Mediagazer: Slain Japanese journalist's partner tells of grief at Syria killing (Paula Hancocks/CNN)

12:20 PM ET, September 8, 2012

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Sarah Darville / Columbia Daily Spectator:

Editor's note, updated — An article in Thursday's arts and entertainment section included plagiarized content, and a writer's relationship with Spectator has been terminated. — Yesterday, Spectator published an editor's note in response to an article in Thursday's A&E section titled …

Discussion: IvyGate and Poynter, Thanks:@ivygate

Jim Romenesko:

Columbia Spectator fires staffer for plagiarism — The IvyGate blog reported Thursday that Columbia Spectator associate arts and entertainment editor Jade Bonacolta plagiarized three paragraphs from the New York Times. — Spectator editor-in-chief Sarah Darville tells her staff this afternoon …

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Jim Romenesko:

Ex-Journal Register staffer: Chapter 11/sale news isn't a surprise — From RACHEL JACKSON, former Journal Register employee: The [Journal Register] Chapter 11/sale announcement does not surprise me in the least - and the employee you quoted as calling this “horses**t” is exactly right.

Dan Kennedy / Nieman Journalism Lab:
How Journal Register's bankruptcy might affect the revival of the New Haven Register

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Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Why does Project Thunderdome have to be in New York City?

Discussion: CJR and eMedia Vitals

Adrienne LaFrance / Nieman Journalism Lab:

Jonah Peretti: “It won't work to try to make some other site like BuzzFeed” — After Barack Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night, C-SPAN Radio shared a stat about how many tweets per minute Obama (52,757), Mitt Romney (14,289) and other political figures generated …

Discussion: CNN, BuzzFeed and New York Magazine

Hazel Sheffield / CJR:

Perks, not paywalls — The Voice of San Diego's new membership strategy ties funding to “family” — According to its motto, the Voice of San Diego is “irreverent, honest and engaging” in its pursuit of community news. It got even more engaging with a membership overhaul in April …

Emily Bell / CJR:

Journalism by numbers — Everywhere we go, everything we do, we send signals. Simple acts create streams of data, whether it is crossing the road, making a speech, running 100 meters, phoning your mother, or shooting a gun. Up till now, the data generated by such activities has been difficult to capture …

Matthew Fleischer / FishbowlLA:

Former LA Times Mag Editor and Creative Director to Launch New Tablet Pub Noir Magazine — Former LA Times Magazine editor Nancie Clare and former creative director Rip Georges sure have gotten their acts together fast. Little more than three months after the pair lost their jobs …

Craig Silverman / Poynter:

ASU journalism student plagiarizes at The State Press, East Valley Tribune — Two Arizona newspapers have apologized after learning they published plagiarized articles. — The papers both say the writer was a student at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University.

Joe Pompeo / Capital New York:

Fashion Week grows bigger for media this year, again — Mercedes Benz Fashion Week — A decade ago, Fashion Week was only just starting to emerge from its old identity: An industry event targeted at buyers and the fashion trade publications. Now it's something else entirely …

Discussion: @amywicks01, NY Daily News and Speakeasy

Andrew Beaujon / Poynter:

Providence Journal to cut staff — The Providence Journal will offer buyouts to employees and impose layoffs if it doesn't get enough takers, Ted Nesi reports. Employees have until Sept. 17 to volunteer; their last day at work will be Sept. 30. — The Guild doesn't know how many employees A.H. Belo …

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Paula Hancocks / CNN:

Slain Japanese journalist's partner tells of grief at Syria killing — (CNN) — Mika Yamamoto's first day in Syria would also be her last. A veteran war reporter, Yamamoto had accepted an assignment to cover the increasing violence in the country last month, as she had in the past in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Balkans.

Hazel Sheffield / CJR:

Identity crisis — Journatic's short-lived editorial director Mike Fourcher weighs in … Why did Brian Timpone want you on the Journatic team? — Because I had an understanding of community news, and how to serve communities. — How much of that did you get to put into practice at Journatic?

Discussion: @mathewi