How Not To Be A Journalist

Citipaper.com has published an interesting letter which they say came from a journalist naimed Naida Azizova, who claims to be a RTTV correspondent based in Washington DC.

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Wordpress for Journalists

PS: I didn't know WSJ and CNN are on Wordpress. Wow!

Six essential digital publishing tools for journalists

'Feeding Radishes' to True Food Connoisseurs

The top story of one of newly established Armenian online news sites blew my mind. Here's the full article:

Republicans win at least 230 of 435 seats in House of Representatives

According to information, the Republicans will win a decisive victory in the U.S. Congress elections, grabbing at least 230 out of the 435 seats in the lower chamber of the representatives.According to the preliminary forecasts the Democrats will receive 163 seats in the lower chamber. Meanwhile, it was reported that President Barack Obama’s Democrats will retain the majority in the Senate, remaining with 51 out of 100 seats. 

PS: Եթե հայերենում նման բողկերը էլի մի կերպ ուտվում են` անգլերենում արդեն լրվի ամոթ է... աղաչում եմ, էս նորահայտ սայթերին ասեք, երկրի ժուռնալիստիկայի անունը վերջնականապես չխայտառակեն... :(

FOX news cuts Ossetian girl blaming Georgia’s President for war

30 seconds - that’s how much time FOX news, the Bush propaganda machine is prepared to allocate to alternative views on Georgia-Russia war.

In this video posted on you tube, as soon as the girl and her aunt start saying that Georgia was responsible for the attack on their town, the Fox News presenter cuts her off with a bogus claim that they are about to go to commercial break, even though they just returned from one less than 2 minutes before. When they return, he gives them only 10 seconds to speak and then adds “Well, that’s certainly what Russia wants you to think” before cutting their mics.