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NYPD Blooper

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Let’s see what happens with this:

October 31, 2009
Paul J. Browne
Deputy Commissioner, Public Information
One Police Plaza – Room 1320 
New York, N.Y. 10038

Dear Deputy Police Commissioner Browne,

On Friday, October 23, about 2 p.m., I arrived at City Hall to videotape footage of the front of City Hall for a student journalism project and was told by the officer operating the screening machine that I couldn’t pass through because “they” didn’t want anyone to videotape the building. So, I am writing to learn what are the guidelines. This was not my first time at City Hall to take pictures and/or videotape, so I would like to know if there are have been any changes.

Thanks,

Gregg Morris
Assistant Professor
Hunter College

gmorris@hunter.cuny.edu

Sent to Cristine Quinn, Speaker, 12:41 a.m. October 26

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A.C. 360 Special Project: Who Will Politically Smart Hunter Students Support in the November 3 Election for the City Hall Crown

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

By Senior Editor/Producer Ashley Carpenter

Interviewed for this special Youtube project were, one, campus leaders from Undergraduate Student Government and the Student Political Science Club, two, student activists and those from other student spheres of campus influence, three, students savvy about what’s going on in their communities.

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Book Signing, Thursday, October 30, 2009 – Friendly Visions

Sunday, November 1st, 2009
Packed room.

Packed room.

Professor Ralph Engelman, who teaches at the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University, talking about his biography of Fred Friendly. Friendly’s wife was there and actively participated. There, being Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Avenue, first floor. Almost SRO.

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Random Shot – Couldn’t Resist the Luminosity of the Pea Green

Sunday, November 1st, 2009
Irresistable

Irresistible

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What’s to Be Made of This “Positive” News That Thompson Could Dump the Term Limits Miscreant

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

October 29, 2009 press press release printed in its entirety because of insufficient savvy to gauge its significance:

Momentum Continues to Shift to Thompson
Trails by Three Points: 44 percent to 41 percent

Polling completed last week by Garin Heart Yang Research Group, run by pollster Geoff Garin, showed there has been a significant shift and the race has moved closer toward Bill Thompson.

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Commute PATH, Train, October 30, Friday, 11:32 A.M

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Can I take their picture?

Can I take their picture?

Getting better at interacting with commuters to get pictures. Asked politely. Lighting not so good (see below) and shot with flash (which is a no-no on NYT subways) but don’t know about PATH.
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Uwire.com Temporarily Comatose, Not Buried, Not Dead – The Saga Continues But the Mistakes End Here

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Earlier Posts Flawed. Is the WORD Becoming a Rumormonger? Uh Oh!

From Uwire.com General Manager:

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Uwire.com Temporarily Comatose, Not Dead

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

The Report of Its Death Greatly Exaggerated?

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Real-World Journalism

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

There’s been a lot of whining and sighing about the demise of print newspapers. No tears shed here.  They ignored the Oracles warning of the Darwinian consequences if they didn’t clean up their act. The same fate should befall those journalism programs that don’t engage their students in real-world journalism.

The digital journalism tsunami is here, has been here and is continuing for those who don’t know. But you wouldn’t know that in light of the undergraduate journalism curriculum at certain higher ed institutions. Students are posting on CNN’s iReport, including one of mine whose uploads get special treatment. There are other sites gobbling up the potential as soon as it appears.

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Center for Communication Annual Frank Stanton Award Luncheon, October 29, 2009, Pierre Hotel, New York City

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

This year, Charlie Rose honored. Luncheon co-chairs this year: Bill Baker, President Emeritus, Channe 13; Tim Armstrong, Chairman and CEO, AOL; David J. Barrett, President and CEO, Hearst Television Inc.; Phillippe Dauman, President and CEO, Viacom, Inc.; David Geffen, The David Geffen Company; David Boies, Chairman, Boies Schiller and Flexner LLP; Teri Everett, SVP, Corporate Affairs and Communications, News Corporation, Debra L. Lee, Chairman and CEO, BET Networks.

Other Co-Chairs: Leslie Moonves, President & CEO, CBS Corporation; Katherine Oliver, Commissioner, New York City Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting and Acting President & General Manager of New York City Media Group; Ivan G. Seidenberg, Chairman & CEO, Verizon Communications, Inc.; David Zaslav, President & CEO, Discovery Communications; Martin Nisenholtz, Senior Vice President, Digital Operations, The New York Times Company; Richard Plepler, Co-President, HBO; Sir Howard Stringer, Chairman, CEO & President, Sony Corporation; Jeff Zucker, President & CEO, NBC Universal.

The Center has always been a strong supporter of Hunter students for many years because this is the campus where the Center pioneered its panel discussions for selected college campuses.

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