Edward R. Murrow on Celebrity
“Just remeber that even though you have a loud voice, even though your voice may reach 16 million people every time you speak, that doesn’t make you any smarter than you were when your voice only...
View ArticleA communique from Unitarian Jihad
Jon Carroll, of the San Francisco Chronical, claims to have received an email “via an anonymous spam remailer” from a group calling itself Unitarian Jihad. Here is an excerpt: “Greetings to the...
View ArticleWhat are YOUR Questions about Mobile Media
As I mentioned last week I’m going to the Mobile Media Conference in LA sponsored by The Media Center. While I’m there I plan on live blogging and interviewing the attendees. What questions would you...
View ArticleThe Barrel of the Pen
Nicholas D. Kristof has a NYT Op/Ed piece called Death by a Thousand Blogs. It’s about a grassroots journalist in China named Li Xinde. Accompanying this article is a flash multimedia piece. A slide...
View ArticleThis Modern Deep Throat
I loved what the truth telling John Stewart said the other night on The Daily Show. “Thirty years ago, Deep Throat… No don’t! No! Cleanse your mind!”. Cleanse your mind of what you ask? YOU KNOW… tha...
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NASCAR drivers’ salaries and WUNC
Last week when I heard that our local NPR station, WUNC, was going to have a show about NASCAR I was skeptical. Mainly because I’ve noticed a trend at WUNC, which broadcasts from the “liberal”...
View ArticlePeter Jennings dead at 67
ABC news anchor Peter Jennings, one of the last of a breed, has died at the age of 67. Rest In Peace.
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You Tell ‘em Dave!
I love it when smart tech folks jump in the fray and tear the MSM [main stream media] a new one. Case in point; Dave Winer says this about the NY Times: I’ve now gotten three emails saying they...
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A thoughtful response
Dennis Howlett over at Bazaarz.com linked to AudioActivism as part of a response to Dave Winer’s slam of the NY Times which I applauded. Here are my thoughts for Dennis. So nice to see a civil...
View ArticleMedia Workers Low Salaries
Ed Cone links to Lex Alexander’s post (Greensboro N&R) about the annual media salary survey and writes, “Newspapers are often cash machines, but the big money goes to the owners, not the...
View ArticleIs a huge NOLA land grab coming?
When I think about New Orlean’s reconstruction I really worry that the renters and poor residents will be squeezed out. A LARGE portion who are African American. With the huge amount of land and...
View ArticleAudio from Greensboro’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Hearings
“Listen to testimony during the third round of the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission public hearings held Sept. 30-Oct. 1. Recorded and edited by Ed Whitfield, a volunteer for the...
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We’re Going to ConvergeSouth!
WOOO! We’re going to the ConvergeSouth conference in a few hours! Yeah! Ruby and I are excited! More later. Good Night and Good Luck!
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ConvergeSouth-Ethics: What are the rules?
ConvergeSouth – Fri. Oct. 7 Ethics: What are the rules? Meshing new tech with journalistic values Lex Alexander and Jay Rosen This is stuff I heard and captured my attention enough to write down. Not a...
View ArticleMake Your Own Ethics
Am I ethical? I answer this question emphatically YES. But any time I think about such complex philosophical questions I immediately ask more questions. For example: What is ethics? How do we determine...
View ArticlePublic Journalism and the Problem of Objectivity
I just found an article by the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communications professor Philip Meyer called Public Journalism and the Problem of Objectivity. Good reading!
View ArticleWhat is real news?
At the end of a speech on Friday, Bill Moyers relayed the answer to this question. A student asked Richard Reeves. “What is real news?” Reeves said, “The news we need to keep our freedoms.” Sounds like...
View ArticleCan You Digg What is Happening to Journalism?
Jeff Jarvis, Monday February 27, 2006 – The Guardian I recently trained the faculty of the journalism school where I teach how to blog, vlog, podcast, wiki, and Digg. Actually, my son demonstrated...
View ArticleHarnessing the Work of Bloggers
Techorati has announced a new business relationship with the Associated Press. Read more about it at Technorati Teams With The Associated Press to Connect Bloggers To More Than 440 Newspapers...
View ArticleNC Black Media Past and Present
With the release of Wilmington Race Riot Commission report we receive a way overdue official history of what happened on November 10, 1898 in Wilmington, North Carolina. Did you know about this bloody...
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