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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Indymedia’ Category
True/Slant: Profiles Shankman who marketed HARO
Posted in Indymedia, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism on November 6, 2009 | Comments Off
CJR: FCC taps Waldman to study the “State of the Media”
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Radio, Television on November 4, 2009 | Comments Off
Garber, M. (2009, October 29). FCC Taps Waldman to Study “State of the Media” : CJR. Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved November 4, 2009, from http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/fcc_taps_waldman_to_study_stat.php?page=all
CJR cites Waldman’s blog Beliefnet. The FCC have a post at 10/28/09, “Steven Waldman Named to Lead Commission Effort on Future of Media in a Changing Technological Landscape” (pdf).
WaPo: DC to save J?
Posted in Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Journalism on November 4, 2009 | Comments Off
McChesney, R. W., & Nichols, J. (n.d.). Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols – Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols on federal subsidies for journalism. The Washington Post. Retrieved November 4, 2009, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/22/AR2009102203960.html
The final paragraph:
Saving newspapers may be impossible. But we can save journalism. Step one is to begin debating ways for enlightened public [...]
Library News: Independent Media Guide
Posted in Indymedia, Journalism on November 3, 2009 | Comments Off
I’ve recently posted a research guide on Independent Media. Take a look!
Don’t forget:
Arianna Huffington to speak at IC:
“The Modern Journalism Paradox: The Best of Times Amidst the Worst of Times”
Tuesday, Nov. 3 (tonight!)
7:30 pm Emerson Suites
NYTimes.com: Headlines from the Onion
Posted in Indymedia, Journalism on November 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Konigsberg, E. (2009, November 3). Collecting Headlines Funnier Than This. The New York Times. Retrieved November 3, 2009, from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/books/03onion.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Thanks to The Onion for visiting us at I.C. I’ll purchase their tome, Our Front Pages: 21 Years of Greatness, Virtue, and Moral Rectitude From America’s Finest News Source.
Here is coverage of the visit in The [...]
Center for Social Media: August Newsletter
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Radio, Television on November 2, 2009 | Comments Off
Here is the August 2009 CSM Newsletter. I learned about the video posted below by reading it. Here is the greetings:
Greetings,
It’s official –the dates of our annual Making Your Media Conference are Feb. 11-12. Mark your calendars!
Our 10th annual Human Rights Film Series brought packed houses for screenings of As We Forgive, Burma VJ, [...]
LexisNexis: Scheduled maintenance outage Oct 31st
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations, Radio, Television on October 26, 2009 | Comments Off
From Alistair Morrison, Product Manager:
All LexisNexis online products will be unavailable during a scheduled maintenance outage related to the end of Daylight Savings Time. LexisNexis online products will be unavailable to users from October 31, 9:00 p.m. through November 01, 2009, 5:00 a.m. Eastern Time. While we have scheduled the outage at time of relatively [...]
PoynterOnline: HuffPo’s “Impact”
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Journalism, Public Relations, Radio, Television on October 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Tenore, M. J. (2009, October 25). Huffington Post’s ‘Impact’ lets readers donate to people in the news. PoynterOnline. Retrieved October 26, 2009, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=172262
I’m excited that Arianna Huffington will be visiting Ithaca College! The new “Impact” feature sounds brilliant. I think it would be especially useful in local news stories if other outlets adapt a [...]
Poynter: journalists / doc film funding with Kickstarter
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Gaming, Indymedia, Journalism, Radio, Television on October 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Tenore, M. J. (2009, October 9). Jounalists raise thousands to fund projects on Kickstarter. PoynterOnline. Retrieved October 10, 2009, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=171218.
Kickstarter is for artists, musicians, doc filmmakers, journalists, inventors, explorers, etc.
Poynter: Knight Foundation to fund Plug-and-Play version of EveryBlock
Posted in Indymedia, InfoTech, Journalism on October 6, 2009 | Comments Off
Thornton, P. (2009, October 5). Knight Foundation to fund plug-and-play version of EveryBlock. Poynter Online. Retrieved October 6, 2009, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=171227.
Wow, I need a glossary for news technology! The “plug-and-play” is, “architecture to make it easier for news organizations to install the software [of hyperlocal EveryBlock].”
beyondChron: Muchnick ties his case to the Google Books settlement issue
Posted in Culture and Communications, Indymedia, InfoTech, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News on September 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Muchnick, Irvin. (2009, September 29). Google Books, Freelance Settlements Equally Stalled – and Inextricably Intertwined. BeyondChron: San Francisco’s Alternative Online Daily News. Retrieved September 30, 2009, from http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Google_Books_Freelance_Settlements_Equally_Stalled_and_Inextricably_Intertwined_7394.html.
Muchnick draws parallels between his pending Supreme Court case (out of the rib of Tasini) & the Google settlement issue.
WSJ/Digits: Shield-Law amendment excludes unpaid bloggers
Posted in Indymedia, Journalism, Legal Studies, Radio, Television on September 25, 2009 | Comments Off
LaVallee, Andrew. (2009, September 23). Shield-Law Amendment Excludes Unpaid Bloggers . WSJ.com / Blogs / Digits. Retrieved September 25, 2009, from http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/09/23/shield-law-amendment-excludes-unpaid-bloggers/.
From the lede:
A recent amendment to the federal shield bill [pdf] being considered in the Senate will exclude non-”salaried” journalists and bloggers from the proposed law’s protections.
BeyondChron: Elsevier v. Muchnick
Posted in Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News on September 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Muchnick, Irvin. (2009, September 14). Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick Is About the Hijacking of Tasini v. Times. BeyondChron: San Francisco’s Alternative Online Daily New. Retrieved September 25, 2009, from http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=7345.
While looking at the Sup Ct roster for Salazar, I happened upon Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick (08-103 -pdf). Not sure if LJAN will continue to update [...]
RCFP: US AG Holder puts limits on secrecy privilege
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Journalism, Legal Studies, Public Relations, Radio, Television on September 24, 2009 | Comments Off
Eastburg, Rory. (2009, September 23). Holder puts new limits on state secrets privilege. Retrieved September 24, 2009, from http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11038.
The article links to a pdf copy of the memo from AG Holder that outline the new DOJ standards that are “effective as of October 1, 2009.”
OnlineMediaDaily: Neutrality proposals draw mixed reactions
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, InfoTech on September 22, 2009 | Comments Off
Davis, Wendy. (2009, September 22). Neutrality Proposals Draw Mixed Reactions . MediaPost Publications. Retrieved September 22, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=113960.
Describes responses to advocacy groups (in favor of) and Republican senators (against).
PoynterOnline: covering crime
Posted in Indymedia, Journalism on September 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Kalfrin, Valerie. (2009, September 16). Dealing with traumatic effects of covering crime, disasters. PoynterOnline. Retrieved September 16, 2009, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=170183.
Kalfrin considers the trauma photojournalists suffer after covering a disaster such a the World Trade Center collapse. Photographer David Handschuh related his experiences covering the WTC during an annual conference called GeekFest.
I found more info [...]
Poynter: live chat with Koppel
Posted in Conferences &Events, Indymedia, Journalism on September 11, 2009 | Comments Off
Mallery Jean Tenore just posted this live Poynter event:
Join us Monday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. for live coverage of the conversation, “Journalism in Crisis: Who’s to Blame?” with Ted Koppel. He’ll talk about the state of media, what got us here and how we can preserve the integrity of news.
As part of the live [...]
CJR: New series – Press Forward: Dialogues on the Future of News
Posted in Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Journalism, Radio, Television on September 11, 2009 | Comments Off
The Editors of the Columbia Journalism Review just alerted their readers of a new series called Press Forward: Dialogues on the Future of News. I won’t include the letter from the Editors, but here are the articles they wish to highlight:
Press Forward: Dialogues on the Future of News
A new series from CJR
By The Editors
http://www.cjr.org/the_news_frontier/press_forward_dialogues_on_the.php
Common Knowledge
Communal [...]
Observer.com: Brooke Gladstone’s graphic novel
Posted in Indymedia, Journalism, Media Literacy, Radio, Television on September 11, 2009 | Comments Off
Neyfakh, Leon. (2009, May 26). Norton Buys Graphic Media Manifesto. Observer.com. Retrieved September 11, 2009, from http://www.observer.com/2009/books/norton-buys-graphic-media-manifesto.
She collaborated with artist Josh Neufeld. Quote:
Tentatively titled The Influencing Machine, the book will amount to “a treatise on the relationship between us and the news media,” Ms. Gladstone said, explaining that the title is a reference to a [...]
Truthdig: Goodman on Van Jones & the boycott of Beck
Posted in Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Radio, Television on September 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Goodman, A. (2009, September 8). Van Jones and the Boycott of Glenn Beck. Truthdig. Retrieved September 9, 2009, from http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090908_van_jones_and_the_boycott_of_beck/.
Hopefully advertisers will continue to pull their Ad dollars from Beck’s programs. Goodman describes Beck’s attacks on the President, Van Jones, and others.
