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Re:Is It Journalism, or Just a Repackaged Press Release? Her... by fjh on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @01:10PM (#5596429)
> Is it possible to write about a newly announced iPhone without lifting data from Apple PR events or releases?

No, but writing about the newly announced iPhone shouldn't really be called journalism.

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Re:Is It Journalism, or Just a Repackaged Press Release? Her... by eli on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @04:24PM (#5597737)
Why not? So is a press release never news?
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Re:Is It Journalism, or Just a Repackaged Press Release? Her... by lostlogin on Wednesday April 24, 2013 @04:39AM (#5600465)
I agree with both of you. A journalist (in my opinion) shouldn't be someone who rewrites press releases. Having just finished Robert Fisks column before I came here, I'm certain of that. Not everyone can be where he is however, and the small local stories need to be written. Re-writing press releases is a mile from these situations however - at least read around the subject and compare/contrast (?pad it out) with what others are doing.
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