"Basically it looks as if they have ripped it, chopped the bit they want and then reposted it to their own site (have a look at a screengrab).
What they haven’t done is attributed it to BackpackDave08 who actually shot the footage."

"The temptation to hire in one's own image for most managers is as irresistible as it is subliminal – which is why there are a lot of opinionated women working in digital management at the Guardian, and why we all need targets to remind us to look beyond the mirror."

My experience is that if a journalist is doing research on a board they identify themselves and ask if they can contact some of the posters for possible inclusion in the article. I feel it's inappropriate to quote someone without their permission, even if it is a pseudonym. Am I overreacting? Do you think this is violation of board etiquette or journalistic ethics?"

Be a subject-matter expert. You should know your beat better than any of your sources. This will help you avoid he-said, she-said stories, allowing you to write stories with real depth, and give you the confidence to add perspective. You will also uncover more and better stories.

"As an internet reader, I’m increasingly suspicious of journalists who don’t link. Yes, if they quote an official that gives me a sense of the source. But why not link to original source material? It also allows me to dig more deeply into the story if I want without having to turn to Google.

"In the UK, digital accounts for about 20% of the total marketing budget, whereas in most of the world it's an afterthought,"

"Great journalism, like great art, often isn’t economically viable. But it’s just as important."

LAYOFFS AND BUYOUTS AT U.S. NEWSPAPERS: 2008 total: 9,245+ jobs
A Google Map of all the redundancies in the US. Have we got one for the UK?

The ambient nature of Twitter (via Adam Tinworth)

"Here we are, flocking to these sites in search of work in the journalism world. But there isn’t any. Instead, these chancers who know we’re a bunch of wannabe hacks desperate for work, will look at these other non-journo positions, see the salary (40k for that proposal writer), and go ‘oooooh!’ and that’s it. Another potentially good journo lost."