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Uwire.com Temporarily Comatose, Not Dead
Thursday, October 29th, 2009Real-World Journalism
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009There’s been a lot of whining and sighing about the demise of print newspapers. No tears shed here. Â 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.
UWIRE.com Dead
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009It was sold and the deal has been cloaked in secrecy. It stopped publishing in mid September. It boasted a membership of college news services that spanned the country and had members over seas. Should anyone care about the demise of a national student news organization?
Thompson Claims Victory in Last Mayoral Debate
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Hey-Hey, Ho-Ho! CNN’s Nativist Has to Go! — Update
Saturday, October 24th, 2009“We won’t allow the network to court us as viewers while, at the same time, they allow Dobbs to spread lies and misinformation about us each night,†Roberto Lovato, a founding member of Presente.org, was quoted in the New York Times as saying about CNN’s Lou Dobbs. Also wrote the NY Times reporter: “The hypocrisy, critics say, lies in CNN’s decision to woo Hispanic viewers with a prime-time documentary while still giving Mr. Dobbs a nightly forum.”
Hey-Hey, Ho-Ho! CNN’s Nativist Has to Go!
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
On Eve of CNN’s ‘Latino in America’ Series, Demands Grow for CNN to Dump Lou Dobbs
Events planned in more than 20 cities represent growing backlash to the network’s October 21-22 special in light of CNN’s continued support of Lou Dobbs. New Yorkers to gather in front of Time Warner/CNN Headquarter, 4 p.m. tomorrow.
The Fifth Circle of Hell: Resistance Is Futile
Sunday, October 18th, 2009Prescient signs: The smack, smack, smacking of students smacking the wall.
Bloomberg Vs. Thompson, October 13, 2009: Who Won the First Mayoral Debate?
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Thompson, post debate, at the Chimney, 105 Street & Second Avenue
William C. Thompson and several heavyweight City and State Democratic pols showed up at this hip East Harlem bar after the debate. The answer (actually a response) to the Who Won? should be forthcoming. This writer wants to see what the big dailies will be splashing tomorrow.
Also, who will answer the big question?
Center for Communication Annual Frank Stanton Award Luncheon, October 29, 2009, Pierre Hotel, New York City
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Other 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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