Comments on: Journalism interns, blogging together http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/journalism-interns-blogging-together/ Notes from the classroom and observations about today's practice of journalism online Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:48:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: C. Spencer Beggs http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/journalism-interns-blogging-together/#comment-10779 C. Spencer Beggs Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:31:01 +0000 http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/journalism-interns-blogging-together/#comment-10779 We have our interns sign a NDA. Although I understand why professors would like students to share their experiences with each other, I can also understand why the corporate powers that be feel that they lose control of potentially confidential information in these situations. Last summer <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eat-the-press/2007/03/05/cnn-fires-intern-for-pass_e_42676.html" rel="nofollow">CNN fired an intern</a> who blogged -- positively -- about her internship on a password-protected site. Maybe that incident seems a bit extreme, I can sympathize. I share sensitive information with my intern and would be very unhappy to hear that he is discussing it, even in veiled terms, with people outside the company. We have our interns sign a NDA. Although I understand why professors would like students to share their experiences with each other, I can also understand why the corporate powers that be feel that they lose control of potentially confidential information in these situations.

Last summer CNN fired an intern who blogged — positively — about her internship on a password-protected site.

Maybe that incident seems a bit extreme, I can sympathize. I share sensitive information with my intern and would be very unhappy to hear that he is discussing it, even in veiled terms, with people outside the company.

]]> By: Penny Fuchs http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/journalism-interns-blogging-together/#comment-10775 Penny Fuchs Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:43:35 +0000 http://mindymcadams.com/tojou/2008/journalism-interns-blogging-together/#comment-10775 A post script: The day Tim Russert died, I asked my intern bloggers (two of whom work at NBC's Washington bureau) to talk about the atmosphere in their newsrooms and how their employers covered the event. It has led to an interesting ethical discussion: Do you go with the story before the family is located in Europe? (The New York Times did not wait; CNN did.) Most are telling me they'd hold the story. A post script: The day Tim Russert died, I asked my intern bloggers (two of whom work at NBC’s Washington bureau) to talk about the atmosphere in their newsrooms and how their employers covered the event. It has led to an interesting ethical discussion: Do you go with the story before the family is located in Europe? (The New York Times did not wait; CNN did.) Most are telling me they’d hold the story.

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