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Sunday News Pops on Twitter (All media are social)

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

Yesterday was surprisingly busy as a news day with my Twitter feed overflowing with rapid-fire commentary on the news. There was news about earthquakes, floods, health care, the president, the NFL, and just a bit about the new Star Trek … Continue reading →

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UPDATED – Media Stories From Hurricane Harvey

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

Getting news out from Hurricane is a massive effort.  Here are a few stories about those struggles: UPDATE – How Houston Chronicle is covering home-town flooding / Why Local News Matters This Facebook status from a @HoustonChron reporter says everything you need to … Continue reading →

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When Nature Puts On The Really Big Show – Total Eclipse on the Prairie

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

The total eclipse of the sun in Kearney, Nebraska this afternoon was absolutely stunning. You didn’t need any fancy equipment to see the images. Just look down and see the pinhole images provided by the trees. Lots of high school … Continue reading →

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All Media are Social – alt-right figure off Twitter, death threats on Facebook & fake news ban on Google

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Ralph Hanson

Lots of social media in the news this week: Twitter suspends prominent alt-right accounts Twitter has suspended a number of accounts associated with alt-right figure Richard Spencer.  Spencer is the president of a white nationalist think tank. In the past, … Continue reading →

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News About News: Campaign money, Shep Smith & Fox, Charges Dropped for Goodman, and Death Threats at AZ Republic

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Ralph Hanson

There’s been a lot of news about the news coverage of politics in the last few days.  Here are several that I think we should be paying attention to: When journalists give money to the presidential campaign, they give it to … Continue reading →

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The Good News and Bad News on Student News Consumption

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Ralph Hanson

I asked my media literacy students this morning where they go for news.  And the results look pretty good to me.  Lots of local TV news and local newspapers. A number of them watch the Today Show (who knew the … Continue reading →

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Telling Data-Driven Stories

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Ralph Hanson

This morning our Comm students at University of Nebraska at Kearney were fortunate enough to have a virtual class visit from Dr. Jan Boyles from the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State University.  She talked with us about some … Continue reading →

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Katie Couric leaves “mainstream media” for…. mainstream media?

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

You would be hard pressed to find anyone in the media business more mainstream that news anchor/personality Katie Couric.  She represents everything that characterizes legacy media.  She’s had interviews with all the big stars from Hollywood to D.C. She’s a … Continue reading →

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Media News That Ought Not To Surprise You

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Netflix set to surpass HBO in USA paid subscriptions You can watch any of their programs any time and any where on any device for about $8 a month.   And they let you shotgun their original series from day … Continue reading →

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Return to Kickstarter

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

At AEJMC this year, I was part of a great panel about using Kickstarter to fund journalistic and other media projects – hence the recent number of posts on Kickstarter… Here are two more crowdfunded projects that have just popped … Continue reading →

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