A roundup of social media policies from around the world

Blogger Kelly Fincham has compiled her take on a number of international social media guidelines.

"Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" by Gay Talese

This is one of the greatest magazine articles ever written, and this is where you can read the annotated comments of how it all came together for writer Gay Talese, who, by the way, is an Ocean City, New Jersey, native and once guest-lectured at Rowan University.

Some copy editing humor

Copy editing resources

Great page at the Journalist's Toolbox with a number of editing resources

Online stylebooks

Here's a place to view a number of online stylebooks (subscription required for AP).

Pew report on where people get their news

This link goes to the .pdf of Pew's study on where people and communities go for their news. The summary from Pew is here.

College journalist defies administration

A student journalist at Bryan College defies the administration and self-publishes a piece about the sudden (suspiciously quiet) departure of a professor, who turned out to be arrested "after having attempted to meet with a minor child” at a gas station. Jim Romenesko (@romenesko) published the piece, and then things got interesting: The student contacted him and asked that the piece be taken down. Jim, however, suspects coercion by the college president.