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Apple’s big announcement – oh yeah, and the Apple Watch
Everyone in the tech press is spending enormous numbers of electrons on the new Apple watch announced today. Except it was really announced several months ago. It will talk to your iPhone, it will track your activity, it will help … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 9
Tagged apple, cable, smart watch, streaming video
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Music for a Busy Day
Way too much to cover in class today to play all the music history videos I had scheduled, so here they are for your viewing and listening enjoyment. Go from Elvis to Lennon & McCartney to Lennon and Maisy. This … Continue reading
Having fun with remixes
One of my favorite days of the semester in my media literacy class is when we start talking about remix culture. Two of the central things we do is look at Girl Talk’s album All Day and the film Girl … Continue reading
Editorializing on the Cover of the NY Post
Say what you like about the New York Post, they have done some magnificent photo illustrations over the years on their cover as editorial commentary. I don’t often agree with the Post, but they do great covers. Obama and “Islamic … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6
Tagged commentary, NY Post, satire, tabloids
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Some great blogs from my students
This last week my blogging and commentary student Austin Koeller wrote a state editorial I was pretty happy with. He argued that U.S. Senator Deb Fischer was betraying her conservative supporters in north central Nebraska by supporting construction of the … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6, JMC 406
Tagged blogging, editorials
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A Rough Week For Journalism Part 2: Remembering Bob Simon
Last week was a really rough week for the journalism world. We lost two prominent journalists to unexpected deaths, we’ve had a respected news anchor suspended for six months for misrepresenting his participation in stories, and we’ve learned that our most … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6
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A Rough Week For Journalism: Remembering the NYT’s David Carr
UPDATED 2/17/15 This has been a really rough week for the journalism world. We’ve lost two prominent journalists to unexpected deaths, we’ve had a respected news anchor suspended for six months for misrepresenting his participation in stories, and we’ve learned … Continue reading
Looking at some interesting Twitter feeds
In many of my classes, I require my students to use Twitter. While I hope each of them will come up with their own list of people to follow, here are a few that make up a good starting point: … Continue reading
JMC 406 Super Bowl Commercial Blogging Contest
Voting link now fixed! I asked my students in my commentary and blogging class to create a blog post that featured 2-to-5 Super Bowl commercials with commentary. The one that gets the most votes wins a small prize. Read the … Continue reading
Columnists for your reading pleasure
Here are links to a number of columnists and columnist index pages from newspapers around the country for my JMC 406 commentary writing students, and anyone else who’s interested. It has previously been published here in somewhat different form. National … Continue reading →