Rod Serling Script Competition: deadline April 1st

Melissa Gattine posted the call for entries to Intercom, 2/25/09 (condensed by me): Entries are now being accepted for the the Rod Serling Conference’s Short Feature Scriptwriting competition. The conference, scheduled for October 2-3, 2009, will coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first airing of The Twilight Zone. The script competition is open to [...]

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Yahoo!News: Pentagon OKs media photos of war dead

Source: Yahoo!News, “Officials: Pentagon OKs media photos of war dead,” by Jelinek & Gearan,” 2/26/09. Big news on the topic of photographing our war dead.  Here is the lead: WASHINGTON – News organizations will be allowed to photograph the homecomings of America’s war dead under a new Pentagon policy, defense and congressional officials said Thursday. [...]

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WaPo: TimeSpace: World

Source: The Washington Post: TimeSpace: World Description of the site: TimeSpace is an interactive map that allows you to navigate articles, photos, video and commentary from around the globe. Discover news hot-spots where coverage is clustered. Use the timeline to illustrate peaks in coverage, and customize your news searches to a particular day or specific [...]

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ECREA: OSI Report: TV across Europe

From: ecrea@listserv.vub.ac.be Date: 2/26/09 Subject: [ecrea] New OSI report “Television across Europe: more channels, less independence” Here is the post: NEW OSI MONITORING REPORT *TELEVISION ACROSS EUROPE: MORE CHANNELS, LESS INDEPENDENCE* 26 February 2009 The Open Society Institute announces the publication of a major new monitoring report on television in Europe. With an Overview chapter [...]

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RCFP: FOIA & Gov. Paterson

Source: RFPA, “N.Y. governor won’t release candidates’ questionnaires,” by Dana Liebelson, 2/23/09. The AP requested the returned questionnaires using used by the governor to vet candidates for Secretary Clinton’s senate seat.  The adminstration refused claiming it would violate the candidates’ privacy.  NY FOIL was used for the request.  Blair Horner from NYPIRG is quoted.  Rep. [...]

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CBS Sunday Morning: Bibliomaniacs

I’m always impressed by CBS Sunday Morning’s pieces (but don’t often boob-tube then).  When I think of Bibliomaniacs I think of Dr. Rosenbach & the Museum & Library named after him in Rittenhouse Square district in Philly (I was a docent there upon a time).  I admit to suffering from bibliomania, alas!  You’ll find me [...]

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IREX: Jordan Media Strengthening Program

Survey reveals new trends in radio listening, new media and newspapers. (2009, February 23). Jordan Times, Retrieved February 26, 2009, from Newspaper Source database. “Feb. 23–AMMAN — The second annual independent media survey reveals new trends in radio listening, new media, mobile phones, Internet and news websites, as well as reporting advances by Jordan’s independent [...]

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CSM: Jessica Clark Future of Public Media

The Center for Social Media is spreading the word about its new white paper: Public Media 2.0.  They’ve created the YouTube video, below, have started a Twitter conversation,  have a “Beyond Broadcast” conference, and a link on the New Media Institute’s site.  Take a look. more about “Jessica Clark Future of Public Media“, posted with [...]

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Library News: LexisNexis adds legal dictionaries

From: Alistair Morrison Date: 2/24/09 Subject: [ACADEMIC-LIST] Legal Dictionaries Added to LexisNexis Academic TO: ACADEMIC-LIST@LISTS.LNACADEMIC.COM From Alistair: Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that we have added several useful dictionaries to the legal materials in LexisNexis Academic Ballentine’s Law Dictionary, 3rd Edition Bieber’s Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations, 4th Edition Canadian Legal Words and Phrases [...]

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CIP: Jaszi to moderate (C)ollectanea

From: Steven Peterson To: every listserv I subscribe to! (almost) Date: 2/24/09 Subject: New Intellectual Property Scholar and (C)ollectanea Blogger: Peter Jaszi Here is Mr. Petersen’s alert: The Center for Intellectual Property is pleased and excited to announce that Professor Peter Jaszi is the CIP’s 2009-2011 Intellectual Property Scholar…and in that capacity he will now [...]

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OSCAR.com: 81st Annual Academy Awards

I watched the opening & the closing bits of the Oscars (nice set, good tunes, good theatre) but I took an hour and a half break to watch some truly good performances on Masterpiece Classic’s Oliver Twist;   you can watch episode 2 though March 1st online. more about “OSCAR.com: 81st Annual Academy Awards…“, posted with [...]

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Poynter: Everyday Ethics: editorial cartoons

Source: PoynterOnline / Everyday Ethics, “What standards did Delonas consider when drawing cartoon?,” by Bob Steele, 2/19/09. Steele writes: The Post and Delonas may have evoked emotion and provoked response with the chimpanzee cartoon. But I’m seeing no evidence they had a justifiable ethical decision-making process or that they applied core ethical values to their [...]

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NPR: Al-Jazeera English struggles for U.S. Audience

Source: NPR / Morning Edition, “Al-Jazeera English Strugles for U.S. Audience,” by David Folkenflick, 2/24/09. The transcript and streaming audio are available (5 min 15 sec.). Here is an excerpt: The visceral reaction among many Americans to the Al-Jazeera brand helps explain why, more than two years after its launch, the 24-hour English-language satellite news [...]

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OnlineMediaDaily: IAB initiatives

Source: OnlineMediaDaily, “IAB launches efforts to boost ad creativity,” by Mark Walsh,” 2/24/09. Walsh covers IAB’s new initiatives, “aimed at bolstering both the creative and business sides of online advertising.”  They will found an Advertising Agency Board: “Our interest in forming this advisory board is to enhance the partnership opportunities with agencies that will hasten [...]

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CJR: The People are Revolting

Source: “The People Are Revolting: CJR,” 2/23/09 alert from The editors. The world is full of drama these days.  Below is an interesting group of highlights from CJR’s editors; “Frontline Falls Short” definitely caught my attention (non-fiction filmmakers could learn something about, “ominous music, strangely angled shots”!): Dear reader, In the annals of CNBC cluelessness, [...]

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indieWIRE: New Yorker Films closes

Source: indieWIRE, “UPDATED: End of the Road for New Yorker Films, Legendary Distributor of “Difficult” Cinema,” by Eugene Hernandez, 2/23/09.  This news has caused surprise and sympathy with media librarians.  Can’t they declare bankruptcy like the Inky did? See also: Variety / VFilm, “New York Films closes down: Indie film distributor in business since 1965,” [...]

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Philly.com: Inky owner filed for Bankruptcy

Source: philly.com, “Inquirer owner files for bankruptcy protection: Philadelphia Newspapers, which also owns the Daily News, says the filing allows it to restructure debt load,” by Harold Brubaker, 2/23/09. According to Brubaker, “The company said it decided to turn to Bankruptcy Court after negotiating with its lenders for the last 11 months. During that time, [...]

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Library News: ARTstor launches Magnum Photos

This was forwarded to me from the Fine Arts Librarian (originally posted to ARLIS-L); the news release is from Christine Kuan, Director of Collection Development, ARTstor: We are pleased to announce that the Magnum Photos collection is now available in ARTstor. This first launch of more than 73,000 high-quality photographs of major world events and [...]

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myHome@Ithaca: Library portlet

The new release of myHome @ Ithaca version 1.2 was just announced. One of the new community portlets is for Library Databases.   Here is the instruction from the Intercom post on how to add them: Adding the new community portlets is easy. Access the “Add Content” panel by clicking the “Add Content” button in the [...]

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AL: WSJ news library to close

Source: American Libraries, “Wall Street Journal to close its research library,” 2/13/09, The scheduled closure is set for March 23rd.  American Libraries interviews Leslie A. Norman, the director.

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