias Critics: Meet Newsroom Joe,
Apolitical Man

Bias Critics: Meet Newsroom Joe,
Apolitical Man 08/03/2004 11:10 AM
Journalists who call themselves "moderates" in surveys are trying to agree with conservatives by declaring: "My political attachments should be irrelevant." And yet this self-report is jeered at, as if it had no significance. I think it does have significance, especially because there's another theory out there: political leanings shoud be transparent. This column ran in Editor & Publisher last week.

Clouds May Harbor Nanobacteria

Clouds May Harbor Nanobacteria 04/11/2005 06:28 AM
Nanobacteria have been linked to several diseases, but little is known about how they spread. New research suggests they may be hitching a ride in clouds. By Amit Asaravala.

Pearl Harbor Speech

Pearl Harbor Speech 12/08/2003 08:01 AM
Dec. 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan

bcn.boulder.co.us/government/national/speeches/spch2.html
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Pearl Harbor Anniversary

Pearl Harbor Anniversary 12/08/2003 03:26 AM

Yesterday was the 62nd anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Maryam and I visited the site last year. Being over a sunken ship where 1177 people died is very sobering. The ship is still leaking oil to the surface. The park service is now exploring the Arizona with a remote controlled vehicle.

The New York Times > Magazine > The War
Inside the Arab Newsroom

The New York Times > Magazine > The War
Inside the Arab Newsroom 01/03/2005 02:47 AM

nytimes.com/2005/01/02/magazine/02ARAB.html
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Poynter Online - New Year's Resolutions
for Newsroom Leaders

Poynter Online - New Year's Resolutions
for Newsroom Leaders 12/31/2004 05:18 AM
New Year's Resolutions for Newsroom Leaders

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Economy: A Financial Pearl Harbor???

Economy: A Financial Pearl Harbor??? 01/28/2004 06:41 PM
From The Connection's archives:  Robert Rubin on his new book (In an Uncertain World) and the economic well-being of the US.  Worth the time spent to listen to it.  While there is a risk of a financial melt-down (ie. due to a lack of job growth, historically high short term interest rates, etc.), the real problem is uncertainty.  Risk can be projected and compensated for (if you do get burned by risk, it's your fault).  Uncertainty can't be quantified or analyzed.  It can only guarded against by not placing yourself in a position where uncertainty can't topple you easily.  We are in a position where uncertainty can put us in a crunch in very short order.

For example, uncertainty is an event like 9/11 and the subsequent invasion of Iraq.This sequence of events were unanticipatable, in any reasonable way, but they have had a major impact on our financial status.Some other uncertainties that we have on our plate include a series of major terrorist attacks on US soil that negatively impact regional economies and confidence, a failure/quagmire in Iraq that drags on for years at an escalating cost and a global loss of confidence, and full war with North Korea.  Any of these events could cause the budget deficit to surge to unsustainable levels over an extended period, cause the US to lose its safe harbor status, and turn the rest of the world against us (not willing to help us when we are in crisis). 

This is exactly how we could convert (through our lack of preparedness) the risk of long-term financial crisis into a short term crisis.  Given this, why isn't fiscal responsibility a National Security issue???  If our economy collapses due to external uncertainties becoming real events, we would be hard pressed to defend ourselves.  We wouldn't be able to afford it. This is the national security issue of our time.

Estimated Taxes, Safe Harbor, and AMT

Estimated Taxes, Safe Harbor, and AMT 01/10/2004 01:06 PM
[This is part of a series of posts on the home buying process I'm going thru. To see the full set, visit the house category archives.] In the comments for my earlier post on the matter, someone asked if I had $100,000 in the bank for a down payment. No, not quite. Much of it is invested. To come up with a down payment, I'll need to sell off a fair amount of stock and/or cash in some stock options....

Claim: Yellowcake in Rotterdam Harbor
May Be From Iraq

Claim: Yellowcake in Rotterdam Harbor
May Be From Iraq 01/16/2004 01:04 PM
put a bunch of it in a shipment of steel .. HMM: .. on

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Digital Harbor Docks Ontology for SOAs

Digital Harbor Docks Ontology for SOAs 08/02/2004 08:18 AM
The software maker uses ontology rules to tie disparate applications together.

Wired News: Clouds May Harbor
Nanobacteria

Wired News: Clouds May Harbor
Nanobacteria 04/12/2005 05:56 AM
www.wired.com/news/planet/0,2782,67176,00.html .. Clouds May Harbor Nanobacteria .. nanobacteria

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Sperm Whales Harbor Toxic Clues

Sperm Whales Harbor Toxic Clues 12/09/2003 06:14 AM
Scientists on the Odyssey are sailing around the globe to study the giant whales and uncover humans' effect on sea life. After almost four years of study, the results are worrying.

Pearl Harbor Radar Operator Elliott Dies

Pearl Harbor Radar Operator Elliott Dies 12/24/2003 04:08 AM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 24 2003 3:41AM ET

National Geographic: Remembering Pearl
Harbor-history, maps

National Geographic: Remembering Pearl
Harbor-history, maps 12/08/2003 08:02 AM
National Geographic's Remembering Pearl Harbor Day .. NationalGeographic has a good resource on line .. section devoted to the Pearl Harbor attack .. 62 years ago today .. a hideous event

plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor
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ISP safe harbor advances: Verizon wins
RIAA appeal

ISP safe harbor advances: Verizon wins
RIAA appeal 12/20/2003 01:36 AM

In a case with implications for internet service providers (ISPs), such as colleges, Verizon won an appeal against the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ). The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that Verizon was not required to yield customer information to an intellectual property holder about an alleged copyright infringement, when the infringement used peer-to-peer ( p2p ) computing:

"We conclude that a subpoena may only be issued to an ISP engaged in storing on its servers material that is infringing or is the subject of infringing activity," the Appeals court ruled, further stating ISPs acting as a "mere conduit for the transmission of information" are not subject to the DMCA subpoenas.

The court did not take issue with the law under which the RIAA filed its claims, the Digital Millenium Copyright Act ( DMCA , 1998). The court was very critical of the RIAA position, however, referring to one argument as "border[ing] on silly."

This case began when the RIAA requested information from Verizon about a customer, alleged to have copied numerous music files illegitimately.

Alnylam Licenses Intellectual Property
from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Alnylam Licenses Intellectual Property
from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 01/22/2004 02:04 PM
Atlas Venture Jan 22 2004 3:51PM GMT

Northwestern Memorial Study Finds That
Computer Keyboards May Harbor Harmful
Bacteria

Northwestern Memorial Study Finds That
Computer Keyboards May Harbor Harmful
Bacteria 04/19/2005 05:59 AM
Science Daily Apr 19 2005 9:43AM GMT

SANS Institute

SANS Institute 05/08/2004 06:20 AM
SANS Institute
http://www.sans.org/

SANS is the most trusted and by far the largest source for information security training and certification in the world. It also develops, maintains, and makes available at no cost, the largest collection of research documents about various aspects of information security, and it operates the Internet's early warning system - Internet Storm Center. The SANS (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) Institute was established in 1989 as a cooperative research and education organization. Its programs now reach more than 165,000 security professionals, auditors, system administrators, network administrators, chief information security officers, and CIOs who share the lessons they are learning and jointly find solutions to the challenges they face. At the heart of SANS are the many security practitioners in government agencies, corporations, and universities around the world who invest hundreds of hours each year in research and teaching to help the entire information security community. This will be added to Security Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide.

Commonweal Institute

Commonweal Institute 07/18/2004 05:18 AM
here's his remarks online .. great speech

commonwealinstitute.org/ATLAremarks.htm
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Comments on the Asilomar Institute

Comments on the Asilomar Institute 11/06/2002 06:25 AM

Join the IA Institute for free!

Join the IA Institute for free! 03/28/2005 01:16 PM
This isn't very well know, but if you are an information architect in Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo,CĂ´te d'Ivoire, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, Guatemala, ...

SERS Development Institute

SERS Development Institute 12/16/2003 04:02 PM
SDI CLOSING

Oxford Internet Institute (OII)

Oxford Internet Institute (OII) 04/03/2005 07:57 AM
Oxford Internet Institute (OII)
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/

Oxford Internet Institute (OII)is one of the world's first truly multi-disciplinary Internet institutes based in a major university. Devoted to the study of the societal implications of the Internet, the OII seeks to shape research, policy and practice in the UK, Europe and around the world. This has been added to Social Informatics Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

National Institute for Nanotechnology

National Institute for Nanotechnology 07/15/2004 05:21 AM
National Institute for Nanotechnology
http://nint-i nnt.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/home/index_e.html

A joint venture between the National Research Council and the University of Alberta, and funded in part by the Government of Canada, Alberta, and the university, "The National Institute for Nanotechnology is an integrated, multi-disciplinary institution involving researchers in physics, chemistry, engineering, biology, informatics, pharmacy and medicine." At the site, visitors can find all sorts of interesting information about the nano world. Of particular interest is the Our Research link, which leads to all sorts of information about the various research projects at the institute, such as: Supramolecular Nanoscale Assembly, Materials and Interfacial Chemistry, Molecular Scale Devices, and more. Visitors to the site can view publications and learn about the researchers involved in the many projects as well as learn about the institute's facilities and visit the Newsroom link for several press releases.[From The NSDL Scout Report for the Physical Sciences, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2003. http://scout.wisc.edu/]

In a Mental Institute, the Call of the
Outside

In a Mental Institute, the Call of the
Outside 01/26/2004 07:34 PM
A look at how one psychiatric hospital is dealing with the electronics age and the cellphones, laptops, Blackberries and pagers that patients bring with them.

Paul's Computer Institute

Paul's Computer Institute 12/24/2004 12:17 PM
Disinformation Dec 24 2004 3:50PM GMT

The National Institute on Aging (NIA)

The National Institute on Aging (NIA) 09/26/2004 07:27 AM

The National Institute on Aging (NIA)

The National Institute on Aging (NIA)
http://www.nia.nih.gov/

The National Institute on Aging (NIA), one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health, leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. In 1974, Congress granted authority to form the National Institute on Aging to provide leadership in aging research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs relevant to aging and older people. Subsequent amendments to this legislation designated the NIA as the primary Federal agency on Alzheimer’s disease research. NIA sponsors research on aging through extramural and intramural programs. The extramural program funds research and training at universities, hospitals, medical centers, and other public and private organizations nationwide. The intramural program conducts basic and clinical research in Baltimore, MD and on the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD. This has been added to Elder Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

IPA Articles - Cato Institute

IPA Articles - Cato Institute 05/29/2004 06:08 PM
lets us in on

accuracy.org/articles/cato.htm
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Institute for International Economics

Institute for International Economics 07/29/2004 06:48 AM
Institute for International Economics
http://www.iie.com/

The Institute for International Economics is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy. Since 1981 the Institute has provided timely, objective analysis and concrete solutions to key international economic problems. The Institute attempts to anticipate emerging issues and to be ready with practical ideas to inform and shape public debate. Its audience includes government officials and legislators, business and labor leaders, management and staff at international organizations, university-based scholars and their students, other research institutions and nongovernmental organizations, the media, and the public at large. It addresses these groups both in the United States and around the world. This will be added to Business Resources 2004-05 Internet MiniGuide.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics

UNESCO Institute for Statistics 08/11/2004 05:03 AM
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
http://www.uis.unesco.org/ev.php?URL_ID=2867&URL_DO=DO_T OPIC&URL_SECTION=201

Established in 1999, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) was designed to meet both the needs of UNESCO Member States and to provide the international community with a wide range of statistical information in order to "analyze the efficiency and effectiveness of their programmes and to inform their policy decisions." The UIC is hosted by the University of Montreal, and performs work around four primary themes, including education, literacy, culture & communication, and science & technology. Overall, the site is a remarkable source of information, including databases, working papers, country profiles, statistical tables, and methodological material about the conduct of their research. Several of these works are featured prominently on their homepage including a working paper on financing the expansion of educational opportunity in Latin America and the Caribbean and an electronic questionnaire on science and technology. This has been added to Statistics Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. [Copyright 1994-2004 Internet Scout Project - http://scout.wisc.edu]

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester Institute of Technology 05/28/2004 01:45 AM
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) .. graduated .. Kodak U .. college .. R•I•T .. rit .. RIT

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