Mediagazer: We Need a Digital-First Curriculum to Teach Modern Journalism (Cindy Royal/Mediashift)

10:10 AM ET, August 27, 2013

Top News:

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

Author Of UK's Terrorism Act Says It Was Never Meant For Situations Like David Miranda — In the US, we've had one of the key authors of the Patriot Act, Jim Sensenbrenner, speak out strongly, saying that the NSA interpretation of the law appears to be completely different than what was meant when the bill was written.

Jonathan Franklin / Truthout:

Exclusive Glenn Greenwald Interview: “I Won't Be Kept Out of My Country for Doing Journalism!” — Glenn Greenwald, the US lawyer-turned-blogger-turned- journalist, has been writing about state-sponsored repression, surveillance, torture and leaks for years. He has four best-selling books …

Discussion: @glynmoody, @whenpigsflyyy and The Huffington Post

Jay Rosen / Pressthink:

To make journalism harder, slower, less secure — That's what the surveillance state is trying to do. It has the means, the will and the latitude to go after journalism the way it went after terrorism. Only a more activist press, working together, stands a chance of resisting this.

Discussion: GigaOM, @hannahhaniya, @wblau, @conor64, Free Press, @niemanlab, The Huffington Post, Guardian, @joshuafoust, New York Times, BuzzFeed and Kirk LaPointe's …

Laura Poitras / Spiegel Online:
Miranda Detention: ‘Blatant Attack on Press Freedom’

Discussion: @pandymonium01, @kenroth, @aljavieera, @astradisastra and @runasand

Fortune:

AllThingsD nears split with Dow Jones — FORTUNE — The future of influential tech website All Things Digital is close to being decided. Reuters reported in February that AllThingsD co-executive editors Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg had begun discussions with owner Dow Jones …

Discussion: FishbowlNY, @rafat, @mdudas, @benpopper, Talking Biz News, @rafat, @mccarthyryanj and @felixsalmon

Cindy Royal / Mediashift:

We Need a Digital-First Curriculum to Teach Modern Journalism — At the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in Washington, D.C., earlier this month, one panel addressed adding programming skills to the curriculum: “Why All Your Students Must Be Programmers.”

Discussion: @stevebuttry, @derekwillis and @pbsmediashift, Thanks:@pbsmediashift

New York Times:

To Protect Its Empire, ESPN Stays on Offense — ESPN likes to call itself the Worldwide Leader in Sports, and by most every measure it is in a league of its own. The network produced 35,000 hours of programming in 2012, including at least half of all live athletic events televised in the United States.

Discussion: @nytsports, @dkthomp, @sportswatch, @oldhossradbourn, @marcatracy, @newhousenoj, @kevinq, @richsandomir, @espnbook, @rayburnc and @derekwillis

Dean Starkman / Columbia Journalism Review: ESPN's journalism problem

Dave Zirin / The Nation:
ESPN Journalists Speak Out on Concussion Documentary

Discussion: The Big Lead, @geoff_calkins, @artsapphire, @timkarr, @katrinanation, @richarddeitsch, TVNewser, FishbowlNY, Forbes and @tvnewslab

James Grubel / Reuters:

Australian press watchdog chides Murdoch media — Australia's newspaper regulator on Tuesday weighed in on a row over bias by Rupert Murdoch's newspapers in the country's election campaign, telling editors to provide an accurate account of public issues. — The Australian arm …

Discussion: Sydney Morning Herald and @davidfolkenflik

Jack Dickey / TIME:

Olbermann's New Sports Talkshow Pulls No Punches (Well, Maybe Just a Couple) — God bless Keith Olbermann; the man always comes out swinging. — Olbermann, his daily hourlong talk show, debuted live Monday night on ESPN2 without introductory credits. It seemed like a glitch.

Discussion: Mediaite, The Huffington Post, Deadspin, The Atlantic Wire, The Daily Beast, Deadline.com, The Big Lead, Variety, Los Angeles Times, The Wrap and New York Times

Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM:

Barnes & Noble retail CEO Klipper just sold most of his stock in the company — Barnes & Noble's retail CEO, Mitchell Klipper, has sold off a large portion of his stock in the company in the past few days, according to an SEC filing. — Klipper sold about 400,000 shares …

Discussion: Retail Digital, Publishers Lunch, Reuters and Wall Street Journal

Russ Buettner / New York Times:

Officer Is Indicted on Charges of Lying About Photographer's Arrest — A New York City police officer who had arrested a photographer working for The New York Times has been indicted on three felony counts and five misdemeanors accusing him of fabricating the reasons for the arrest, the Bronx district attorney announced on Monday.

Discussion: ANIMAL

Gavriel Hollander / Press Gazette:

Observer to launch new monthly technology supplement — The Observer will introduce a new monthly technology supplement more than three years after shutting down three out of its four pull-out sections ahead of its 2010 relaunch. — Observer Tech Monthly will be unveiled …

Taylor Owen / Tow Center for Digital Journalism:

The Tow Center Announces First Round of Tow/ Knight Research Projects — Over the past few months we have been putting together an exciting new program of research, the Tow/Knight Projects, marking a first for us at the Tow Center, the Columbia Journalism School, and the changing field of journalism.

Discussion: @towcenter, @emilybell and @digiphile

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / Digits:

Open Secret About Google's Surveillance Case No Longer Secret — The Justice Department recently won a court battle to keep an Internet company from talking about federal demands for user data, arguing that even disclosing the company's name would damage national security.'

Discussion: NBCNews, @mattcutts, @rohanjay, @ramez, Techdirt, Daily Dot, The Verge, CNET, @occupywallstnyc, @antderosa and ZDNet

Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:

Sirius Is Sued Over Music Royalties for Pre-1972 Recordings — The entity that collects performance royalties from digital music services—and distributes them to performers and record labels—sued satellite-radio giant Sirius XM Radio Inc. for allegedly refusing to pay for recordings made prior to 1972.

Discussion: Reuters, SlashGear, @ethanwsj, Billboard and AllAccess.com