Many journalists in Turkey entered 2017 in jail and some of their colleagues did not forget them….

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“Journalists in #Turkey send their greetings to their colleagues in prison with this picture published in the few remaining critical papers “

Journalists in #Turkey send their greetings to their colleagues in prison with this picture published in the few remaining critical papers http://pic.twitter.com/1bkJlClpAw

— Erol Önderoglu (@ErolOnderoglu) December 31, 2016

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Turkish Authorities Detain Wall Street Journal Staff Reporter Dion Nissenbaum for 2½ Days

Wall Street Journal – Gordon Fairclough – Dec 31, 5:32 AM

Turkish authorities detained a Wall Street Journal staff reporter for 2 ½ days this past week, without permitting him contact with his family or attorneys before releasing him. The reporter, Dion Nissenbaum, 49 years old, left Turkey to…

The Young Turks raise more than $500,000 to fund investigative journalism

Mashable! by Saba Hamedy

 

The Young Turks team is gearing up for the Trump administration.

 

How Photos Fuel the Spread of Fake News

 Wired Top Stories by Laura Mallonee

 

Images lend emotion and legitimacy to stories, even when they’re not true.

The benefits of developing a journalism side project

Journalism.co.uk

 

What qualifies as a side project, how much time does it take up and why should you consider starting one?

Quartz is exploring personalisation for its chatty news app

Journalism.co.uk

After launching the app on Android this month, the team is exploring new features for a second version. Push news editor Adam Pasick explains

The best media corrections of 2016

kottke.org by Jason Kottke

 

The annual list of media errors and corrections by Poynter is always worth a read. Some favorites:

Because of an editing error, an article on Monday about a theological battle being fought by Muslim imams and scholars in the West against the Islamic State misstated the Snapchat handle used by Suhaib Webb, one of Muslim leaders speaking out. It is imamsuhaibwebb, not Pimpin4Paradise786.

No wonder people think the NY Times is untrustworthy. Another from the Times:

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4. Solidarity with Cumhuriyet continues… #TeslimOlmayız
5. “International coalition slams Cumhuriyet arrests, media closures”

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