Robert Hernandez: April 2010 archive
An online journalist's home gets raided; so why aren't we more angry?
April 29, 2010
Let's gets this out of the way. There are a lot of unknowns here and probably lots of potential shady things yet to come out. This story, no doubt, has legs… and lots of them.But, I have to say, I'm starting to feel really disappointed in the lack of outrage journalists are having to the Gizmodo raid. Maybe I've completely missed it, but we should be up in arms here!
And by "we," I don't just mean Webby nerds, tech geeks or digital dorks. By "we," I mean journalists in every newsroom cross platform, across the country.
Where is the statement by the Society of Professional Journalists? The American Society of News Editors? The Online News Association, for heaven's sake!?!?
If you missed it, Gizmodo posted a recap from their point of view, but here's my understanding: (Note: You could easily do a search-and-replace here and change "lost" or "found" to "stolen" … or can you? Too soon to say.) More...
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