Chez Pazienza, a senior producer for CNN's "American Morning," says the network fired him on Tuesday on the grounds that he violated its standards for journalists through his blog, Deus Ex Malcontent. Full Story »
Posted by David Cohn
What I liked, in particular, about this story was the author's transparency, achieved by including the Time's policy as a side-note at the end of the article. That said, I would have liked to see more information about other media outlets' policies in regards to blogging, and perhaps some links to other media professionals' blogs (perhaps some NYT writers included). The amount of sources in this article was slim.The article should also have included a written copy of CNN's policy, which may have been nearly impossible to obtain on daily deadline - but should definitely be added in an update as soon as possible.
