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/ brian boyer Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:24:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ 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-254 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:50:15 +0000 http://sixthw.com/?p=139#comment-254 [...] 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-252 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:20:52 +0000 http://sixthw.com/?p=139#comment-252 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:

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-253 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:09:58 +0000 http://sixthw.com/?p=139#comment-253 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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