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06.15.08Meet the Press(L-R) Democratic strategist James Carville and his wife Republican strategist Mary Matalin burst into tears during a taping of "Meet the Press" in memory of the late moderator Tim Russert. (Alex Wong/Getty Images for Meet the Press) While I think MSNBC is going a bit overboard with their coverage and engaging in a fair amount of navel gazing, this is a powerful picture.
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04.21.08What is ‘Passive-Aggressive Newsgathering’?Paul Bradshaw over at the Online Journalism Blog has written an excruciatingly long, yet incredibly informative, post about RSS, social media and what he calls 'Passive-Agressive Newsgathering.' In it, he breaks down RSS (syndicated content) and compares and contrasts it to its social networking equivalent. He even broke it down into a diagram: He breaks down each element and what they mean for a journalist. The post is full of links, both outside OJB and within, and is a good primer for those not yet familiar with how all of these new tools can help a journalist. It is also a ...
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04.15.08Entry-level cameras for the online journalist or mojoGizmodo has an excellent review of four, entry-level DSLR cameras that are hitting the market soon. The four models are from Sony, Canon, Nikon and Olympus, the current digital camera heavyweights. Having at least a modicum of camera skills is essential for an online journalist, so these sub-$1000 cameras are a great addition to any arsenal. I currently use a Canon Digital Rebel-XT, which is about as entry level as it gets, though I do need to upgrade my lens. If I ever get to the point where I need go bigger I'll probably go with one of the upper-level Canon ...
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04.15.08The early days of the MojoVia Boing Boing: The first days of the mobile journalist, courtesy of RCA. This battery-operated RCA back-pack weighs 53 pounds, including batteries. Antennas for transmitting picture signals and receiving orders from a base station extend from top of pack. Range is about one mile. At rear of camera case is an electronic finder and a microphone for the narrator. Boy am I glad Al Gore created the Internet.
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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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04.13.08NPAA Best of Photojournalism 2008 Web winnersThe National Press Photographers Association has announced its winners for the Best of Photojournalism contest. The winners in the online categories were quite impressive this year. Steve Myers over at Poynter weighs in on some of the notables and trends. Here are some that I liked a lot: Soul of Athens - First Place, Best Use of Web and Best Multimedia Package, The Athens News One School's Struggle: Fixing D.C.'s Schools - First Place, Best Audio Slideshow, The Washington Post Hotel Poverty - First Place, Best Feature Slideshow (INDE), Shane Bauer Firsts and Goals - First Place, Best Sports Slideshow (UNDE), Palm Beach Post Our Hidden ...
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03.24.08Hillary’s spotty memory about her trip to BasraD'oh!Nice cover from the Clinton aide. Not unlike Romney's memory of his father "meeting" Martin Luther King Jr.Here's another video for a little more context.Interesting, to say the least. Kind of makes you wonder what other things she remembers.
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03.19.08State of the News Media 2008 released by PEJThe Project for Excellence in Journalism has released the State of the Media 2008, its annual report of, well, the state of the news media. Duh. As usual, the report is incredibly dense and has a wealth of information sectioned off by industry. If you are at all involved in the news media or have an interest on the scrutiny that it is willing to put itself under, check it out.If not, move along. I'm sure there will be some movie trailers along soon or a random YouTube video.
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12.21.07The portrait from IraqThe Project for Excellence in Journalism has an excellent (pun intended) study on how the media has been covering the Iraq War.Through the first 10 months of the year, the portrait of Iraq that Americans have received from the news media has in considerable measure been a grim one. Roughly half of the reporting has consisted of accounts of daily violence. And stories that explicitly assessed the direction of the war have tended toward pessimism, according to a new study of press coverage of events on the ground in Iraq from January through October of 2007.The Portrait from Iraq: Percent ...
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12.07.072008 media predictionsBusinessWeek media critic Jon Fine recently listed his 2008 media predictions with the disclaimer he's been severely wrong in the past. However, his list seems a little more sound this year:Daily newspapers begin to redefine the word "daily."More than one famous band pulls a Radiohead.Wall Street Journal readers and staffers concede that the News Corp. (NWS) purchase has not destroyed their paper.Jeff Bewkes moves very quickly to remake Time Warner.New York Times Co. continues to stonewall the current media environment.Technological issues continue to make cell phones an undernourished and disappointing media platform in America.Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin's half-a-loaf ...
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10.23.07Dumbledore pride – that didn’t take longWell, that didn't take long.T-shirts from dumbledorepride.com. This definitely gets "most ridiculous news item of the day" two days in a row.
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10.18.07FCC rallying again to allow media conglomerates to own morePlan Would Ease Limits on Media OwnersThe head of the Federal Communications Commission has circulated an ambitious plan to relax the decades-old media ownership rules, including repealing a rule that forbids a company to own both a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same city.Kevin J. Martin, chairman of the commission, wants to repeal the rule in the next two months — a plan that, if successful, would be a big victory for some executives of media conglomerates.Among them are Samuel Zell, the Chicago investor who is seeking to complete a buyout of the Tribune Company, and ...
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