Comments on: Covering Michael Jackson’s death: Inside the mind of a NewsOK editor

By: Limey

Limey — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:41:18 +0000

(even though I was not being a good journalist and was Tweeting without researching thoroughly!)

By: Limey

Limey — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:40:07 +0000

Hey! Thanks for the mention! Neat!

By: Another man dies on the Internet

Another man dies on the Internet — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:08:53 +0000

[...] … the irony. I wrote a couple weeks ago about traditional media outlets and the way it’s difficult decisions about the breaking news about Michael Jackson’s death. TMZ beat everyone that day, no doubt. But they also beat everyone on this [...]

By: Why was mainstream media slow at reporting Michael Jackson’s death | Celebrity Gossip

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:30:46 +0000

[...] media slow at reporting Jackson’s death? My colleague Alan Herzberger wrote an interesting blog explaining why most news organizations were hesitant to report Jackson had [...]

By: Jeff Goldblum is not dead yet | The Digital Desk

Jeff Goldblum is not dead yet | The Digital Desk — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:03:38 +0000

[...] Friday, I posted about how NewsOK treated the breaking news story about the death of Michael [...]

By: Steve Lackmeyer

Steve Lackmeyer — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:08:09 +0000

Dennie, you’ve got an interesting idea there… are you suggesting we return to that?

By: dustbury.com » Scoop 2.0

dustbury.com » Scoop 2.0 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:57:11 +0000

[...] of small-time small claims on The People’s Court. Still, he can’t be ignored, and traditional media guys will tell you so: “TMZ is reporting [...]

By: Brad Neese

Brad Neese — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:22:15 +0000

Being a former journalist, I understand the dilemma. I also understand the cautiousness about using tabloid media as a source for real news. However, it seems to me that TMZ has a pretty good track record when it comes to reporting big celebrity-related news like this.

Right or wrong, this incident exposed the aging traditional media. It’s the second major event within this path month where new media has substantially trumped old media — first the events in Iran and this week the death of Jackson. For the average consumer, it continued to diminish the influence of old media — fairly or unfairly. And in a time when old media has already faced declining readership/viewership, influence and respectability, these two historic events certainly didn’t help in turning that around.

By: alan herzberger

alan herzberger — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:35:07 +0000

Thanks for the additional knowledge, Dennie. That’s good stuff.

By: Dennie Hall

Dennie Hall — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:04:30 +0000

Interesting piece! When the history of journalism course was part of my teaching load at UCO, I used to see this precaution in early newspapers: IMPORTANT (if true).
Incidentally, the first newspaper in this country was published in Boston in 1690.