Comments on: Dearest journalists, stop being jerks: Why not publish the data too? http://hackerjournalist.net/2008/08/05/dearest-journalists-stop-being-jerks-why-not-publish-the-data-too/ Like a photo journalist, but with a laptop Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:08:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Fun With HMDA Numbers - Flyover Blues http://hackerjournalist.net/2008/08/05/dearest-journalists-stop-being-jerks-why-not-publish-the-data-too/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Fun With HMDA Numbers - Flyover Blues Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:50:15 +0000 http://sixthw.com/?p=139#comment-83 [...] August, Brian Boyer wrote:If I had to pick the one craziest thing about journalism, it’s this. We closely guard our [...] [...] August, Brian Boyer wrote:If I had to pick the one craziest thing about journalism, it’s this. We closely guard our [...]

]]> By: Brian Boyer http://hackerjournalist.net/2008/08/05/dearest-journalists-stop-being-jerks-why-not-publish-the-data-too/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Brian Boyer Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:20:52 +0000 http://sixthw.com/?p=139#comment-81 I've got the feeling that I picked the wrong image for this post. Meet our new mascot, Scoop, the adorable little beast that's killing journalism: <img src="http://sixthw.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/gizmo2.jpg" alt="Scoop, the adorable little beast that\'s killing journalism." title="Scoop, the adorable little beast that\'s killing journalism." width="271" height="265" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-143" /> Please, wise Dave, tell me more: What happens when you feed a story after midnight? (UPDATE: I gave our little friend a cap. Isn't it fetching?) I’ve got the feeling that I picked the wrong image for this post. Meet our new mascot, Scoop, the adorable little beast that’s killing journalism:

Scoop, the adorable little beast that\'s killing journalism.

Please, wise Dave, tell me more: What happens when you feed a story after midnight?

(UPDATE: I gave our little friend a cap. Isn’t it fetching?)

]]> By: Digidave http://hackerjournalist.net/2008/08/05/dearest-journalists-stop-being-jerks-why-not-publish-the-data-too/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Digidave Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:09:58 +0000 http://sixthw.com/?p=139#comment-82 Welcome to the world of fighting "the scoop." "The Scoop" is what has made journalism what it is today. I was the lifeblood of the craft. It's what every journalist always wanted. If they had it, they treated it like a pretty, pretty pet. They would spoon it and talk to it in a cute little voice. The scoop mentality is killing us. Welcome to the world of fighting “the scoop.”

“The Scoop” is what has made journalism what it is today. I was the lifeblood of the craft. It’s what every journalist always wanted. If they had it, they treated it like a pretty, pretty pet. They would spoon it and talk to it in a cute little voice.

The scoop mentality is killing us.

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