“Taking information from a confidential source, especially for a case like this, is serious business. There is great peril in reporting around stories that have gag orders.” Poynter’s Al Tompkins (senior faculty, Broadcast and Online) said to a CBS News reporter for 48 Hours’ Crimsider.

Poynter’s Karen Dunlap had a radio interview with Dan Maduri for NewsTalk Florida about the current state of journalism. Below are some of the responses to his question.

“Journalists make a really good argument about how it is impossible to run a democracy if they don’t know what their government is doing,” Poynter’s Kelly McBride, told TVNewsCheck about legislation meant to stop intelligence leaks.

Mugshot Websites - “But what happens next is a form of “highway robbery,” according to Kelly McBride of the Poynter Institute’s Sense-making Project.” Decline of Newspapers - “McBride says the same economic forces are at play in other cities.

“The IOC rules have always been a huge difficulty for journalists to navigate, and this will certainly add to the complexity,” Regina McCombs, faculty for multimedia and mobile at the Poynter Institute, told the E-Commerce Times.
Complete story here.

“The Poynter Institute has been a NewsTrust partner since 2009 and collaborated regularly with our social news network. They share our commitment to news literacy and journalism education. We think our tools and services will be a great addition to Poynter’s News University, their innovative online journalism and media training site.” Complete NewsTrust announcement here.

20th Anniversary Conference, Maastricht, Netherlands, June 4, 2012
“There is a great opportunity and challenge to re-imagine audiences, their needs and how to measure success. Of course technology can be a huge help in this respect and offer new teaching methods capable to reach audiences dispersed across the world.” Complete story here.

WEWS-TV, Cleveland’s NewsNet 5 interviewed Poynter’s Al Tompkins for a story about the use of digital media in the coverage of the Chardon High School shooting. Read the complete story here.

Poynter’s Kelly McBride and Al Tompkins were quoted in a thoughtful CNN.com article about the deaths of Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik. Read the article here.

Kelly McBride writes in the Poynter Review Project for ESPN, “As the big college athletic conferences trade members the way middle school girls trade friends, many fans, bloggers and other journalists have questioned whether ESPN’s influence over this process is appropriate.

It’s easy to see why they’d ask.” Read the balance of the article here.