IPJ : Online journalism and development of the Arab media

Second Arab Women‘s Media Conference, October 24-27, 2002, Jordan

— by Magda Abu-Fadil

News by Algorithms; Headlines and Leads by Newsblaster:

Editor & Publisher: "Stop the Presses -- Google News Could Change Online News Industry," by Steve Outing, Sep. 25, 2002.
Webster's New World Dictionary, Second College Edition.
Al Mawrid English-Arabic Dictionary.
The Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary of Current Usage.
BBC News World Edition -- BBCi: "Google Enters News Arena," Sep. 24, 2002.
Online Journalism Review: "When Machines Become Writers & Editors: Will Newsblaster Produce Tomorrow's Leads?" by John V. Pavlik, Feb. 5, 2002.
Washington Post: "Google News, Untouched by Human Hands," by Leslie Walker, Sep. 25, 2002.
Slate: "Automated News: The New Google News Site, News Untouched by Human Hands," by Jack Shafer, Sep. 24, 2002.

Blogs, or Weblogs:

The New York Times: "Reporters Find New Outlet, and Concerns, in Web Logs," by David F. Gallagher, Sep. 23, 2002.
Los Angeles Times: "Crashing the Blog Party," by Renee Tawa, Sep. 12, 2002.
Online Journalism Review: "Bloggers Surf the Weblog Rise," Sep. 12, 2002.
The Mercury News: "Internet Weblogs Offer Alternative View of the News," by Dennis Rockstroh, Sep. 17, 2002.
The New York Times: "The Ancient Art of Haranguing Has Moved to the Internet," by Emily Eakin, Aug. 10, 2002.
Salon.com: "Much Ado About Blogging: Is it the End of Journalism As We Know It?" by Scott Rosenberg, May 10, 2002.
International Herald Tribune: "Adieu Editors? Blogs Let Writers Post Ideas on Web Easily and Quickly," by Lee Dembarty, Apr. 15, 2002.
The Guardian: "Time to Blog On," by Ben Hammersley, May 20, 2002.
Wired News: "Blogging Goes Legit, Sort Of," by Noah Shachtman, June 6, 2002.
Cyber Journalist: "The Post-9/11 RIse of Do-It-Yourself Journalism," Sep. 6, 2002.
American Journalism Review: "Online Uprising," by Catherine Seipp, June 2002.

Computer-Assisted Research/Reporting, or CAR:

Poynter Institute: "Reporting with the Internet," Seminar Announcement, October 1999.
Newsline, University of Maryland College of Journalism: "Using the Web as a Reporting & Research Tool," June 12, 2002.
Online Journalism Review: "Researching People on the Internet," by Paul Grabowicz, Aug. 8, 2002.
Computer-Assisted Research: A Guide to Tapping Online Information, Fourth Edition, by Nora M. Paul, The Poynter Institute for Media Studies & Bonus Books, Inc., 1999.
Columbia Journalism Review: "If a Tree Doesn't Fall On the Internet, Does it Really Exist?" by John Lenger, Sep./Oct. 2002.
Editor & Publisher: "NY Times to Help High School Newspapers Get Online," March 25, 2001.

News for the Web & Convergence:

Knowledge Management in the Digital Newsroom, by Stephen Quinn, Focal Press, 2002.
Poynter Institute: "Convergence: Repurposing Journalism," by Mike Wendland, Feb. 26, 2001.
Editor & Publisher: "USC J-School to Teach Convergence to All," by Steve Outing, Mar. 27, 2002.
Online Journalism Review: "The Rise of Digital News Networks," by J.D. Lasica, April 12, 2002.
AmericanSociety of Newspaper Editors: "Writing for the Web: Different, But How?" by Carole Rich, Aug. 1, 2002.

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