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John Hockenberry Interview from C-SPAN
This interview with journalist John Hockenberry is one of my favorites from C-SPAN’s old Booknotes series. It’s now available through the C-SPAN video archives. A great story about living with disability, and a great series of stories from an interesting … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6
Tagged C-SPAN, disability
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Twitter for Reporting
As a followup to the Omaha 10/10/10 conference on the future of digital media, my depth reporting class talked a bit about using Twitter as a reporting tool. My first exposure to the idea came from a 2008 On The … Continue reading
Reflections on Omaha 10/10/10
Updates with more links coming I had a great visit Monday to the Omaha 10/10/10 conference held at the University of Nebraska at Omaha this last weekend. The conference was designed to look at communication technology development in all fields … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12
Tagged advertising, marketing, public relations, social media
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More SCOTUS Westboro Church Case
Here’s a quick roundup of several interesting stories on Westboro Church funeral protest case: Protecting funerals and free speech – Ruth Marcus, WP’sPost Partisan Also compares case to that of Falwell and Flynt. Arguments before the court – WP’s story … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 13
Tagged first amendment, legal issues, Westboro Baptist Church
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Does What Happens in Philly Stay in Philly?
That would be a no. What happened in Philadelphia? The National Republic Senatorial Committee shot an ad disparaging the West Virginia Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate for being too close to President Obama. Perfectly acceptable political rhetoric. What wasn’t … Continue reading
SCOTUS – Does Westboro Baptist Church Have Right To Picket Funerals?
UPDATE: The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Westboro Baptist Church’s right to picket funerals. The Supreme Court of the United States is hearing arguments today on the case of Snyder v. Phelps. Fred Phelps, the leader of a … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 13
Tagged first amendment, legal issues
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We Were Promised Jetpacks – Day 2
Not surprisingly, CNN’s Jeanne Moos had fun with Fox’s mistaken story about the LAPD buying 10,000 jetpacks at $100,000 a pop. She did manage, initially, to miss the fact that Fox corrected the story approximately 40 minutes after it ran. … Continue reading
Truth 7 – There is No They Dept. – We were promised jetpacks
Except when it’s tragic, it’s funny to see news organizations caught with their pants down when they didn’t bother to check on the truthfulness of stories they report. The news organizations decide that the story is good enough that it … Continue reading
Samples of Newspaper Series
My in-depth reporting class is working on a pair series about the funding of K-12 education and higher education. Here are some samples of great newspaper series from the past (which don’t have anything to do with education funding…) Left … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6, Uncategorized
Tagged links, newspapers
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30th Anniversary of Janet Cooke’s “Jimmy’s World” Fabrication
It was 30 years ago this week that the Washington Post published Janet Cooke’s fantastical “Jimmy’s World. ” Cooke was hired by the Washington Post to improve its coverage of the African American community. She was a young African American … Continue reading