How savvy, I thought.
I should have stayed as long as he was to be there to see what was to happen next but I wanted to be on time for my class. Would NYPD roust him? How did the idea come about? Much better than trying to find comfort in those anti-roosting seats [in the background] to discourage the homeless from napping. Yet, something inside me wanted to scream.
So, the first step after a long delay:
A plethora of cop shows! A plethora of Zombie movies! And now a Zombie TV special, The Walking Dead (which stole some “stuff” from 28 Days Later), on AMC. Harbingers of things to come after the mid term elections?!?
Are the Zombies avatars for Americans who don’t vote? Don’t get involved? So desensitized that all they can do is trudge? Have succumbed? Are the surfeit of cop shows an echo of authoritarian palpitations in the nation’s psyche?
Will have to revisit this.
A must read for those who want to be up to date on what’s happening.
By CJR Staff
Around 5 p.m. on Friday, the online secret-sharing site WikiLeaks released almost 400,000 previously classified U.S. military documents pertaining to the Iraq war. As with their last document dump, WikiLeaks shared the documents with a number of news organizations before they were widely released. Here’s a basic rundown of those outlets’ initial coverage. (The French newspaper Le Monde was also given access to the documents. Unfortunately, nobody here reads French.)
The Observer picked up on story originally reported by Jonathan Mena for Bushwickbk.com in Brooklyn about this checkerboard building on Palmetto Street between Bushwick and Evergreen Avenues. Mena formerly wrote articles and columns and produce YouTube mini-docs and broadcast reports for the WORD. He has been stringing for Bushwickbk.com in Brooklyn for many moons.
Picture by Jonathan Mena originally for bushwick.com
By Jonathan Mena
As I sat listening to Obama’s phone conference call with the WORD and 114 other student journalism organizations last week, I wondered if any of my other student journalism colleagues from around the country were ready to bite his head off (figuratively speaking, of course) with tough questions. Sadly, only three were selected – perhaps, dare I say, pre-selected — and they seemed trapped in the Obama vortex and were star struck, to say the least. The representatives of the age groups that got recognitions for coming together and helping the President trounce McCain, failed to take a risk and grill him.
Jonathan Mena, a former WORD Senior Editor-Producer, posting information on Facebook during the September 27, 2010, conference call. ICIT's Distance Learning, for whom Mena now works, made possible the WORD's participation. Mena officially graduates this semester.
From The White House Office of Media Affairs:
On Monday, September 27, President Barack Obama will host an on-the-record conference call with college and university student-journalists to discuss the steps his Administration has taken to address the concerns and issues important to young Americans. The call is scheduled to take place at 12:00 PM Eastern.
Hunter’s Long Distance Learning ICIT, primarily because of former WORD Senior Editor Jonathan Mena, will be setting up a multimedia room for the WORD and other student journalists to participate in the conference call.
“The study was published by the George Mason University School of Law’s Green Bag Journal, and got a brief write-up in the New York Times today (September 13), writes FAIR Blogger Peter Hart. He provides responses from ABC and Meet the Press. Not the others. Hmmm?
He adds that FAIR’s September Issue adds more information about what shows up on the news networks. Hooah!
… About Five Minutes from Journal Square …
... Another Squad of First Responders Were Wrapping Up a Run
About 4:15 p.m. this date: The scene at the Journal Square Transportation Center, Jersey City, New Jersey.
Looking East on Kennedy Boulevard West @ Tonnele Avenue Patrol Car Road Block
Looking West @ Bergen Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard, Journal Square
A Quote Too Good to Be Overlooked
November 7th, 2010Okay, I know lots and lots of folks – trash-ers as well as supplicants — read the NY Times and post the readings all over the place as if no one else reads the Times like they do. But this quote was too good to be overlooked and my students are in the back of my mind when they aren’t in the front:
Tags: Frank Rich, Mid Term Elections, New York Times, Obama, Op Ed
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