Archive for the ‘Journalism’ Category
Saturday, January 5th, 2013
As if he was reading my mind:
When I first stumbled into blogging over 12 years ago, it was for two reasons: curiosity and freedom. I was curious about the potential for writing in this new medium; and for the first time, I felt total freedom as a writer. On my little blog, I was beholden to no one but my readers. I had no editor to please, no advertiser to woo, no publisher to work for, no colleagues to manage. Perhaps it was working for so long in old media that made me appreciate this breakthrough so much. But it still exhilarates every day. [Full Column here]
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Tags:blogging, journalism, The Future of Journalism, writers
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
Tags:D:F/M, dysfunctional academics, Hunter Department of Film and Media Studies, Jennifer Raab, Office Politics
Posted in Blogroll, It Was One of Those Semesters, It's Been One of Those Semesters, Journalism Education, Student Journalism, The Controversy Continues | Comments Closed
Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
Al Jazeera, financed by the government of Qatar, reportedly purchased Current TV: NYT – Al Jazeera Seeks a U.S. Voice Where Gore Failed: “Going forward, the challenge will be persuading Americans to watch — an extremely tough proposition given the crowded television marketplace and the stereotypes about the channel that persist to this day.” Full NYT Media Decoder story here.
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Tags:Fox News, Journalism Today, Rupert Murdoch
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Monday, December 31st, 2012
The best way to bring in 2013 for NYC: The clock strikes midnight and everyone engages in one minute of silence for the victims and survivors of Sandy, Newton, the worst depression/recession in memory and NYPD Stop & Frisk.
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Tags:2013, Celebrating New Years, moment of silence, Newton Massacre, NYPD, NYPD STOP & FRISK, worst recession in memory
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2012
Hunter Campus Safety Officer telling student early in the start of the fall semester that he can’t videotape on school property.
Should the Princeton Review be alerting prospective film, art and journalism students that Hunter students are subject to harassment if they try to take pictures and video on campus?
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Tags:Campus public safety officers, CUNY, Hunter College, Louis Mader, Princeton Review, The First Amendment
Posted in Blogroll, It's Been One of Those Semesters, Journalism, Photo Journalism, Student Journalism | Comments Closed
Saturday, December 22nd, 2012
Comments below are from an email from a student for whom I’ve filed a complaint with the Faculty-Student Disciplinary Board for suspected cheating. I filed a second complaint with the College Behavioral Response Team for shouting and cursing and demanding, in an abusive manner, for an A in a class where the student seemed to be doing passing work.
The student believe that being abusive would improve chances for an A in the course. The student’s sophistry (revealed in comments) is not unusual nor was the student’s irrational behavior. Years ago, I developed a protocol for dealing with students who cheated because of Colleagues who inspired and supported students to cheat. More about this later.
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Posted in Dogfighting in the Department of Chimera, It Was One of Those Semesters, It's Been One of Those Semesters, Journalism Education, The Controversy Continues | Comments Closed
Friday, December 21st, 2012
The House Republicans’ Spending Reduction Act of 2012 Will Hurt Middle Class Families
The House Republicans introduced a bill last night, The Spending Reduction Act of 2012, that would negatively impact the American people in several ways.
I’ve been spending so much time “studying” facebook that I’ve neglected this blog. That’s all about to change even though the first few steps can be measured in picas.
I might go to the inauguration in January.
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Tags:Democrats, fiscal cliff, middle class, Obama, Republicans, White House
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
According to the minutes for the November D:F/M faculty meeting, D:F/M Chair Jay Roman and Colleagues Bob Stanley and Karen Hunter (right now, I regard Colleague Hunter as a sort of overpaid journalistic diletante with a scurrilous reputation for making despicable comments about atheists) and others whose names were not in the minutes, were distressed that Colleague Parisi was being “singled” out for his comments supporting news censorship of the WORD.
![Peter Parisi [From his facebook page]](https://blog.hunterword.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/peewee-parisi-21-187x200.jpg)
Peter Parisi [From his facebook page]
Tags:First Amendment, Freedom Of The Press, news censorship
Posted in Blogroll, Dogfighting in the Department of Chimera, Ethics, It Was One of Those Semesters, It's Been One of Those Semesters, Journalism, Journalism Education, State of Journalism, Student Journalism, The Controversy Continues | Comments Closed
The Central Park 5
Saturday, December 22nd, 2012This picture of Yusef Salaam is one of the most haunting pictures of the century.
Everyone should see this Ken Burns documentary at least once on the big screen. Then a few times on the screens at home. And recommend to families and friends and neighbors.
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Tags:Central Park 5, crime, Mayor Bloomberg, NYPD
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