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TRANSCRIPTION: Craig Newmark on newspapers at UC-Berkeley in 2005

2010-04-02T03:10:00.000-04:00

TRANSCRIPT OF EXCERPTS OF REMARKS BY CRAIG NEWMARK founder, CRAIG.S LIST At the New Media Public Lecture Series Presented by the Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism and the Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley March 22, 2005, Berkeley, Calif. VIDEO STREAM AT: http://journalism.berkeley.edu/events/details.php?ID=214 REMARKS OF MR. NEWMARK: Sometimes we look at the big news

ADAGE: Craigslist will no longer run erotic service ads for free

2008-11-08T02:12:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:URL: http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=132320Craigslist Will No Longer Run Erotic Service Ads for FreeUnder Attorneys General Agreement, Will Charge $10 Per Listing By Michael Learmonth Advertising Age Published: November 06, 2008 NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Under pressure from state attorneys general, Craigslist is going to start charging for "erotic services" ads.

Carnegie / Knight Initiaitve Seeks To Transform Journalism Education in U.S.

2008-07-07T11:49:00.000-04:00

RECEIVED BY EMAIL TODAY:EXPANSION OF CARNEGIE-KNIGHT INITIATIVE SEEKS TO TRANSFORM JOURNALISM EDUCATION IN U.S.Program Preparing Journalism Students to Lead Industry Change Gains MomentumMiami, Florida and New York, New York, July 7, 2008 - Seeking to change the way journalism is taught in the United States, Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation are

CHARGING: In St. Paul, Singleton says "industry solution" needed

2008-01-01T19:45:00.000-05:00

EXCERT FROM BELOW:"Long term, we've got to get paid for news (online) or we can't keep producing it," he said. But he said that has to be an industry-wide solution and not just one paper acting alone.ORIGINAL URL (no longer active):http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/business/14446579.htmPosted on Fri, Apr. 28, 2006No major changes, new owner tells Pioneer PressBY JOHN WELBESSt. Paul [Minn.]

CONFERENCE: Online News Association / Oct. 17-18 / Toronto

2007-08-22T16:18:00.000-04:00

FORWARDING NEWS RELEASE from Tiffany Shackelford, on behalf of the Online News Association . . .Leading digital journalists, bloggers and educators from around the world will gather to discuss the practical and the possible in online journalism during the eighth annual conference of the Online News Association (ONA), to be held Oct. 17-19, 2007, in Toronto.Organizers say the conference will

Daily Kos blogger Jerome Armstrong fined by SEC for not disclosing interest

2007-08-09T20:40:00.000-04:00

BELOW FROM:http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/blogger-agrees-to-pay-30000-in-sec-case/August 8, 2007, 2:15 pmBlogger to Pay $30,000 in S.E.C. CaseBy Chris SuellentropTags: Jerome Armstrong, s.e.c.Prominent liberal blogger Jerome Armstrong has agreed to pay nearly $30,000 in fines in a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission over allegations that Armstrong touted the

MINI-PROFILE: Markos "Kos" Moulitsas Zuniga spent teen years in Chicago area

2007-08-04T08:42:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/495906,CST-NWS-markos03.articleNative Chicagoan began blog as 'personal therapy'August 3, 2007By Abdon M. PallaschChicago Sun-Times Markos "Kos" Moulitsas Zuniga, 35, started blogging five years ago as "personal therapy" to get his frustrations with the Bush administration off his chest. "It was the tail end of the Afghanistan war and the lead-up

STUDY: Investing in the Newsroom is Good for Business

2007-07-31T11:19:00.000-04:00

http://journalism.missouri.edu/news/2007/02-15-newsroom-profitability.htmlNewspaper Study: Investing in the Newsroom is Good for BusinessJournalism and Marketing Researchers Determine News Quality Directly Impacts Profitability By Bryan Daniels MU News Bureau Columbia, Mo. (Feb. 15, 2007) -- In recent years, the newspaper industry has experienced a variety of changes. None have been more

Dallas hyperlocal pioneer Pegasus News acquired by Seattle TV-station operator

2007-07-17T10:34:00.000-04:00

Pegasus News (http://www.pegasusnews.com) a Dallas-based hyperlocal news operation started by Mike Orem, has been acquired by a Seattle-based TV-station operator, Fisher Communications Inc. In a news release sent by email, Fisher said the move was "part of its initiative to develop new online-only content for its key local markets" and said it plans to take Pegasus' news, information and

LATIMES: OhMyNews suffers page-view decline even as it hires

2007-06-19T01:47:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.latimes.com/business/printedition/la-fi-ohmynews18jun18,1,5652649,full.storyPOSTED: June 18, 2007Citizens are the media in S. KoreaOhmyNews' populist approach, though risky, is widely emulated.By Don LeeLos Angeles Times Staff WriterSEOUL . Kim Hye-won's journalism career began when she decided to write about her teenage son fighting with his father. The elder Kim was

BUSINESS WEEK: It's tough to make local work on the web: Wally Bowen

2007-05-13T10:48:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_13/b4027019.htm?chan=searchWally Bowen of Mountain Area Information Network writes:This Business Week article underscores the difficulty of creating an advertising-supported, local journalism web portal. And it also underscores the potential of our business model, based on ISP revenue and public radio-style underwriting revenue from

Minnesota alt-weekly editor departs with insightful Q&A about MSM future

2007-05-13T09:58:00.000-04:00

Paul Schmelzer of the website "Minnesota Monitor," posted a Q&A interview on April 6, 2007, with the former editor of the Twin Cities City Pages, the dominant alternative weekly in Minneapolis-St. Paul. The editor, Steve Perry, had quit after a chain took over the weekend. Perry, according to Smelzer's intro, is "busy developing a website plan for a newspaper in another city, while considering

BACKGROUND: Craig Newmark in the lion's den -- speaking to publishers

2007-05-10T02:20:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003581648Craigslist Founder: People Who Run Printing Presses 'Screwed'By Jennifer SabaEditor & Publisher OnlinePublished: May 07, 2007 12:20 PM ETNEW YORK -- You have to hand it to Craig Newmark, founder of the wildly successful classified site Craigslist, for telling it like it is to an audience of

CASE STUDY: Josh Wilson of NewsDesk.net reviews coverage of cycle-car crash aftermath

2007-04-05T15:13:00.000-04:00

MGP2006 alum Josh Wilson provides this analysis of the coverage of a cycle-car crash in San Francisco that raises multiple questions about the post-now, think-later nature of web journalism.-- bill densmoreBy Josh WilsonCheck out SFGate right now for a fascinating look at how both initialnewspaper coverage and Web 2.0 technologies can help shape perceptionof a story.At issue is a confrontation

Who's selling into local markets and how are they doing it?

2007-03-20T19:16:00.000-04:00

A key to the sustainability of journalism has always been local advertising. But now new competitors to the local newspaper -- and to web local startups -- are developing technologies for reaching into the local market and selling local advertising online.In Santa Clara, Calif., this week, the Kelsey Group, a Princeton, N.J.-based consultancy, is running a conference focused not on news or

FOLLOWUP: John Moyle talks about the move from anonymity to identity

2007-03-10T13:41:00.000-05:00

GIRAFFE PROFILE PAGE:http://www.mediagiraffe.org/profiles/index.php?action=profile&id=378John Moyle of The Overland Examiner, a local online news blog in a St. Louis, Mo., suburb, in a Sept. 15, 2006, email exchange with Bill Densmore of The Media Giraffe Project:Recently I decided to really "stick my neck out" over at _the Overland Examiner_ (http://www.theoverlandexaminer.org) . I posted an

BACKGROUND: John Moyle on why he started The Overland Examiner

2007-03-10T13:21:00.000-05:00

LINK TO MEDIA GIRAFFE PROJECT PROFILE:http://www.mediagiraffe.org/profiles/index.php?action=profile&id=378ORIGINAL URL:http://overlandsailor.blogspot.com/2006/09/who-is-this-guy.htmlOverlandSailor steering for a brighter future At the helm of the Overland Examiner is OverlandSailor, just a regular guywho has decided not to let government corruption continue without a fight.As an independent

Baristanet co-founder claims Newark daily fails to take notice at its peril

2007-03-08T18:29:00.000-05:00

The co-founder of an Upper Montclair, N.J., local online news blog quotes a survey colleague as saying the Newark, N.J., daily fails to take notice of the blog site's news at its peril. Here's the text of an email LizGeorge sent to the Media Giraffe Project on Feb. 1, 2006: Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 13:07:26 -0500From: Liz GeorgeSubject: Baristanet eats newspapers forlunch;

Apple's CEO lambasts teachers' unions as inhibiting technology, excellence

2007-02-18T15:08:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/16717129.htmORIGINALLY POSTED: Friday, Feb. 16, 2007Apple CEO lambasts teacher unionsBy APRIL CASTROAssociated Press WriterAUSTIN, Texas - Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs lambasted teacher unions Friday, claiming no amount of technology in the classroom would improve public schools until principals could fire bad teachers. Jobs compared

Unhappy Time Warner customers urged to call Olver

2007-02-03T10:25:00.000-05:00

Time-Warner cable's Albany regional management is under fire from Berkshire County officials in Western Massachusetts after they laid plans to remove a Boston television station from the region's cablelineup and replace it with another network affiliate from Connecticut. The issue is important because Western Mass. is largely served by the Albany, N.Y., media market and the county's approximately

Re: ASNE First Amendment Summit -- Sarah Olson exchange

2007-01-18T14:50:00.000-05:00

Today there is a one-day "emergency summit" of the American Society of Newspaper Editors to talk about the growing challenge to the First Amendment posed by the jailing of reporters. We asked Sarah Olson, a free-lance writer subpoenaed to testify in the court-martial of an anti-Iraq war soldier, to comment on her situation by answering a series of questions posed by Bill Densmore. Sarah Olson

CONFERENCES: Beyond Broadcast Conference, Feb 27 2007 at MIT

2007-01-17T16:17:00.000-05:00

-----original message-----From: Steve Schultze Date: Jan 17, 2007 12:26 PMSubject: Beyond Broadcast, Feb 27 2007To: info@beyondbroadcast.netGreetings. We're delighted to announce Beyond Broadcast 2007 (detailsbelow). Feel free to forward this announcement to other people/listswho may be interested, and register early to reserve your spot beforeseats fill up.====For 50 years

San Jose Mercury compares Digg and Newstrust

2006-12-31T20:10:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/16334481.htm Posted on Thu, Dec. 28, 2006Web news oppositesNEWSTRUST.COM, DIGG.COM: TWO VISIONS OF WHAT ONLINE READERS WANTBy Elise AckermanMercury NewsTwo years ago, the inspiration for creating a Web site for news junkies hit two men with vastly different ambitions. One hoped to make boat-loads of money. The other dreamed of

UMich historian, ex-AP reporter scrutinizes blog landscape's effect on news

2006-12-30T16:32:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1167407151269730.xmlhttp://www.mlive.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-8/1167407151269730.xml Brighton historian scrutinizes new landscape New book delves into the blogosphereTHE ANN ARBOR NEWSFriday, December 29, 2006(byline just says: "News Special Writer")The news media are in a state of change. Over the past decade,

BACKGROUND: Teaching science with "An Inconvenient Truth" -- Exxon-Mobile and the NTSA

2006-12-18T23:44:00.000-05:00

Should high school's in America get a free DVD of Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth"? The National Science Teachers Association has apparent declined to help. Read various viewpoints on the controversy.The conservative Media Research Center's post on the subject by Noel Sheppardat NewsBusters:http://newsbusters.org/node/9262 The liberal-progress Center for American Progress post on the matter:http

Idaho publisher finds smaller papers bely image of failing industry

2006-12-16T10:34:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL HEADLINE:'Little' Papers Keep Coming Up BigPublished: December 07, 2006 5:00 PM ETin Editor & Publisher OnlineORIGINAL URL:http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003494331By Roger Plothow-------------------------------------------------------------------The author is editor and publisher of the Post Register, a locally owned 26,000-circulation

ADVERTISING: Mark Cuban explains how local media can own their customer relationship

2006-12-03T09:58:00.000-05:00

Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks and an early dot-com millionaire, explains how he thinks local TV, radio and newspaper sales forces should retool so that they are selling advertising across all platforms -- even those they don't own.It all sounds a bit like a local advertising agency.Here's the link:http://www.blogmaverick.com/2006/11/27/

OWNERSHIP: Newsday staffers ready protest letter to Tribune Co. management

2006-12-03T09:37:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003467099Published: December 02, 2006 11:55 AM ET'Newsday' Staffers Writing Protest Letter To Trib Chairman Dennis FitzSimonsBy Joe StruppEditor & Publisher MagazineNEW YORK -- Several dozen Newsday employees are planning to send a protest letter to Tribune Company Chairman Dennis FitzSimons that blasts

Newstrust "next-generation" news aggregator may work with New England News Forum

2006-12-02T13:50:00.000-05:00

The New England News Forum initiative at UMass Amherst is considering workingwith the non-profit California startup, Newstrust, to operate Newstrust NewEngland.A story below from The Guardian, U.K., refers. Both Jemima Kiss, the author,and Fabrice Florin, Newstrust developer, attended MGP2006.Also see: http://test.newenglandnews.org/?q=newstrust http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,,

NEWS RELEASE: Fabrice Florin on the launch of Newstrust

2006-11-29T01:25:00.000-05:00

Fabrice Florin, developer of the non-profit news-rating service, Newstrust, andan alumnus of MGP2006, opened up the site to the public today, after almost ayear of beta testing. His email to supporters is appended below. To watch aQuickTime video demonstration of the site from MGP2006, click here:http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Quality:_How_Do_You_Measure_It Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:

STATEMENT: Founder and MGP2006 alum takes wraps off "Newstrust" service for finding, rating quality of news

2006-11-28T22:46:00.000-05:00

Fabrice Florin, developer of the non-profit news-rating service, Newstrust, and an alumnus of MGP2006, opened up the site to the public today, after almost a year of beta testing. His email to supporters is appended below. To watch a QuickTime video demonstration of the site from MGP2006, click here:http://www.mediagiraffe.org/wiki/index.php/Quality:_How_Do_You_Measure_ItDate: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18

LIBEL: California high court gives some immunity to web publishers

2006-11-23T11:45:00.000-05:00

FULL OPINION TEXT:http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/S122953.PDF BELOW FROM:http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/21/technology/21internet.html By BLOOMBERG NEWSPublished: November 21, 2006The California Supreme Court said yesterday that Internet publishers could not be held liable if they posted defamatory comments written by others, a victory for online companies like Google and AOL.The

Business Week writer says OhmyNews unable to make sustained profits

2006-11-04T17:10:00.000-05:00

Business Week Online posted a story Nov. 1 by the magazine's Seoul bureau chief reporting that citizen-journalism pioneer OhmyNews is struggling to make sustained profits. To blame: The competitive online advertising market. Still, the outfot supports over 65 professional journalists on $6 million in annual revenues.ORIGINAL URL:http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/nov2006/gb20061101_

In New Orleans, editors consider when to stick their neck out over cutbacks

2006-10-28T10:36:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/26/business/media/26cnd-paper.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=sloginPublished: October 26, 2006HEADLINE: Los Angeles Times Editor Urges Others to Fight CutsBy KATHARINE Q. SEELYEThe New York TimesNEW ORLEANS, Oct. 26 -- The editor of The Los Angeles Times, Dean Baquet, who publicly opposed staff cuts at his newspaper last month, encouraged other editors

OWNERSHIP: It's not all roses at Philadelphia Inquirer

2006-10-28T00:11:00.000-04:00

http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2006/10/27/local_ownership_isnt_cure_all_for_newspapersLocal ownership isn't cure-all for newspapersBy Robert Gavin, Globe Staff | October 27, 2006As Philadelphia is finding out, local ownership of big city newspapers isn't a panacea.With a local group considering making a bid to buy The Boston Globe from The New York Times Co., media specialists

OWNERSHIP: Local group eyes Baltimore Sun purchase

2006-10-28T00:07:00.000-04:00

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-bz.sun27oct27,0,4343526.storyBaltimore group seeks to buy SunVenetoulis, Embry, Sondheim join bidBy Jamie Smith Hopkins and Andrea Walkersun reportersOriginally published October 27, 2006A group of prominent Baltimore business and civic leaders has launched an effort to buy The Baltimore Sun Co., sending a letter yesterday indicating its interest to the

Nieman commentator wonders where "giraffes" are in Tribune-LATimes controversy

2006-10-20T23:12:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/blog/?p=27ORIGINAL HEADLINE: Gilbert Cranberg: Timidity at WorkPosted at 10:56 am, October 19th, 2006When Jay Harris quit in 2001 as publisher of the San Jose Mercury News rather than make cuts he believed would harm the paper, he was invited to speak to the annual meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, where he received an enthusiastic

A patient Singleton says news companies will be better in 10 years

2006-10-20T22:53:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL: http://www.snpa.org/circuitaddon/ebulletin/10.19.06.htmHEADLINE:"Why We are Still Buying Newspaper Companies:Their Value and Their Future"From the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association websiteDespite the difficult times ahead for the newspaper industry, MediaNews Group continues to feel very bullish about the future of newspapers and will continue to buy newspapers, William Dean

SOURCE MATERIAL: Letter to FCC from opponents of "fake news"

2006-10-17T17:23:00.000-04:00

Here is the text of a news released today from opponents of so-called "fake news" -- the practice of U.S. TV stations broadcasting video material provided by companies or PR firms without disclosing the source to viewers. This release was supplied to the Media Giraffe Project by John Staubner of the Center for Media & Democracy in Madison, Wis.See also:http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/

University of Wisconsin study scores lack of election coverage in Midwest TV markets

2006-10-13T21:53:00.000-04:00

The Benton Foundation newswire, written by Editor Kevin Tagland, wraps up reports on a study of local TV news in Midwest markets, which found little prime time devoted to election coverage. "The failure of local television news to foster and encourage informed citizen participation in the political process is scandalous," commented Lawrence Hanson, of the Joyce Foundation, which funded the

Nieman blogger suggests state statutes to allow newspaper directors to consider more than profits

2006-10-09T21:47:00.000-04:00

Barry Sussman of the Nieman Watchdog site at Harvard University, has posted about the launching of a new resource -- a rotating "blog" which will carry column-like commentaries on media issues by 11 journalism veterans. The first blog, by retired Des Moines Register editorial-page editor Gilbert Cranberg, proposes a movement to amend state corporation laws to allow boards of directors of news

CMD says it refutes criticisms leveled by broadcasters over "fake news" investigation

2006-10-09T20:17:00.000-04:00

STATEMENT SUPPLIED Oct. 9, 2006 BY:Center for Media and Democracy, Madison, Wis.HEADLINE: "Issues Full Rebuttal of Claims Made by the Radio-TelevisionNews Directors Association""MADISON, Wis. -- The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) released today a full rebuttal of claims made against its April 2006 report, "Fake TV News: Widespread and undisclosed" (http://www.prwatch.org/fakenews/

COPYRIGHT: Google loses appeal in Belgium copyright case; but gets another chance

2006-09-23T16:47:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=562&e=2&u=/ap/20060923/ap_on_hi_te/google_news_lawsuitBy AOIFE WHITEAP Business WriterSat Sep 23, 7:18 AM ETBRUSSELS, Belgium - Google Inc. lost an appeal Friday of a Belgian court's requirement that the Internet search company publish on its home page the ruling in a recent case it lost.Google spokesman D.J. Collins said the company would

Jarvis profiles apparent success of German web-only newspaper Netzeitung

2006-09-21T23:13:00.000-04:00

In this column, Jeff Jarvis, former U.S. online newspaper executive, now a journalism professor at City University of New York, describes the apparent success of a no-paper newspaper, the German web-only operation Netzeitung, which claims it will make a small profit this year with 1.2 million online readers per month. Says Jarvis: "I got nowhere trying to convince American publishers to try a

TEXT: Prometheus Radio statement about "buried" FCC study of localism

2006-09-15T13:10:00.000-04:00

Link to PDF of "working paper" FCC draft report cited below. THIRD PARTY SUPPLIED INFORMATION Hannah Sassaman (215-727-9620) / hannah.sassaman@gmail.com ) has provided this statement from the Prometheus Radio Project on the recent revelation that the Federal Communications Commission's former chairman, Michael Powell, allegedly told FCC staff to destroy drafts of a 2004 study said to demonstrate

ePluribus editors post Q&A with iBrattleboro operators

2006-09-12T10:38:00.000-04:00

The editors at ePluribus Media have posted an insightful Q&A interview with Lise LePage and Chris Grotke, founders/operators of the iBrattleboro (Vt.), local online citizen journalism site. LePage and Grotke talk about their plans for a gradual addition of advertising -- and a classified-ad module they are getting set to unveil. They reiterate that their focus is not on making money in the short

GOP opponent of Barney Frank upset over WikiPedia entry defacements

2006-09-04T13:10:00.000-04:00

ORGINAL URL:http://www.thetranscript.com/localnews/ci_4260986 Candidate eyes suit against WikipediaBy Evan LehmannNorth Adams Transcript Washington Bureau(part of MediaNews Group Inc.)PUBLISHED:Wednesday, August 30, 2006WASHINGTON -- A write-in candidate for Congress is considering suing Wikipedia after anonymous users branded his campaign "inept" and inserted slurs into his biography on the

Jeff Cohen of FAIR on John Mark Karr coverage -- who is the real sick puppy?

2006-08-30T23:10:00.000-04:00

Jeff Cohen, founder of Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) is out with a Jeff Cohen, founder of Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) is out witha blistering opinion piece which asks a rhetorical question -- who is the real "sick puppy" -- John Mark Karr who fabricated a story that he killed6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey, or media outlines who for 10 days saturated thestory with coverage?

RESEARCH: Traditional media trusted over blogs

2006-08-22T23:01:00.000-04:00

The public trust newspapers and television news programs as much as their family and friends for information, says a study by U.K. interactive marketing firm Telecom Express noted by I Want Media. Blogs and Web sites are seen as least trustworthy. Also: Blogs are alien or unknown concepts to most U.S. adults.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5269530.stmhttp://adage.com/article?article_id=111377

CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Latest Pew study suggests Internet news usage may level off as "supplemental"

2006-08-11T09:43:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URLS:http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-0608030287aug04,1,1425568.columnhttp://www.seacoastonline.com/news/08102006/business-b-tech.internet.bizphoto.htmlPOSTED: Aug. 4, 2006HEADLINE: Online news audience up, but no deep roots plantedBy Steve JohnsonChicago Tribune sajohnson@tribune.com CHICAGO -- If you take Wall Street's pack wisdom for truth, old media outlets are

PRESS RELEASE: Hinchey, House Colleagues Call On FCC To Review CBS's Attempt To Consolidate Newsrooms

2006-08-07T15:35:00.000-04:00

This news release was sent to the Media Giraffe Project on Aug. 7, 2006 by Jeff Lieberson, a Hinchey staff spokesman. 202-225-1265 / cell: 202-225-0817 jeff.lieberson@mail.house.govHinchey, House Colleagues Call On FCC To Review CBS's AttemptTo Consolidate Newsrooms, Leave Producers Unprotected From Bargain UnitsWashington, DC -- As the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) continues to negotiate

Driving Ms. Helen: A "giraffe" intern gets losts, collects wisdom and coffee while ferrying Helen Thomas from Amherst to a Boston TV studio

2006-07-15T17:15:00.000-04:00

OPINION, By Sean McHughThe author is a journalism/English undergraduate at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts who lives in Williamstown, Mass. He was among interns who staffed the Media Giraffe Project's first summit conference at UMass Amherst June 28-July 1, 2006, where Hearst newspapers' White House columnist Helen Thomas was a speaker. Driving Ms. Helen.I am driving Helen Thomas, legendary

OWNERSHIP: Chicago Tribune column reviews newspaper ownership models

2006-07-15T16:31:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0607020254jul02,1,391884.storyPublished July 2, 2006Newspapers: Profits versus public trustBy Alicia C. ShepardThe author writes about the media. Her book, "Woodward and Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate," is due out in OctoberIt has been an explosive couple of months for the newspaper industry. First, a hedge fund managed to

PROSPECT: Dan Rather joints Mark Cuban's HDNet for weekly, hourly long investigative show

2006-07-12T22:26:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6351639.htmlRather: I'm in "Control" at HD NetBy Anne Becker -- Broadcasting & Cable, 7/11/2006 11:03:00 PMFormer CBS News anchor Dan Rather has paired with Mark Cuban's HD Net because he will have "complete, absolute and total creative and editorial control" of his new investigative program, Dan RatherReports . news, "like you've never seen

CLIPPING: News council seeks to resolve media disputes

2006-07-12T17:33:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.dailyhampshiregazette.com/storytmp.cfm?id_no=63001552006POSTED: Friday, June 30, 2006News council seeks to resolve media disputesBy LARRY PARNASS Staff WriterThe Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.AMHERST - A new group at the University of Massachusetts wants to bring a cool breeze into the media hothouse.Fueled by a grant from the Knight Foundation, the nonprofit

GRANTS: Sunlight Foundation offers up to $5K to better connect with Congress

2006-07-12T16:51:00.000-04:00

One of the leaders of the Internet presidential campaign strategy of former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean -- Zephyr Teachout -- has become national director of the Sunlight Foundation's "Sunlight Network." Sunlight Network is offering "mini-grants," in the $1,000 to $5,000 range, for local orregional nonprofit organizations and non-affiliated groups that haveinnovative approaches to strengthening the

VIDEO: In rural America, 4-H youth adopt videoblogging

2006-07-12T13:50:00.000-04:00

The national 4-H website has posted a feature story about the use of video blogging by rural youth. It reports that you are sharing breaking news, event coverage and educational information with their community. For example, the 4-H Network News technology club inJefferson County, Wash., provides on-the-spot reportsthrough video clips and podcasts posted to their 4-HNetwork News Web site. Club

MGP advisor Dan Gillmor reflect on state of web journalism

2006-06-24T22:10:00.000-04:00

URL: http://www.metroactive.com/metro/06.21.06/dan-gillmor-0625.htmlJune 21-27, 2006 Blog On: Dan Gillmor is busy moving his act from Bayosphere to Backfence. Blogging innovator Dan Gillmor knows that newspapers need to stop lecturing their readers and start conversing with them By Najeeb Hasan The [San Jose] Metro DAN GILLMOR'S announcement this past January that his experiment

ANALYSIS: Can TimesSelect, and newspaper subscriptions in general, last?

2006-06-22T02:03:00.000-04:00

http://www.editorsweblog.org/analysis/2006/06/can_timesselect_and_newspaper_subscripti.phpWednesday, June 21, 2006Can TimesSelect, and newspaper subscriptions in general, last? Posted by John Burke on June 21, 2006 at 06:15 PM No matter how many times I read accounts of New York Times executives reporting the results of their online subscription program, TimesSelect, at various

Springfield Republican story advances MGP2006 event

2006-06-20T06:18:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.masslive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-5/115053031726780.xml Event eyes future of journalismSunday, June 18, 2006By HOLLY ANGELOThe Republican [Springfield, Mass.]hangelo@repub.comAMHERST - The future of journalism will be the featured topic of a five-day summit that will bring White House press corps columnist Helen Thomas and other news afficionados to the University

Spokane daily now webcasts live its daily news meetings

2006-06-15T00:38:00.000-04:00

URL: http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=102836http://www.spokesmanreview.com/webcast/ Beginning yesterday (Tuesday), The Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Wash., began streaming live online its 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. editorial meetings. Anybody, including competitors, can watch. I heard about the idea this weekend, while I was in Spokane teaching a workshop for the Society of

Sony, Philips make headway with Hearst, Pearson on flexible E-paper editions

2006-06-12T17:55:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/12/AR2006061200549.htmlhttp://today.reuters.com/stocks/QuoteCompanyNewsArticle.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2006-06-12T150157Z_01_N07428289_RTRIDST_0_BIZFEATURE-NEWSPAPERS-EPAPER.XML&rpc=66http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71131-0.html?tw=wn_technology_2 ORIGINAL HEADLINE:E-newspapers just around the corner. ReallyBy Kenneth

E&P STORY: Nominees Sought For 'Courageous' Rural Journalist Award

2006-06-07T09:59:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/newsroom/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002614260 Nominees Sought For 'Courageous' Rural Journalist Award By Editor & Publisher Staff Published: June 06, 2006 1:40 PM ET CHICAGO -- The Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues is seeking nominees for the second Tom and Pat Gish Award honoring journalists

Meeting in Moscow, world editors focus on how to sustain "free" newsflow

2006-06-05T00:32:00.000-04:00

Bertrand Pecquarie (bpecquerie@wan.asso.fr) writes that some 350 newspaper editors from 70 nations are gathering this week in Moscow and a key theme is analyzing how to serve a generation that is hungry for news -- but doesn't want to pay for it.Pecquarie is executive director of the Paris-based World Association of Newspapers, and its 13th World Editors Forum was set to begin Monday morning, New

Worcester Telegram story reviews potential impact of PEG funding changes

2006-06-04T23:08:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060603/NEWS/606030553/1116--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jun 3, 2006Cable access could face cut Funding affects public channelsBy Matthew Stone SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAM & GAZETTEWORCESTER -- The city's three public access television channels could lose nearly $700,000 in annual

QUOTE: Brian Tierney on the market position of newspapers -- from AdAge

2006-05-31T14:02:00.000-04:00

Assessing the Potential of NewspapersBe Part of the NewsVOTE IN THE AD AGE WEEKLY ONLINE POLL> BACKGROUND: Philadelphia public-relations and advertising mogul Brian P. > Tierney, who organized the investment group that is paying more than > $562 million to acquire the "Philadelphia Inquirer" and "Philadelphia > Daily News," marked his victory last week by publicly celebrating the > potential of

California court extends First Amendment protection to blogger in Apple case

2006-05-28T21:43:00.000-04:00

ADDITIONAL LINKS:General news story from the San Jose Mercury News:http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/the_valley/14682069.htmA site which links to PDF source documents from the court case:http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060527-6933.htmlTHE DECISION:http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Apple_v_Does/H028579.pdfAn earlier story (from April 27) by USA Today

Jan. 13, 2005 -- MAIN launches non-profit nationwide Internet service

2006-05-26T16:49:00.000-04:00

CONTACT: Wally Bowen, 828-255-0182Internet Service Launched By Progressive NonprofitA nonprofit nationwide Internet service has been launched to serve dial-upInternet users who support media reform and the creation of a vigorousindependent media.Marketed under the name IndyLink, the service is aimed at value-consciousInternet users who also want to avoid the commercial clutter and privacyrisks

CME says FCC opens investigation in response to its "fake news" expose

2006-05-25T22:53:00.000-04:00

The Center for Media and Democracy in Madison, Wis., took credit on Thursday for sparking a federal investigation of so-called "fake news" -- broadcasts by U.S. television licensees of video segment produced by the government or product manufacturers and presented as news.John Staubner, CMD director, released the following statement:FCC Investigates TV Stations for Airing Fake NewsInvestigation

NYTimes' David Carr profiles Huffington Post and terms it a success -- perhaps at Bush expense

2006-05-15T23:56:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/15/technology/15carr.html?_r=1&oref=slogin By David Carr The New York Times Published: May 15, 2006 WHEN it began a year ago, The Huffington Post seemed like a remarkably bad idea. The brainchild of Arianna Huffington, the blog was intended to be a liberal counterpoint to The Drudge Report, featuring an elite list of Hollywood bloggers

Maine professor Socolow says "net neutrality" threatened by telcom legislation

2006-05-13T15:10:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.internet09may09,0,4559120.storyALTERNATE URL:http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/051106I.shtmlPosted: Tuesday 09 May 2006 Proposed Rule Changes Would Tangle the Web By Michael Socolow The Baltimore Sun Michael Socolow is an assistant professor of communication and journalism at the University of

Blogs are largely derivative of newspapers, Times of London director says

2006-05-10T22:40:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/article/100506/newspapers_will_supply_top_blogsNewspapers will supply top blogs, says Times boss By Martin Stabe The Press Gazette Online of London Newspapers are best placed to provide the best bloggers and supply trusted information on the web, the managing director of Times [of London] Newspaper has argued. Speaking at at the Internet

OWNERSHIP: NPR profiles Anniston, Ala., Star's ownership conversion to j-school

2006-05-04T01:37:00.000-04:00

"It is the duty of a newspaper to become the attorney for the most defenseless among its subscribers."'Anniston Star' philosophy, Col Harry M. AyersORIGINAL URL:http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5373738(LINKS TO AUDIO)Media -- Small Paper Uses Profits to Train New ReportersBy David FolkenflikNational Public RadioAll Things Considered, May 2, 2006Under the leadership of

Hughes: Newspapers not endangered: They have rich well of content to tap

2006-05-04T01:25:00.000-04:00

John Huges, a retired editor of the Christian Science Monitor, argues inthis essay that newspaper companies (as distinct from the papers?) are notan endangered species because they have a rich well of content to tap andexcellent cash positions.ORIGINAL URL:http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0503/p09s01-cojh.html Commentary > John Hughesfrom the May 03, 2006 editionIn the age of the Internet,

BBC-Media Center-Reuters "trust" poll finds 18-24 news users volatile and moving to web

2006-05-03T11:55:00.000-04:00

From the BBC-Media Center-Reuters Global Forum May 3-4, 2006 LondonSOURCE: Gloria Pan, Communications Director, The Media Centeremail: gpan@mediacenter.org / http://www.mediacenter.org BBC-REUTERS-MEDIA CENTER GLOBAL POLL ON TRUST:Lack of Trust Driving Consumers to Switch News ProvidersLINKS: BBC story on poll / PDF download of poll reportA 10-nation poll conducted for Reuters, the BBC

Electronic Frontier Foundation says Feinstein/Graham bill could limit MP3 streaming

2006-04-28T16:58:00.000-04:00

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, KCRW and Seattle's KEXP. The streaming radio stations included in iTunes also rely on MP3 streams (since Apple isn't about to license the Real or Microsoft streaming codecs). If the PERFORM Act becomes law, webcasters who use the statutory SoundExchange licenses to play music would have to give up MP3 streaming in favor of a DRM-restricted, proprietary formats

U.S. State Department briefing paper profiles the Global Voices Online project

2006-04-28T12:26:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL: http://newsblaze.com/story/20060427055513tsop.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Story.htmlHEADLINE: Journalism meets the blog An American social activist was working on technology issues in West Africa when he tired of searching for news and bumped into a CNN reporter who shared the same frustration. Activist meets journalist - or a match made in heaven. It was Ethan Zuckerman, former

TEXT: Net neutrality coalition's statement following Markey amendment defeat

2006-04-26T19:18:00.000-04:00

The following is the text of a statement provided by the "SavetheInternet"coalition following a vote by a House committee on Wednesday rejecting anamendment which the coalition said would have guaranteed "networkneutrality" on the Internet.Statement dated: Wednesday, April 26, 2006from: http://www.SavetheInternet.com CoalitionSupplied by: Trevor Fitzgibbon, Fenton Communications, 202-246-

Benton Foundation provides links to "network neutrality" resources

2006-04-26T19:05:00.000-04:00

Kevin Tagland (headlines@benton.org ), who prepares a weekday summary ofcommunications-related headlines, went all out on Wed., April 26, postingvia email a summary a links on the "network neutrality" issue in advanceof a congressional hearing. Here is an excerpt of his email.RUSH'S MILLION-DOLLAR CONFLICT?[SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times, AUTHOR: Lynn Sweet]A Chicago community center founded by Rep.

VIDEO: How is podcasting affecting journalism and the media?

2006-04-26T14:00:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://isis.duke.edu/events/podcasting/description.html Duke University hosted Sept. 27-28, 2005 an academic symposium on podcasting. The two-day event featured a hands-on podcasting workshop, as well as panel discussions of the economic/business, legal, political, journalistic, and cultural impacts of podcasting by bringing together prominent members of the podcasting community with

2003 -- Gore: Decline of Newspapers Bad for Democracy Bemoans TV's Influence, Sees Hope in Web

2006-04-25T22:47:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.editorandpublisher.com/editorandpublisher/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2026292 NOVEMBER 12, 2003Gore: Decline of Newspapers Bad for Democracy Bemoans TV's Influence, Sees Hope in WebBy Amber McDowell, Associated Press WriterNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- (AP) The "quasi-hypnotic influence" of television inthe United States has fostered a complacent nation that is a

Congressional "Future of American Media" caucus urges net neutrality

2006-04-25T15:01:00.000-04:00

This is the text of an email sent April 25 by Jeff Lieberson, spokesman for U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y., who chairs the congressional "Future of American Media" caucus. (Lieberson: 202-225-6335 office; 202-225-0817 cell) jeff.lieberson@mail.house.gov WASHINGTON -- Concerned about proposed legislation that could limit the public's access to all Internet content, Congressman Maurice Hinchey (

Wired's Kevin Kelly reviews news-aggregation, headline-feed website PopUrls.com

2006-04-24T13:17:00.000-04:00

ORGINAL URL:http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/001163.phphttp://www.kk.org/cooltools/Wired Magazine's By Kevin Kelly maintains a personal website, and sends out emails about "cool tools" he's found on the Internet. Here's a recent email (which should show up on his website shortly)By Kevin KellyRecently I surveyed the emerging web filters which rely on consensus methods (see the CT review http:

AP PROFILE: Kevin Sites goes online at Yahoo to tell smaller stories

2006-04-23T09:21:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL: http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2006/04/22/ap/hitech/d8h43b185.txtPUBLISHED: Saturday, April 22, 2006Sites Goes Online to Tell Smaller Stories By ANICK JESDANUN The Associated Press NEW YORK - Former television journalist Kevin Sites is mindful that his online dispatches from the world's war zones won't attract anywhere near the audience he's used to getting on

Alex Jones: "Crisis of conscience" in newspaper journalism; Jay Harris: Corporate ownership deleterious

2006-04-18T07:27:00.000-04:00

The Public Broadcasting Service's Online Newshour included a nine-minute segment on Monday, April 17, about this year's Pulitzer Prize awards to newspapers for investigative journalism. The two commentators selected -- Alex Jones of the Shorenstein Center at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and Jay Harris, former San Jose Mercury News publisher now at the University of Southern

POLITICS: Massachusetts candidates battle with web blogs, cell phones, iPod buzz

2006-04-16T00:33:00.000-04:00

PUBLISHED: Thursday, April 13, 2006 - Updated: 09:04 AM ESTORIGINAL URL:http://business.bostonherald.com/technologyNews/view.bg?articleid=134955HEADLINE: New media, new frontier - Candidates battle Web blogs, cell phones, iPod buzz By Jesse Noyes Boston HeraldDeval Patrick might have taken the lead in the race for the most cutting-edge gubernatorial candidate when his campaign unleashed an

Miami Herald editor's edict puts the web front and center

2006-04-13T23:45:00.000-04:00

http://www.macloo.com/journalism/miami_herald_memo.txthttp://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=99971From Miami Herald executive editor Tom Fiedler, sent tothe Herald staff via e-mail on April 12, 2006:To the staff,All of you who have stepped off an elevator into the Miami newsroom in recent days cannot have missed the wall-mounted flat-screen monitor constantly displaying and refreshing the

QUOTE: How McClatchy's Gary Pruitt describes the future of the newspaper franchise (fwd)

2006-04-13T10:39:00.000-04:00

FULL RELEASES AT: http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=PR&Date=20060413&ID=5642197http://finanzen.net/news/news_detail.asp?NewsNr=388994Two earnings reports out today demonstrate the momentum some newspaper companies are building in the web advertising business. And one CEO, McClatchy's Gary Pruitt, offered in his company's statement a concise, congent view on the

ADVERTISING: Podcasting marketing hits its stride

2006-04-13T08:38:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://billboardradiomonitor.com/radiomonitor/news/business/digital/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002275789Podcasts Coming Of AgeMarch 31, 2006By Antony Bruno, BillboardSOURCE: Billboard MagazineA year ago podcasting was just a fad with a cool name. In recent weeks, the format has taken several steps toward becoming big business. The audio blog phenomenon that began as free,

BLOGS/LOCAL: Traffic quadruples for "CoastSider" after road closure

2006-04-12T09:30:00.000-04:00

Barry Parr, the former San Francisco daily editor and news industry analyst, says traffic at his "CoastSider" local online news community has quadrupled since a major road closure last week.http://www.mediagiraffe.org/profiles/index.php?action=profile&id=81Parr writes:" . . . [W]e had a huge story here last week when one of two roads that connect us to the outside world (Devil's Slide, you took

Citizen Media Conundrum::If You See News, Where Do You Report It? | PBS

2006-04-07T21:46:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL HAS POST COMMENTS http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2006/04/citizen_media_conundrumif_you.htmlIf You See News, Where Do You Report It?April 7, 2006 By Mark Glaser, 1:49PM MediaShift PBS Blog One of the ideas behind citizen journalism is that anybody who witnesses something newsworthy can photograph it, videotape it or write about it for the rest of the world. But one of

OPINION: Return public edition to roots: Teaching civic engagement

2006-04-05T19:29:00.000-04:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0604040221apr04,0,1714048.story?coll=chi-newsopinioncommentary-hedPublished April 4, 2006HEADLINE: Why Johnny can't be botheredBy Thomas Geoghegan, a Chicago attorney and authorand James Warren, a Tribune deputy managing editorIn Chicago for their annual gathering, the nation's newspaper publishers should sit down with some politicians

OPINION: Michael Kinsley on how journalism is changing

2006-04-01T21:24:00.000-05:00

Writes Michael Kinsley, the founding editor of Slate Magazine:"No one seriously doubts anymore that the Internet will fundamentally change the news business. The uncertainty is whether it will only change the method of delivering the product, or whether it will change the nature of the product as well. Will people want, in any form -- and will they pay for -- a collection of articles, written by

Lifetime Awards for Molly Ivins, Anthony Lewis

2006-03-27T21:58:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002237138Published: March 27, 2006 4:28 PM ET By E&P Staff NEW YORK -- Creators Syndicate columnist Molly Ivins and former New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis will receive lifetime achievement honors at an April 11 ceremony for winners of Hunter College's James Aronson Awards

Four tips from InstaPundit for the newspaper business

2006-03-24T19:57:00.000-05:00

Glenn Reynolds, the University of Tennessee law professor who's moderately conservative political blog, "InstaPundit.com" has written a short column of advice to newspapers about how to survice. His key points:1. Stop using paper to produce the product -- information2. Hire more reporters with the money saved3. Stop insulting readers4. Get readers more involved in the processHere's the full essay

CASE STUDY: Progressive bloggers bag Washington Post's right-wing blogger

2006-03-24T15:19:00.000-05:00

Is this an example of how quickly the blogosphere can affect events? Said WashingtonPost.COM's Executive Editor, Jim Brady (via Editor & Publisher):"Plagiarism is perhaps the most serious offense that a writer can commit or be accused of. Washingtonpost.com will do everything in its power to verify that its news and opinion content is sourced completely and accurately at all times. "We appreciate

INTERVIEW: "Baghdad Blogger" says he's baffled, amused by reception to his work

2006-03-23T09:01:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL URL:http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/03.22.06/pax-0612.htmlFrom the March 22-28, 2006 issue of Metro, Silicon Valley's Weekly Newspaper.The Report From Baghdad: Salam Pax, the 'Baghdad Blogger,' says he is 'baffled and amused' by the reception to his work.The Blog of WarSJSU becomes the first university to embrace blogging in a literary series when Salam Pax arrives March 23. Meet

BOOK: "Crashing the Gate" by bloggers Markos Moulitsas Zuniga and Jerome Armstrong

2006-03-20T15:14:00.000-05:00

Here's a review of a new book -- publication date is March 27, 2006 -- by two darlings of the progressive Democratic blogging movement: Markos Moulitsas Zuniga of http://www.dailykos.com and Jerome Armstrong of http://www.mydd.comThe review author is Rob Williams, an historian and professor at Champlain College, in Burlington, Vt., and president of the Action Coalition for Media

David Mitchell ex-Point Reyes Light owner, restrained

2006-03-19T22:18:00.000-05:00

ORIGINAL ARTICLE LINK: http://www.marinij.com/marin/ci_3613088Article Launched: 03/17/2006 8:51 AM PSTNew editor, old editor feuding in Point ReyesNancy Isles NationMarin (Calif.) Independent JournalThe Pulitzer Prize-winning former editor and publisher of the Point Reyes Light has been slapped with a temporary restraining order by the ex-prosecutor who replaced him at the weekly West Marin

Jarvis/A wake-up call to end teaching and learning media silos

2006-03-19T09:19:00.000-05:00

Follow the link below. It's a recent post from Jeff Jarvis, new-media entrepreneur, formerly TV Guide critic and Newshouse/Advance new-media director, now about to enter journalism teaching at CUNY. It's another reminder that if we're interested in media, we have to stop thinking of print, broadcast, web, etc. as different silos. An exciting challenge, 'though hard, too.http://www.buzzmachine.com