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By: New Things Launching: NewsTrust.net, ReportingOn.Com, JTM and Soon…Spot.Us « DigiDave - Journalism is a Process, Not a Product

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:05:06 +0000

[...] Check me out at PSFK as a source in citizen journalism gone awry via the Steve Jobs incident on iReport. Lots can be said about [...]

By: Media & Marketing Links - 6 October at Piaras Kelly PR - Public Relations in Ireland

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:50:48 +0000

[...] PFSK points out the alarming news about a “fake story on CNN’s citizen journalism website claiming that Steve Jobs had suffered a massive heart attack and was being rushed to the hospital. As expected, mild panic ensued, bloggers and journos scrambled to get to the bottom of the story, and Apple’s stock took a quick dive before bouncing back.” The story has inevitably brought the debate about the quality of citizen journalism back to the limelight. Reporting on the story, Wired quotes Scott Vernick, a partner at law firm Fox Rothschild. He claims that the incident has the hallmarks of a short seller, and it’s likely that he (or she) could face criminal charges and possibly prison time. [...]

By: Piers Fawkes

Piers Fawkes — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:37:49 +0000

Maybe we should be criticising the utterly slow response of Apple’s PR to deal with this crisis, rather than the originator. It’s going to happen again and again but PR professionals seem to be unable to work in real-time.

By: Bookmarks for October 2nd through October 4th | Jared Silfies

Bookmarks for October 2nd through October 4th | Jared Silfies — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:04:03 +0000

[...] Steve Jobs Heart Attack Rumor Raises Concern Over Citizen Journalism | PSFK – Trends, Ideas & In… – A take on the rumor about Steve Jobs' heart attack that somehow wound up on CNN's iReport. The opinion seems to take a negative tone to citizen journalism however Dave Cohn (yes, THAT Dave Cohn) argues about the importance of professionals working with amateurs. We must understand that most of the time, citizen journalism works. The rest of the time, we have to remember to work on overseeing it, not removing it. [...]

By: anon

anon — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:06:01 +0000

Hm.

One should take a deep lesson from the fact that Apple’s stock actually took a dip on the (fake) news of Jobs’ heart attack

I find this significant…..

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Steve Jobs Heart Attack Rumor Raises Concern Over Citizen Journalism — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:32:52 +0000

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By: - Are You Riled Up? - » Blog Archive » Steve Jobs Heart Attack Rumor Raises Concern Over Citizen Journalism

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:26:21 +0000

[...] As expected, mild panic ensued, bloggers and journos scrambled to get to the bottom of the story, and Apple ’s stock took a quick dive before bouncing back. The story has since been denied by the Apple people and taken off of CNN’s site, …[Continue Reading] [...]

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 06:44:26 +0000

we can also learn that Apple needs to publicise it’s succession plan PDQ…