Started with 16, ended with them
Random Shots, May 23, 2009, A Work in Progress
May 23rd, 2009
Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Side, About 3 p.m. Shot quickly. May 23
A Clarence Thomas Twit
May 23rd, 2009U.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?”
The Last D:/F/M Faculty Meeting of the Semester
May 21st, 2009Cryptic 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:
A Xmas Present for The Four Barnacles of the Apocalypse?
May 18th, 2009
Commute
May 18th, 2009Students 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
Cheerios Fails FDA’s Lie Detector Test
May 17th, 2009[You Never Saw This on the Evening News]
Ken PowellÂ
Chairman of the Board and CEOÂ
General MillsÂ
One General Mills BoulevardÂ
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426
Dear Mr. Powell:Â
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:
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Read more here.
299.47
May 17th, 2009
Feature Writing, Spring 2009. They All Passed?
Attention Savvy, Enterprising Journalism Students: “Programming for Everyone”
May 16th, 2009I 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.
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WORDPRESS has shown me the way.
Murray Kempton Awards for Undergraduate Journalism
May 16th, 2009I am urging bunches of my students to apply.
Submissions for the CUNY 2009 Murray Kempton Awards for Undergraduate Journalism are now being accepted.