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"Lest we think that Redditors, tweeters, and bloggers have a monopoly on rushing to judgment when tragedies are unfolding, a pair of network news stations today provided a reminder that premature reports are as old as the news itself. NBC and CBS both named the same suspect in the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard shooting on Monday afternoon, then retracted their reports. NBC's Chuck Todd deleted his tweet naming the alleged shooter:"

"As we worked with our co-authors, listened to others and watched the contemporary circumstances, the first concept - seek truth and report it as fully as possible - remained primary. But the second principle - act independently - was problematic. Journalism is no longer the province of a homogenous group, once dubbed "the working press," whose financing is generated to produce journalism for its own sake. In the 21st century, journalism may come from think tanks and corporations, from advocacy groups and passionate advocates, from accidental witnesses and curious beginners, and more."

"Reasonable people can - and do - debate whether the replacement of legacy media by new forms of information gathering and distribution - including citizen journalism and smartphone photojournalism, crowdsourcing, universal access to data and, of course, a world awash in Twitter feeds - makes democracy more or less vulnerable."

"This week's #NewsHourChats is about the changing news industry. What do these changes say about the future of journalism? What do you look for in news coverage? How do you decide who to trust? Weigh in on those and other questions 1 p.m. EDT Thursday, Sept. 12. Follow @NewsHour and use #newshourchats to participate."

"Public evaluations of news organizations' performance on key measures such as accuracy, fairness and independence remain mired near all-time lows. But there is a bright spot among these otherwise gloomy ratings: broad majorities continue to say the press acts as a watchdog by preventing political leaders from doing things that should not be done, a view that is as widely held today as at any point over the past three decades."

"In Bezos, The Post-and a handful of smaller papers owned by the company-get an owner who is considered one of the most successful business and technology entrepreneurs in the country. Bezos is considered to have a strong understanding of audience needs and the financial wherewithal to tolerate sluggish revenue numbers, at least for a while. Still, the challenges are large and not unique to The Post. Pew Research Center's Journalism Project, which has been tracking the industry for over a decade, puts the sale in context."

"That job gets more and more challenging, and even good news orgs can have lapses. I'm good with that, if they fix those lapses and hold themselves otherwise accountable, in good faith. Sure, there are legal consequences, but the bottom line is driven by trustworthy actions. The solution involves:"

"Minutes after the world first saw the suspects' photos, a user on Reddit, the online community that is also one of the largest Web sites in the world, posted side-by-side pictures comparing Sunil's facial features with the face that would later be identified as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The pictures were accompanied by speculation about the circumstances surrounding Sunil's disappearance and the F.B.I.'s involvement in his search. "

"We've previously written about how new media is creating a new style of journalism, and we've even compiled lists of apps that can help citizen journalists on the move. But here, we'll look at some of the top websites and blogs out there that help give citizen journalists a voice."

Feeds and links to some of the most popular citizen journalism sites. Under each site link, the top five headlines are linked.

A study, description, and evaluation of university journalism program's use of multimedia.

This is from 2009: "Here, then, is my list of the five most indispensable multimedia journalism websites operating today."

"These university-sponsored news sites feature interactives, videos, photo slideshows and social media journalism; but need improvements in web writing and photography. This post analyzes 12 news sites which are sponsored by or affiliated with universities or journalism schools, and mostly feature student works"

Three years ago, World Press Photo expanded its awards to multimedia productions. They just announced this year's winners, and, let me tell you, it's pretty impressive. You might also be interested in The Best "World Press Photo" Winners. Here are the links to this years multimedia winners, as well as to awardees from previous years:"

From 2007, but these sites are still featuring great examples of multimedia

Site for multimedia news stories

"The world of journalism isn't burning. The Internet is killing the old model, yes, but the new models are only starting to emerge. That's not destruction. It's change. And as brutal as that transition is at times, it's exciting to be a journalist right now to see how the change will play out. In the meantime, things will be messy for a while. The furor over things like Parker's wedding, the rush to judgment and subsequent retractions, the public lynchings on Twitter, the boiling over of conversational media into childish shouting matches, the shoddy reporting drowning out the good, the spurious opinion obscuring the boring old facts - these are going to be a part of the world of journalism. But in time we'll learn from our mistakes. None of this is happening because a journalist is real or fake. The change, and the chaos it's creating, is systemic. It's not personal. And when the dust settles, there will be a better balance between the old model of deeply reported journalism and the newer models of blogged opinion and social-media conversations."