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Link: Images that changed the world

Images that changed the world

1. This is just a collection of images, hence no excerpt, etc. But a pretty good one.
2. I recommend against attempting to view other pages on the linked website, but only because it crashed my browser (Firefox).
   

Link: WJEC Declaration of Principles of Journalism Education

Mindy McAdams:

Last week in Singapore, at the first-ever World Journalism Education Congress, journalism educators from around the world adopted the Declaration of Principles of Journalism Education.

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Link: BBC Journalist Freed in Gaza After 16 Weeks

New York Times:

GAZA, July 4 — Alan Johnston, the BBC Gaza correspondent who was kidnapped March 12, was freed early this morning and is now in Israel, preparing to fly home to Britain.

Hiatus

Will return on or around July 3.

Link: Interns Lose Slots at Gannett Paper

Richard Prince:

The Gannett Co. newspaper in Montgomery, Ala., was forced to make quick and drastic budget cuts last week, editor Wanda Lloyd told Journal-isms on Monday, leaving three interns suddenly without summer jobs. Similar cuts could be coming at other Gannett properties. The displaced interns were instantly picked up by Schurz Communications, a South Bend, Ind., media company that owns 15 dailies and five weeklies.

Link: Drafting a Blueprint for the Newsroom of the Future

Poynter Online:

What if you could build a next-generation newsroom from scratch, without any of the limits of your current operation? One experiment is trying to do just that.