Archive for May, 2009
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
This is a quickie alert because I’m trying to wrap up my semester and have been waylaid with last minute stuff. More later about NAM and its June 4-5 convention. Needless to say, NAM – thanks to Jonathan Mena, Kisha Allison, Jacqueline Fernandez and Eunji Jang – really admires Hunter students and does a lot to support them.
On with the quickie:
OUTSTANDING PRINT, WEB AND BROADCAST REPORTING
ATLANTA – New America Media  the nation’s largest association of ethnic media outlets, today announced winners of its National Ethnic Media Awards honoring exceptional contributions to journalism by members of the ethnic media.
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Tags:Ethnic Journalism, ethnic journalism awards, Eunji Jang, Jacqueline Fernandez, Jonathan Mena, journalism, journalism awards, Kisha Allison, New America Media, New America Media
Posted in I Didn't See This on the Evening News (A Work in Progress), Journalism, Journalism Education | Comments Closed
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Feature Writing, Spring 2009.
Email sent to my Feature Writing students after the Thursday, April 30 class:
Andrea Leon convinced me that I missed the big picture and that she has a story that no journalist, pro or student (in recent memory), has regarding Sharpton. So, I would really appreciate it if everyone in class would send her three or four sentences regarding their likes and dislikes about Sharpton. Try to be specific about why you like or don’t like or respect or disrespect about him.
Please let her know if you can use your name or not in this special she’s working on.
For pedagogical reasons, I will offer a brief recap and opinion at the beginning of class because the tiff illustrates some journalistic matters that can’t be taught via book/class and have to be learned via real-world experience.
Thanks,
gm
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Tags:Al Sharpton, journalism, news reporting, Student Journalism
Posted in Journalism, Journalism Education | Comments Closed
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
When I worked for the the Democrat & Chronicle in Rochester, New York and the Washington Star in Washington, D.C. (before it was crushed by the Washington Post), and later the New York Post, I always felt the rush, as if the dopamine was coursing full speed when I waded into a crowd to ask questions of strangers who had no real reason to answer me.
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
While my department dillydallies over its future, I’m exploring new ways to teach. That means a lot of field testing. The latest: Visiting the MET Sunday, May 24. Armed with a Panasonic Luminix DMC-LX3 point-n’-shoot. For now, I want to keep things simple: Pictures of MET visitors taking pictures.
Going to the MET was a friend’s idea.
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Tags:4 Barnacles of the Apocalypse, digital photography, H1N1, MET, museums, Nikon D300, Panasonics DMC-LX3
Posted in 30-40P, Dogfighting in the Department of Chimera, Journalism, Journalism Education, Photo Journalism | Comments Closed
Monday, May 25th, 2009
Because I was so wrapped up in trying to get my students credentials for the 2008 Democratic Convention in Denver in August, and getting them prepped once they were notified by New America Media that three were going, and trying later for a WORD presence at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis (my trying was not as serious nor as successful as my efforts for the DNC in Denver) and then the Presidential Inaugural in D.C. (which they accomplished by themselves), I had slacked off a lot.
And I am still playing catch-up.
Tags:2009 Presidential Inauguration, Democrat National Convention, Republican National Convention
Posted in Ford Foundation Grant, Journalism Education | Comments Closed
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas – “No compassion in these kids nowadays. I just witnessed a group of punks defacing a Memorial Day decorative wreath. I was mortified.”
This post has a remote link to Journalism … I’m not one of his fans but I follow.
I, of course, replied: “But did you call the cops?”
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Tags:U.S. Supreme Court
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009
[You Never Saw This on the Evening News]
Ken PowellÂ
Chairman of the Board and CEOÂ
General MillsÂ
One General Mills BoulevardÂ
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426
Dear Mr. Powell:Â
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reviewed the label and labeling of your Cheerios® Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal. FDA’s review found serious violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act) and the applicable regulations in Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations (21 CFR). You can find copies of the Act and these regulations through links in FDA’s home page at http://www.fda.gov.
Based on claims made on your product’s label, we have determined that your Cheerios® Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal is promoted for conditions that cause it to be a drug because the product is intended for use in the prevention, mitigation, and treatment of disease. Specifically, your Cheerios® product bears the following claims ort its label:
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Read more here.
Tags:Bogus health marketing, FDA, Food and Drug Administration, General Mills
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