Tell PBS: Don’t abandon hard-hitting journalism. (n.d.). FAIR. Retrieved December 16, 2009, from http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/592/t/10115/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=2195
FAIR set up a petition to urge PBS to keep quality investigative journalism:
PBS’s mission is to “provide a voice for groups in the community that may otherwise be unheard,” to serve as “a forum for controversy and debate,” and broadcast programs that [...]
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FAIR: NOW and Bill Moyers Journal off air April 2010
Posted in Indymedia, Journalism, Television on December 16, 2009 | Comments Off
History.com: The People Speak
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Media Literacy on December 14, 2009 | Comments Off
A lot of buzz about “The People Speak” on the History Channel. I heard Zinn talk about it on the Bill Moyers Journal (12/4/09) and a recent lecture on Alternative Radio — “Three Holy Wars”. The program is narrated by Howard Zinn and based on his best-seller A People’s History of the United States. It [...]
Rumpus: Iranian Kid’s books
Posted in Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Media Literacy on December 11, 2009 | Comments Off
Schofield, W. (2009, December 10). Iranian Kid’s Books (Part 3). The Rumpus.net. Retrieved December 11, 2009, from http://therumpus.net/2009/12/iranian-kids-books-part-3/
UTNE brought this post to my attention. Interesting illustrations from Iranian children’s books.
Nominations Open For Second Annual ‘Izzy Award’ For Independent Media
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Journalism, Television on December 11, 2009 | Comments Off
From the press release:
Nominations Open For Second Annual ‘Izzy Award’ For Independent Media
ITHACA, NY — Nominations for the 2009 Izzy Award are officially open. The annual award for special achievement in independent media — named after legendary muckraker I. F. “Izzy” Stone — is a project of the Park Center for Independent Media (PCIM) at [...]
UTNE: Alt Press coverage of Copenhagen
Posted in Culture and Communications, Indymedia on December 11, 2009 | Comments Off
Goetzman, K. (2009, December 9). Cutting Through the Chatter in Copenhagen. UTNE. Retrieved December 11, 2009, from http://www.utne.com/Environment/Cutting-Through-the-Chatter-in-Copenhagen-5933.aspx?utm_content=12.10.09+Politics&utm_campaign=Emerging+Ideas-Every+Day&utm_source=iPost&utm_medium=email
Goetzman points to alt media sources for coverage of the Copenhagen climate talks.
RCFP: Shield bill passes Senate Judiciary -goes to full Senate
Posted in Indymedia, Journalism, Legal Studies on December 11, 2009 | Comments Off
Abello, C. (2009, December 10). Federal shield bill passes Senate judiciary committee. Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press. Retrieved December 11, 2009, from http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11167
Now it goes to the full Senate. According to Abello, the definition of what is a journalist was further discussed: “…the committee approved the bill with its previous definition of [...]
Gamers wanted
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Conferences &Events, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Indymedia, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Television on December 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Students in the Game Design class have created 9 original videogames. They need play testers to help them find any last minute bugs and give feedback to improve the games.
When: Thursday, 12/10/9, 1:30 to 3:00
Where: Park 273
Come play some games, give some feedback
New York Times: G.E. Comcast Deal
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Radio, Television on December 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Arango, T. (2009, December 4). Comcast Gets NBC From G.E. in Deal That Reshapes TV. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/business/media/04nbc.htmlNY
More Big Media. If this deal disturbs you, see FreePress.
Pew Research: Reportage on pending court martial of 3 Navy seals
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Journalism, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Radio, Television on December 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Blogs Find Fox News Story on SEALs. (2009, December 3). Pew Research Center. Retrieved December 3, 2009, from http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1430/blogs-fox-news-court-martial-navy-sealses
Interesting report from Pew: “A story that has generated little attention in the mainstream media was the most popular subject among bloggers last week.”
MediaPost: Consumers will pay for unique news
Posted in Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Radio, Television on December 2, 2009 | Comments Off
Loechner, J. (2009, December 2). Consumers Will Pay For News if Unique, Not Yet Known. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved December 2, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=118120&lfe=1
Summarizes research from The Boston Consulting Group
Coverage of the FTC hearing on Journalism
Posted in Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism on December 2, 2009 | Comments Off
Tessler, J. (2009, December 1). Murdoch: Media must get readers to pay for online. Associated Press. Retrieved December 2, 2009, from http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iW1Qyhetchunikdb3cyV7Sj2UJLwD9CALF1G0
Tartakoff, J. (2009, December 1). Huffington To Murdoch: Stop ‘Pointing Fingers’. paidContent. Retrieved December 2, 2009, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-huffington-to-murdoch-stop-whining/
Moos, J. (2009, December 2). Google enables publishers to limit free views of news stories. PoynterOnline. Retrieved [...]
Poynter: FTC Testimony: How will Journalism Survive?
Posted in Indymedia, Journalism on December 1, 2009 | Comments Off
Edmonds, R. (2009, December 1). FTC Testimony Explains 3 trends for Newspapers in 2010. PoynterOnline. Retrieved December 1, 2009, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=123&aid=174173
Here is the announcement of “News Media Workshop: 1-2, 2009″
The Federal Trade Commission will hold two days of workshops on December 1 and 2, 2009, to explore how the Internet has affected journalism. The workshop [...]
Library News: LexisNexis updates
Posted in Indymedia, Journalism on November 24, 2009 | Comments Off
A couple updates from LexisNexis:
1) University Wire is suspended in LexisNexis (recently covered in the Chronicle of Higher Ed.). Alistair Morrison, Product Manager of LexisNexis Academic wrote that, “We continue to be in contact with the distributor of University Wire. Based on our discussions we are cautiously optimistic that updates will resume, though we have [...]
ECREA: Worlds of Journalism data available
Posted in Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Journalism on November 23, 2009 | Comments Off
From the ECREA listserv 11/22/09:
WORLDS OF JOURNALISMS, FIRST DATA AVAILABLE
First comparative data from the Worlds of Journalisms project is now available for download from the project web site. The Worlds of Journalisms study set out to compare journalism cultures across nations, news organizations and professional milieus. Another major goal was to identify the driving forces [...]
MediaPost: HuffPo increases advertising
Posted in Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism on November 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Mermigas, D. (2009, November 20). Huffington Post Increases Advertising, Revenue Streams. MediaPost blogs: Diane Mermigas on media. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=117833
Examines the “Advertising 3.0″ efforts of the successful media company.
Poynter: Public TV &Radio increase local investigative coverate
Posted in Indymedia, Journalism, Radio, Television on November 20, 2009 | Comments Off
Tenore,, M. J. (2009, November 20). Public TV, Radio Stations to Increase Local Investigative Coverage as Columbia Report Advised. PoynterOnline. Retrieved November 20, 2009, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=173444
Brilliant! For all the new models I’ve heard, this one excites me. I’m also interested in the participatory widgets such as HuffPo’s Impact.
StoryCorps’ National Day of Listening 2009
Posted in Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Library News, Radio on November 20, 2009 | Comments Off
The National Day of Listening is November 27, 2009. From the website:
On the day after Thanksgiving, set aside one hour to record a conversation with someone important to you. You can interview anyone you choose: an older relative, a friend, a teacher, or someone from the neighborhood.
You can preserve the interview using recording equipment readily [...]
Variety: shield law expected to win approval
Posted in Indymedia, Journalism, Legal Studies on November 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Harris, P. (2009, November 15). Shield law expected to win approval: Committee will meet Thursday about legislation. Variety. Retrieved November 16, 2009, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118011390.html?categoryId=14&cs=1&nid=2248
An excerpt:
The committee [Senate Judiciary] is slated to meet Thursday to approve a measure that would allow judges in certain cases to quash subpoenas for information concerning confidential sources. The provision is [...]
paidContent: Arianna Huffington And Mathias Dopfner At The Monaco Media Forum
Posted in Conferences &Events, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Journalism, Radio, Television on November 13, 2009 | Comments Off
Rafat Ali of paidContent posted this video from the Monaco Media Forum with some of his tweets. He has deemed it “Video of the Year”. The debate was between Arianna Huffington and Mathias Dopfner (German media outlet Axel Springer). The debate was moderated by Christine Ockrent (France 24 TV). A
more about “paidContent: Arianna Huffington [...]
True/Slant: Profiles Shankman who marketed HARO
Posted in Indymedia, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism on November 6, 2009 | Comments Off
Reiss, D. (2009, November 3). A Quirk in the Road – 12 Things You Should Know About Peter Shankman and How He Views the World. True/Slant. Retrieved November 6, 2009, from http://trueslant.com/dawnreiss/2009/11/03/12-things-you-should-know-about-peter-shankman-and-how-he-views-the-world/
Shankman is the “marketing mastermind behind HARO (Help a Reporter Out)” used by reporters to find sources on deadline. Perhaps he can team up [...]
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