Transcript of #editorchat 6/10
[22:11:33] suzanneyada: @journik @TimOBrienNYT It would help if you defined what the difference between journalism and news is to you…! #editorchat
[22:11:56] KakieF: If you are a willing voter for Bur Bur and Friends I appreciate the support http://bit.ly/uJd63 #editorchat
[22:12:00] ssbohio: .@mathewi The thing is, w/o a bright-line test, incidents like the @KurtEichenwald thing are more likely. #editorchat
[22:12:19] KakieF: @suzanneyada Don’t you think journalism is more in depth, investigative than news? #editorchat
[22:12:35] TimOBrienNYT: @mathewi right, true for blogs or MSM. # of sources and quality of sources are just metrics for judging meeting the standard #editorchat
[22:12:47] kbeninato: #editorchat source verification group hug RT @mathewi @TimOBrienNYT and I agree that is a standard worth upholding, regardless of the medium
[22:12:48] suzanneyada: (of course the one time i decide to join in #editorchat the system fails on me.) #editorchat
[22:13:06] KakieF: RT @suzanneyada @journik @TimOBrienNYT It would help if you defined what the difference between journalism and news is to you.. #editorchat
[22:13:18] suzanneyada: @KakieF well of course, but i wanted to hear it from @journik #editorchat
[22:14:36] KakieF: @suzanneyada I must have missed the beginning of that conversation due to the computer freeze #editorchat
[22:14:36] retheauditors: #editorchat Journalism is applying professionalism to reporting news.
[22:16:39] KakieF: Did we get another lock out? Testing #editorchat
[22:16:41] suzanneyada: @retheauditors but define professionalism. can a volunteer journalist or a “citizen journalist” be just as professional or more? #editorchat
[22:17:26] KakieF: @suzanneyada If they know how to write, then I think they can be. You? #editorchat
[22:18:46] journik: NEWs = decisionable facts. JOURnalism = What happended today RT @suzanneyada: @journik @TimOBrienNYT #editorchat @KakieF
[22:19:05] retheauditors: #editorchat I am a CPA. We are Professionals. I apply same approach to ethics, independence, attention to detail and accuracy to my writing.
[22:20:07] KakieF: @journik So if someone writes a good story with good facts and sources, but doesn’t get paid for it, is that journalism to you? #editorchat
[22:20:28] BillHarper: @KakieF I think there’s more to journalism (citizen or otherwise) than just knowing how to write. #editorchat
[22:20:49] retheauditors: #editorchat. Check. Check again. Disclose. Disclose more. When in doubt, pause, wait, discuss. Decide. Then take responsibility.
[22:21:19] bacigalupe: RT @JDEbberly @retheauditors @timobriennyt An interesting rumor from a reliable source is a great story for me. #editorchat
[22:21:26] suzanneyada: @retheauditors @kakief I volunteer 4 a nonprofit news startup in SF. 1 person is paid but we ALL tout professional journ. #editorchat
[22:22:03] KakieF: @BillHarper I agree Bill. Thanks for sharing #editorchat
[22:22:40] K_M_Anderson: RT @JDEbberly: RT @retheauditors: #editorchat Journalism is applying professionalism to reporting news.
[22:22:53] dediaf: Not defending rumors, of course, just wonder if counting on rep fr being wrong solves prob–esp when behav is reinforce when rt #editorchat
[22:22:57] KakieF: @BillHarper Just because someone knows proper english doesn’t mean their stories will be good #editorchat
[22:23:00] journik: Sure. Just not professional RT @KakieF: if one writes a story with facts / sources, but doesn’t get paid, is that journalism? #editorchat
[22:23:03] RTjournalism: RT @K_M_Anderson rt @jdebberly: rt @retheauditors: #editorchat journalism is applying professionalism to reporting news.
