18 dezembro 2006

VITAMEDIAS

New bid to bring professionalism to the blogosphere: The Media Bloggers Association is to unveil new membership criteria aimed at bringing professionalism to the "blogosphere" (...) which would include:
* requiring that members take an online course with the US-based Poynter Institute on legal issues related to blogging
* making members must demonstrate they have worked as professional journalists or undergone training.
* making members adhere to the organisation's ethical standards (which includes using their own names unless there are exceptional circumstances) and adopt formal editorial and corrections policies.