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Looking Back at the January 6th Insurrection – History Has Its Eyes On You

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Ralph Hanson

Update: 1/6/25  — It’s now been four years since this shameful day. One year ago today an angry mob assaulted the United Staters Capitol Building in an attempt to stop the counting of electoral votes and overturn the results of … Continue reading →

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Stories of hope from the insurrection, Part 6

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Ralph Hanson

The violent insurrection in Washington, D.C.  Wednesday was both utterly predictable and unimaginable. My feelings about those events go well beyond the scope of this blog, so instead of laying out my feelings, I’m going to share a variety of … Continue reading →

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Newspaper Editorials: Stories from the insurrection, Part 4

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Ralph Hanson

The violent insurrection in Washington, D.C.  Wednesday was both utterly predictable and unimaginable. My feelings about those events go well beyond the scope of this blog, so instead of laying out my feelings, I’m going to share a variety of … Continue reading →

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Words Matter – Thoughts on Wednesday’s Insurrection, Part 1

Posted on January 8, 2021 by Ralph Hanson

The violent insurrection in Washington, D.C.  Wednesday was both utterly predictable and unimaginable. My feelings about those events go well beyond the scope of this blog, so instead of laying out my feelings, I’m going to share a variety of … Continue reading →

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The media world on Twitter: Short takes on complex issues

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

I’m spending most of my time right now trying to complete the eighth edition of Mass Communication: Living in a Media World for my publisher Sage.  I’ve been blessed with some friends who have been kind enough to write guest blog … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog Post – Caught in the Crossfire: Journalism’s “Objectivity” Problem in Times of Civil Unrest

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

Another excellent guest blog post, this one from Dr. Michael J. Socolow. While working in the CNN Los Angeles Bureau in the early 1990s, Prof. Socolow was an Assignment Editor helping to direct coverage on such stories as the O.J. … Continue reading →

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Legacy News Vs. Google – Is the battle as clear as it seems?

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

There’s been a lot of chatter lately about the interaction/exploitation/mismanagement among legacy media and the social media companies.  Here are a couple ofl articles/threads that do a good job of dealing with the issues: Google Made $4.7 Billion From the … Continue reading →

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Reporting Offensive Language from the White House – Part II

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

A couple of weeks ago President Trump generated a lot of news by making some highly offensive remarks about the country of Haiti, the continent of Africa, and presumably about a couple of countries in central America. The story resulted … Continue reading →

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Reporting Offensive Language from the White House – Part I

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

As you can’t help but have noticed, on Thursday President Trump made some highly offensive remarks about the country of Haiti, the continent of Africa, and presumably about a couple of countries in central America.  He was quoted in the Washington … Continue reading →

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Telling the story of the California fires through comics

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

We often think of comics as being either funny stories or super hero dramas.  And they can be all that. But many of the best comics tell intensely personal stories about life, death, and surviving the time in-between. I was reminded … Continue reading →

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