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A Tragedy Through the Eyes of Social Media

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

This evening Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is recovering from surgery for being shot in the head as part of an attack that killed six people, including a federal judge.  Reports say that a total of 18 people were injured. As … Continue reading →

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Media Trends for 2011

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Ralph Hanson

E-books outselling print books, week after holidays – USA Today Perhaps 2011 will finally be the year of the E-book.  This week’s USA Today bestselling list will show that the E-book version of the top six books will have outsold … Continue reading →

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Bob Woodward and Ben Bradlee do Promo for Washington Post iPad App

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Ralph Hanson
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

What’s the most popular e-reader? HINT: It’s the one more people own – the laptop. How big is the e-book market? Forrester reports that it has hit $1 billion and will grow rapidly over the next three years.  It’s still … Continue reading →

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Articles You Need To Be Reading on the Future of Media Industry

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

Mark Cuban – How Google TV could hand Netflix the entire streaming universe Mark Cuban made him self incredibly wealthy founding Broadcast.com, and he’s now best known as owner of the Dallas Mavericks.  He also has a lot of interesting … Continue reading →

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Rocky Horror Glee Reaction #1

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

I posted my reaction to preview materials of the Rocky Horror Glee Show last week, and nothing I saw during the episode changed my opinion.  But I’m an old guy who used to go to Rocky Horror Picture Show when … Continue reading →

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Samples of Newspaper Series

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

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 →

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