Friday, August 6, 2010

SKorea cracks down on marriage brokers after death

My story filed while I was on vacation and thus wasn’t able to do a readback…

Posted at 6:45pm Tags: Sangwon Yoon journalism Vietnamese wife international marriages South Korea
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
“From the early 1930’s until the modern story broke in 2004, the newspapers that covered waterboarding almost uniformly called the practice torture or implied it was torture: The New York Times characterized it thus in 81.5% (44 of 54) of articles on the subject and The Los Angeles Times did so in 96.3% of articles (26 of 27). By contrast, from 2002-2008, the studied newspapers almost never referred to waterboarding as torture. The New York Times called waterboarding torture or implied it was torture in just 2 of 143 articles (1.4%). The Los Angeles Times did so in 4.8% of articles (3 of 63). The Wall Street Journal characterized the practice as torture in just 1 of 63 articles (1.6%). USA Today never called waterboarding torture or implied it was torture.”

Kennedy School of Government at Harvard report, which leads Will Bunch to remark:

“Never before in my adult life have I been so ashamed of my profession, journalism.”

(via soupsoup)
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Friday, June 25, 2010
soupsoup: mattchew03: Whoever wrote this headline deserves a Pulitzer Prize. [Reddit]

soupsoup:

mattchew03:

Whoever wrote this headline deserves a Pulitzer Prize.

[Reddit]

Posted at 3:50pm Reblogged via soupsoup Tags: Pulitzer Prize Journalism
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

North Korean TV Airs South Korea's World Cup Match

Posted at 1:03am Tags: North Korea World Cup South Korea Sangwon Yoon journalism
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Monday, June 14, 2010

Israeli president visits SKorea amid Gaza uproar

Posted at 2:28pm Tags: Shimon Peres South Korea Israel Sangwon Yoon Gaza flotilla journalism
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Graphics

  • [redacted]: this story badly needs a photo of a surfing croc.
  • [redacted]: CANBERRA, Australia (AP) _ Crocodiles can surf ocean currents to take long leisurely journeys across open seas in the South Pacific, a researcher said on Wednesday.
Posted at 5:36pm Tags: Journalism
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

SKorea accuses NKorea of identity thefts

the editing desk sent me a message asking me to write an explanatory story. By the time I left work it was 11 o’clock at night.

Posted at 11:11pm Tags: sangwon yoon south korea north korea identity journalism
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Official: NKorea stole SKorean IDs to feign identity, make fake online claim about ship sinking

I wrote this short brief yesterday and was just about to close down the bureau when…

Posted at 11:09pm Tags: North Korea identity south korea ID sangwon yoon journalism
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Saturday, May 29, 2010

NKorea accuses South of faking warship sinking

My story filed at 11:35 PM on Friday.

Posted at 1:09am Tags: North Korea Cheonan ship sinking South Korea UN Security Council Journalism sangwon yoon
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Internet addicts guilty of starving baby to death

My story filed today. These legal stories are so hard to write. The South Korean legal system and penal code both work a little bit differently than they do in the U.S. or elsewhere, so it’s tricky to find a good translation to explain the sentences and charges.

Posted at 1:07am Tags: Sangwon Yoon journalism internet addiction
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