Archive for the ‘Journalism’ Category

So Much to Do

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.

MEDP 292 – Basic Reporting, Spring, 2009 – Took It on the Chin

Sunday, May 24th, 2009
Started with 16, ended with them

Started with 16, ended with them

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Random Shots, May 23, 2009, A Work in Progress

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
Brooklyn Bridge, About 3 p.m. Shot quickly.

Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Side, About 3 p.m. Shot quickly. May 23

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A Clarence Thomas Twit

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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The Last D:/F/M Faculty Meeting of the Semester

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Cryptic but will have to do until I get back from the New America Media expo in Atlanta, June 4 -5. And by that I mean:

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A Xmas Present for The Four Barnacles of the Apocalypse?

Monday, May 18th, 2009

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Commute

Monday, May 18th, 2009

Students in my feature writing are completing a nonfiction writing experiment about their commutes to and from campus. Some are adding pics with their features, some aren’t. The pub date is to begin late this week.

The 299.47 Feature Writing Posse

The 299.47 Feature Writing Posse

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Cheerios Fails FDA’s Lie Detector Test

Sunday, May 17th, 2009
[You Never Saw This on the Evening News]

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Department of Health and Human Services' logo

Ken Powell 
Chairman of the Board and CEO 
General Mills 
One General Mills Boulevard 
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426

Dear Mr. Powell: 

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:

 

Read more here.

299.47

Sunday, May 17th, 2009
Feature Writing, Spring 2009. They All Passed?

Feature Writing, Spring 2009. They All Passed?

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Attention Savvy, Enterprising Journalism Students: “Programming for Everyone”

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

I posted the following on Hunter-L, the College listserv:

Someone has been posting notices in the North Building about this course, “Programming for Everyone,” CSCI, 133, Registration Code: 5020. Only 23 seats. Summer session.

I strongly suggest savvy, enterprising J-students to enroll ASAP if possible. A brief description from http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/csci – “If you’re in any of the sciences or maths then you know you’re going to write some programs eventually, and, if you’re in the arts, then you want to create new media.”

Whoa! Sounds like a prescription for journalism students, especially those with entrepreneurial instincts. It’s only a matter of time before serious journalism programs start considering programming instruction (uh oh, turf war) for their best students.

Hop the wave now before the stampede. Can’t get in the class? Do the minor later on.

 

WORDPRESS has shown me the way.