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09.11.09‘Picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines*.’So with President Obama's visit to Minneapolis this Saturday my 4-day week has been nixed. However, tomorrow should be an interesting day as I'll be on my bike running between the Target Center, the Minneapolis bureau and getting any newsworthy pictures along the way. We've got some professional freelance photographers for the inside, so there's no pressure to get the only photos of the event. Good thing too, because I don't have the gear for something like this. Today is the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. I'm certainly not going to get into all of the remembrance blubbering, I'll leave ...
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06.23.09Your ideas are as fresh and new as an agatized stromatolite*There's a heat advisory in the Twin Cities today, with temperatures in the 90s and the heat index (whatever the hell that means) in the 100s. I thought in moving from Minnesota to Florida I would be trading in my heat advisories for the winter weather warnings, a straight 1:1 swap. Not so much, apparently. However, it seems a heat-advised day here is like an average summer day in Florida, minus the love bugs. Looks like I may have to actually use the pathetic little window a/c unit. Things: Ed McMahon has died Flowcharting the gay marriage debate Iran elections: Guardian Council says there ...
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06.22.09Case of the MondaysOK, not really. I actually hate the term but just couldn't think of another post title. Going to be a busy week, a lot of big things happening at work and in the world. Pretty sure Iran is going to explode, literally and figuratively. More than two dozen journalists have been detained, a young girl was killed in the streets and caught on video (WARNING: Graphic). Other Reads: Google Starts Including Wikipedia on Its News Site Iran Fears Drive Mid-East Arms Rush Extreme Life Thrives Where the Livin’ Ain’t Easy College sells naming rights to class courses
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06.23.08George Carlin(May 12, 1937 - June 22, 2008) Twenty-three comedy albums, 14 HBO specials, three books, TV shows and multiple great appearances on Saturday Night Live. Somehow that still doesn't seem like enough.
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06.14.08Cedar Rapids, IowaI think that front page says it all. Kudos to the Gazette for managing to still put out a good product both online and in print despite being directly affected by the flooding. Good thing I'm moving closer to that area soon...*gulp*
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04.22.08Randi Rhodes resigns from Air America; the Internet strikes again!Randi Rhodes, progressive radio talk show host for Air America, has resigned due to comments she made about presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. She apparently called Hillary a f**king whore and it was all caught on tape and put up on the great equalizer, YouTube (Warning! Some foul language). Mark Green, president of Air America Media, told FOXNews.com that Rhodes terminated her contract Wednesday after she refused to apologize on air for her remarks. "We sought an apology, because of what she had said…like Imus, like David Shuster," Green said. "She refused and instead last night informed us she was terminating her contract ...
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04.16.08Robert Niles: ‘There is no such thing as “off the record” anymore.’So says Online Journalism Review editor Robert Niles. Niles says this in the wake of the huge stink made over Barack Obama's comments at a recent gathering where journalists were not allowed. Huffington Post writer Mayhill Flower was there, she recorded what Obama said and the rest is very recent history. What's funny is that the bigger story is what Obama said, which wasn't that big of a deal, but that he was in a venue that was supposed to be forbidden to journalists. Why? He's a presidential candidate, a potential leader of the free world. Every place he speaks and every word ...
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04.14.08Rupert Murdoch and Sam Zell named to AP BoardEverything I just said, I take it back. We're all doomed.* Other reads for today: How to use RSS feeds and social media for news gathering Citizen Journalists Get Syndie Show: YouNewsTV Sun-Sentinel's Tom Jicha on MTV's 'The Paper' - Yes, reality TV coming to journalism. *Cough*, sound that doom bell again. Geneva Overholser to lead USC Annenberg’s School of Journalism - Annenberg is THE place for online journalism (so I hear). Overholser has a wealth of experience and will no doubt bring a lot to the school. She also inspires us online j-tech heads with this quote: “Ensuring that the essential values of journalism are ...
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04.13.08News reporting can be dangerous stuffTime for a little levity, though painful levity.
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04.13.08Online features round upI think this will be something of a feature I want to do once or twice a week. Just a quick round up of the current online feature or breaking news stories using some sort of online-exclusive component. This could be anything; a flash piece, audio, video, graphic or even clever use of photos. Catholic Views, Catholic Voices (NY Times) - A piece that uses Flash and audio interviews to get Catholic views and opinions on the even of the Pope's U.S. visit. I've been impressed with the NY Times' use of audio and would be curious to see what sort ...
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04.12.08Newseum opens in Washington D.C.The LA Times has en excellent photo gallery of the Newseum opening in D.C. yesterday.
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04.12.08Sunday talk lineup; Nancy Pelosi, Robert Gates on ‘Face the Nation’, Stephen Hadley hits ABC and FoxGuest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ——— ABC's "This Week" — Former President Jimmy Carter; National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley. ——— CBS' "Face the Nation" — Defense Secretary Robert Gates; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. ——— NBC's "Meet the Press" — Democratic strategists James Carville and Bob Shrum; Republican strategists Mary Matalin and Mike Murphy. ——— CNN's "Late Edition" — Sens. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., Joe Biden, D-Del., Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.; Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. ——— "Fox News Sunday" — Former Sen. Tom Daschle, D-S.D.; Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter; Hadley; Olympic speedskater Joey Cheek; Alex Ovechkin, left wing player for the Washington Capitals hockey ...
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04.11.08Cheney’s sunglasses, mystery solvedBob Collins, of Minnesota Public Radio's News Cut blog, shows us that sometimes a rod is just a rod. See, what's again turning a non-story into a story just clogs the news-o-sphere. Hey, I'm no Cheney fan either, but common sense would dictate that if there were something malicious or incriminating reflected in his sunglasses they wouldn't go and post it on the Whitehouse.gov Web site. You don't Spock to tell you that. Come on people, let's get back to the important stories, like Britney Spears and who just got booted from American Idol. *Sigh*
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04.10.08Daytona Beach News-Journal going up for saleIn the wake of a lawsuit from corporate shareholders, Cox Enterprises, the owners of the Daytona Beach News-Journal announced today that they would put the paper on the market. From the Orlando Sentinel: A sale of the newspaper has become the only option in light of the latest legal loss against Cox Enterprises, the Atlanta-based corporate partner. "We do not yet know the form this sale will take or the timing, but we know that it will be sold as a going and continuing business," reads the letter posted on the newspaper's Web site and jointly signed by board members. The News-Journal has ...
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04.10.08Newseum to open FridayUpdate (9:10 a.m.): Gen. David Petraeus and Co. are doing a press briefing from the Newseum right now. It looks like they are on Jeopardy. "We'll take 'Horrible Quagmires' for $1000 Alex." The $450 million Newseum is opening in Washington D.C. this Friday. For some reason, I have mixed feelings about this place. On the one hand, it would be a great place to see artifacts and examine the history of journalism, on the other hand it's a $450 million museum that features Anna Marie Cox's slippers as part of an exhibit. Gross waste of funds, or necessary addition to the museums ...
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