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22 Apr What can journalists learn from coverage of the Boston bombings? A quick roundup

There has been a lot of talk concerning the media’s coverage concerning the recent Boston tragedy. What can journalists learn from it? Check out these links:

• How does a journalist balance accuracy with speed? In light of the Boston Marathon tragedy, New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan discusses some of the messy reporting on the event.

• When it came to Boston, many media sources got it wrong. But perhaps media mistakes don’t matter as much as we think they do, says Paul Farhi of the Washington Post.

• The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza discusses what the tragedy taught him about journalism

• What can consumers learn from the misinformation spread about Boston? Jihi Jolly of the Future Journalism Project encourages news consumers to think more like journalists.

• Images can say much more than words. Check out this conversation with Boston Globe journalist John Tlumacki, who photographed the tragedy.