Below, the first two paragraphs of a very long memo in the wake of the November 10, 2010, faculty meeting.
November 14, 2010
Colleagues,
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It Was One of Those Semesters
Monday, January 17th, 2011It Was One of Those Semesters
Monday, January 17th, 2011The November 10, 2010 D:F/M Faculty Meeting Was Hot
In the thick of the inferno of that November 10 meeting, the Hunter College PSC Chapter Chair, rising to a moment during tepid discourse,* announces to her Colleagues, QMfE, “I can’t take this anymore”* and reaches into her ban and aims her teenie-weenie digital pipsqueak at the Colleague whose comments may have overpowered her ability to respond collegially.
This Semester
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011The WORD Blog (and maybe the WORD) plans to test the boundaries of: Academic Freedom. Free Speech. The First Amendment.
It’s Been One of Those Semesters
Monday, December 20th, 2010Bedlam at the November 10 D:F/M Faculty Meeting
Above: The Hunter College Chapter Chair of the Professional Staff Congress
Journalism in the Age of the Internet: A late report on the symposium February 23 at St. Francis College, Brooklyn, about How the Rise of On-Line Reporting and Commentary Is Transforming the Business of Journalism
Saturday, February 27th, 2010What about the Profession of Journalism? What about the Practice of Journalism? A report is in the works. Nevertheless, the symposium was lame but Lisa George of Hunter was cool but didn’t say much but what was said was insightful.
More in-depth report in the works.
Whirlpool Bites Hands Of American Taxpayers Who Feed It
Sunday, February 21st, 2010Blog by Dave Johnson
[Heads-up from Ed Kent]
Whirlpool, recipient of federal stimulus “smart grid” dollars, is closing an Evansville, Indiana freezer-topped refrigerator and icemaker production plant and moving the 1,100 jobs to Mexico.
Have This Need for Speed But Big Brother Says Slow Down
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Morocco’s Leading Independent Magazine Is Shut Down – Former WORD Editor/Producer Writes in Huffington Post Article
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010“Last week, something extremely shocking happened: the Moroccan authorities took control of our newsroom and offices while we were working on that week’s edition. They sealed the place and changed the locks. The next day, my editor informed us that the magazine had been pretty much sentenced to death and executed by the government. The reason it was closed: judicial liquidation but it is, in reality, a political decision to shut down this icon of the free press in Morocco.” — Article by Aida Alami, Freelance Writer Living in Morrocco.
Read the rest of her article here.
A Flurry of Posts in the Waiting While I Finish Off Final Grades for This Semester
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009Hoping for this weekend to get started. Lots and lots and lots. Meanwhile, this latest phishing is an interesting snack though not imaginative.
Crisis in Journalism: A Microcosm – 2
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011The battle in D:F/M over the direction of the journalism curriculum (reflecting the many conflicts of the internecine war of several years also ongoing in D:F/M) forced me into a publish or perish mode. This series is one of the results.
"Students in important areas of learning are more sophisticated and savvy than Colleagues give them credit. Are my Colleagues really that obstinate about teaching and learning?
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