Views of Press Values and Performance: 1985-2007

A new Pew report examines perceptions of the press:
"The American public continues to fault news organizations for a number of perceived failures, with solid majorities criticizing them for political bias, inaccuracy and failing to acknowledge mistakes. But some of the harshest indictments of the press now come from the growing segment that relies on the internet as its main source for national and international news. The internet news audience – roughly a quarter of all Americans – tends to be younger and better educated than the public as a whole. People who rely on the internet as their main news source express relatively unfavorable opinions of mainstream news sources and are among the most critical of press performance."

Cyberjournalist list

The Cyberjournalist List is a very extensive list of blogs published by journalists. Includes blogs..

• Published by news sites - ongoing
  
• Published by news sites - spot news and events
  
• Published independently by journalists
  
• Personal sites of journalists

Intermap

This is potentially an interesting blog, by Craig Hayden of the USC Public Diplomacy center. "up-to-date" (below) seems a stretch considering the site has been updated only twice so far in 2007 but, encouragingly, both posts are dated today, May 3! Stay tuned! Argument-tracking, and questions about why we believe what we believe, constitute an interesting PD exercise. This site traces arguments in the Arab media, but it would be equally interesting to examine the U.S. and W.European media in this manner...
Here's what Hayden writes about the site: "The International Media Argument Project (INTERMAP) is based out of the University of Southern California’s Center on Public Diplomacy. The purpose of the project is to track arguments in Arab media related to United States policies, actions, and events in the region. The project looks at these arguments through the lens of argument and rhetorical analysis based in communication studies. This website - intermap.org - provides an up-to-date review of newsworthy events and their coverage in the Arab press."