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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged Craig Silverman

1. January 27, 2011 02:34 PM

   A New Commitment to Transparency at ESPN

   Network to codify its standards and practices

   By Craig Silverman

   In October the National Republican Congressional Committee sent an e-mail to supporters that was signed by former Notre Dame football coach and current ESPN contributor Lou Holtz. “My friend, YOU, are the NRCC’s 12th man and they urgently need your help to win every U.S. House seat possible, fire Nancy Pelosi, and elect a Republican to the Speaker’s chair this...

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2. January 7, 2011 11:51 AM

   Cable Access

   Once again: WikiLeaks did not publicly release 250,000 diplomatic cables

   By Craig Silverman

   [Update: Craig Silverman elaborates on this column in a new CJR podcast, which you can listen to elsewhere on CJR.org here, or via iTunes here.] Time for a pop quiz: How many of the leaked diplomatic cables in WikiLeaks’s possession has the organization released publicly? A) Roughly 2,000 B) Roughly 250,000 C) None. They’ve all been released by media outlets....

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3. April 8, 2011 12:20 PM

   Is This the World’s Best Twitter Account?

   Meet Andy Carvin, verification machine

   By Craig Silverman

   Yesterday morning NPR’s Andy Carvin took a break from running one of the world’s best Twitter accounts to explain what it’s like to be a living, breathing real-time verification system. “All of this is more art than science,” he said. In truth, it sounds equal parts exhilarating and exhausting. As has been repeatedly detailed in other places, Carvin is the...

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4. January 21, 2011 12:39 PM

   Q & A: Stephen Abell

   Talking with the director of the U.K.’s Press Complaints Commission

   By Craig Silverman

   In late December, British tabloid The Sun published a correction to a sensational story it had writ large on the front page: Further to our article about increased security at Coronation Street's studios for their live 50th anniversary episode ... we would like to make clear that while cast and crew were subject to full body searches, there was no...

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5. December 3, 2010 09:59 AM

   Q&A: Blur Author Tom Rosenstiel

   On verification and critical thinking in the new, open journalistic era

   By Craig Silverman

   In their 2001 book, The Elements of Journalism Tom Rosenstiel and Bill Kovach list ten fundamental principles (“elements”) that make up journalism, and number four was, “Its essence is a discipline of verification.” Their latest offering, Blur: How to Know What's True in the Age of Information Overload goes beyond what journalists need to know and practice by outlining the...

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6. January 14, 2011 11:13 AM

   To Delete or Not to Delete?

   Should news organizations and reporters delete erroneous tweets?

   By Craig Silverman

   One of the long-standing accuracy debates in journalism centers around whether you should repeat the original error in a correction. I examined this issue two years ago, and I support repeating the mistake in order to ensure people understand the nature of the error. That issue will likely never be settled, as different news organizations embrace different policies for different...

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