Uptake

Tees for two: WCCO’s recent coverage of citizen-videobloggers at The UpTake — which included a blog followup by reporter Jason DeRusha  — featured site co-founder Chuck Olsen in a yellow “I am the media” t-shirt. In a rare moment of MSM/blogosphere goodwill, the UpTake gave DeRusha and Don Shelby each a tee. “Professional journalists always [...]

Strib to adopt conflict of interest policy? Word on the street, says Charlie Quimby, is that the Star Tribune is working on an ethics policy governing conflicts of interest, but it has nothing to do with Par Ridder. It would bar ex-Stribbers from penning opinion pieces for the paper for a year after their exits. [...]