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About a half dozen people have said the same thing to me since The Ann Arbor News announced that it will close this July: “Journalism isn’t going away. It’s just moving online.”
I wish that were true, but the daily newspaper that I am currently reading on paper has laid off what remains of its staff, [...]

As a follow up to my post of last month (New role for online journalists, Feb. 19), I give you a TED talk about why newspapers still matter. New York Times tech writer John Markoff discusses what newspapers (ideally) do that news online doesn’t quite do (yet).

MSP trooper also grabbed camera and deleted photos
By Clarence William Cromwell
It’s not easy to be a journalist in the online age–especially when you have to worry about retribution from the police.
Reporter Diane Bukowski, of the Michigan Citizen, was arrested and charged with five felony counts of obstructing justice when she took pictures of a fatal [...]

In the first afternoon of his Presidency,  Barack Obama moved to make government more transparent than it has ever been. He not only ordered openness to FOIA requests, but called for release of information before anyone asks for it.
Most of the national dailies have reported that today’s memo directs federal agencies to err on the [...]

Here are a few links I use to get story ideas, leads on markets looking for my kind of pieces, writing advice, etc.
Worldwide Freelance Writer has a variety of articles on freelancing. They also put out a newsletter with tips and markets in it that I subscribe to as well.
Writing World is more focused on [...]

FreeTheNews is taking a sabbatical until Monday, Jan. 5.
We’re planning to start off the year with some useful articles about internet law and increasing the traffic to your site. See you in 2009.

By Clarence Cromwell
For anyone new to reporting on local government, it takes a while to reach the point where you can regularly and consistently uncover important stories–before everyone else knows.
It’s not magic. All it takes is a steady effort and a methodical way of searching in the right places. Over and over.
Here are some tips [...]

A hearing scheduled for Monday in the “Lose your house, lose your vote” lawsuit never took place. Instead, attorneys on both sides of the case filed paperwork consenting to the dismissal of the suit.
But it appears that the story isn’t entirely over, since there’s still the defamation suit against Michigan Messenger reporter, Eartha Jane Melzer.
According [...]

By Clarence William Cromwell
We may never know exactly what transpired when a reporter from the Michigan Messenger interviewed James Carabelli, chairperson of the Macomb County Republican Party, but on Monday a federal judge will have to consider which version of the truth is more believable.
Read on to find out what we learned when we [...]

The Associated Press reports this morning that Macomb County Republican Party Chairman James Carabelli filed suit against the Michigan Messenger,  reporter Eartha Jane Melzer, and others, alleging defamation.
The Messenger has repeatedly said it will stand by its story: On Sept. 10 it quoted Carabelli saying that voters registered at foreclosed addresses would not be allowed [...]

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