Journalism
“Libel Case, Prompted by an Academic Book Review, Has Scholars Worried”
Nobody sues a book-review editor over a negative review of a scholarly book. Except somebody now has. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
“Archive Watch: Dr. Livingstone’s Diary, I Presume”
A Victorianist and a team of spectral-imaging scientists try to uncover the writing in an 1871 diary kept by the explorer in the weeks leading up to his famous encounter with Stanley. Read More at Wired Campus »
“British Libel Law Chills U.S. Scholars’ Speech, but Change Is Afoot”
A look at efforts in the U.K. to change libel laws there, and some questions about how much of a problem so-called libel tourism really is. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“Twitter Makes It Into the Historical Record”
The Library of Congress announces that it will archive all public tweets posted since Twitter made its debut in March 2006. The historians of the future don't know what they're in for. Read More at Wired Campus »
