Blogging grandpa Jeff Jarvis wants reporters to identify themselves when leaving comments. Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter wants bloggers to identify themselves when conducting interviews, especially ex-president Bill Clinton.
In this era where “citizen” and “journalist” are paired as often as “drunk” and “uploaded the video to YouTube,” who’s responsible for disclosing what here?
Should we just assume everyone is, at some level, a reporter? And if they aren’t doing the reporting, isn’t everyone at least a source?
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Why did Jonathan Alter and Howard Fineman refuse the Newsweek buyout deals that 111 other people accepted, even when they were among the sweetest offers made in recent history?
Perhaps it’s because both of them are earning into the six figures at MSNBC with on-air analyst gigs, we understand.
Had they chose to leave Newsweek, they may have received their news magazine salary for up to two years, but they also would’ve become much less desirable commodities at MSNBC, and risked losing those lucrative contracts.