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Category Archives: JMC 406
West Bank Story
My commentary students viewed the Oscar-winning short film West Bank Story as part of a reviewing assignment. It’s a fun little film that runs about 20 minutes and is a great choice for a review assignment. It’s short enough to … Continue reading
Reviewing The Movies
My JMC 406 commentary class is going to be talking about writing critical reviews over the next week or two. Here are several readings and great talk by movie critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert for my students. But for … Continue reading
Kathleen Parker for my commentary students
My commentary and blogging students are reading Kathleen Parker for class next week. Here are some good places to start. (And if you are not in my class, Kathleen Parker is a much better columnist than she was sidekick for … Continue reading
Columnists for my commentary class
Here are links to a number of columnists and columnist index pages from newspapers around the country for my commentary writing students, and anyone else who’s interested. National Columnists Leonard Pitts, Miami Herald 2004 Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist. His column written … Continue reading
More on Al Jazeera, Egypt & US Media
As I’ve posted previously, there’s been a lot of talk about why Americans should start paying more attention to Al Jazeera English. I’l be adding links here throughout the day. Outside The Beltway – Why all the American networks are … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 15, JMC 406
Tagged Arab Spring, global media, international news, Muslim media
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Presenting an argument
On Wednesday evening, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow opened her show with a series of arguments that claimed that current Democratic president Barack Obama is to the right on a number of positions of Republican presidents Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and … Continue reading
Blogs & Twitter Accounts for my JMC 406 Student
Here are the blogs and Twitter accounts for all of my Commentary and Blogging students. Classmates, you should be following all of these Twitter accounts and reading the blogs. Rocio Irun Blog: http://nebraskalive.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @rocioirun Alison Sievers Blog: http://alisonlerae.wordpress.com Twitter: … Continue reading
Sources of Editorials
For my commentary and blogging class, here are links to editorials from several major papers: The Washington Post The New York Times USA Today Note that the editorials marked “Opposing Views” are not really editorials, they are alternative opinions written … Continue reading
JMC 406 Commentary & Blogging Students Link Here
As I’ve mentioned before, this semester I’m teaching a course in commentary and blogging that includes a good dose of social media. In the comments section for this post you will find links to the blogs and Twitter feeds for … Continue reading