Category Archives: Journalism

Amazon’s Best-Selling Books of 2014

Posted on December 20, 2014 by DigitalPlato

‘With the year drawing to a close, everyone from Google to Apple has been posting of their best selling titles for 2014. Yesterday Amazon published their list. ‘Since this is a single combined list for both print and digital, there’s … Continue reading →

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How About a Fact-checking App for Articles?

Posted on October 21, 2014 by DigitalPlato

Some computers like IBM’s Watson can store millions of facts and that’s a fact. If Watson could do that, it’s so believable that it could also check if articles are factual and do not contain false ‘facts’. Free Journalism Ethics … Continue reading →

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Robot Writers Are on the Rise, but Do They Work?

Posted on September 25, 2014 by DigitalPlato

‘If you’ve spent any time reading on the web the past week, odds are you’ve read something written by a robot—and you didn’t even realize it. ‘Robot writers are algorithms that collect and analyze data and then turn them into … Continue reading →

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The Cruel Misinterpretation of Virginia Woolf’s Suicide Letter

Posted on March 30, 2014 by DigitalPlato

Could anything be interpreted more maliciously? by Maria Popova ‘On April 27, a month after Woolf’s death, The Sunday Times ran the following self-righteous evisceration by a Mrs. Kathleen Hicks, wife of the Bishop of Lincoln: “Sir, — I read … Continue reading →

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Senate Wants Law Shielding Corporate Journalists

Posted on March 22, 2014 by DigitalPlato

Just another attempt to put damper on alternative media, bloggers, and citizen journalists ‘New York Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer said today the Senate has the votes to pass a bill that will protect corporate journalists from court issued demands to … Continue reading →

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Is Google a Friend of Artists?

Posted on March 17, 2014 by DigitalPlato

By Kurt Sutter ‘…As a guy with more than a few exes, I have to tell you, Marv, the most insidious ex is the one who hides the truth, steals your money, and lies to all your friends. That’s what … Continue reading →

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Committing Writing Crimes

Posted on January 12, 2014 by DigitalPlato

How a small slip of the pen could land us in jail with multiple charges A publisher offers you a gig job and asks you to probe and write about a new popular murder case. You discovered that you know … Continue reading →

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How to be a Controversial Yet Admired Blogger

Posted on January 19, 2013 by DigitalPlato

8 100-year-old Tips for Writing About Controversial Topics G. K. Chesterton wrote about everything under the sun. He wrote novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, and Christian apologetics. He even frequently debated with the eccentric, acerbic George Bernard Shaw (which … Continue reading →

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Netscape 1995: A Communication Revolution

Posted on December 9, 2012 by DigitalPlato

The second most important communication revolution in history [Video]1995 was the year Netscape went public and allowed people easy Internet connections and Web browsing second-most-important-communication-revolution-history The New Wave of Message Boards Maybe Google+ Communities triggered this new wave instead of … Continue reading →

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Authors’ ‘Termination Rights’ Starts in 2013

Posted on November 28, 2012 by DigitalPlato

These ‘termination rights’, a copyright Act, let artists break contracts after 35 years. It was triggered by a lawsuit between the disco group Village People and music studios. 1978 bestselling authors who are eligible to reclaim their work include Stephen … Continue reading →

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