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Random Thoughts on a Friday
Here are some random journalism-related thoughts and notes: A blog I love: Ted Pease’s blog, Today’s Word on Journalism. Perhaps one of my favorite posts was one of this week’s words, “fish wrap,” in...
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Best of the Blogs for Teaching Journalism
I’m starting a new occasional feature here focusing on some good reads for journalism teachers. I will be sharing these blog posts with students in my journalism and web design classes. ♦Gina Chen’s...
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Hero emerges in journalism hearings
I watched the Senate committee’s hearing on the future of journalism yesterday from my computer at work. Well, watched isn’t the right word. It was more listened to. What struck me most about the...
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Newspaper boxes in museums
I took my daughter to the Strong National Museum of Play recently and noticed a couple of newspaper boxes like this in the exhibit for Sesame Street. Five years ago, I wouldn’t have thought much of...
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5 Things Newspapers Could Learn from ‘Paperboy’
I recently took a walk down memory lane and revisited the 1980s arcade game Paperboy, which spawned many “remakes” and versions released for video gaming systems including some around today. Today I’d...
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Knight News Challenge winners may help students
Twitter is abuzz with the announcement of the 2009 winners of the Knight News Challenge, a project that funds news experiments with the goal of helping communities. Some interesting ideas got funded —...
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Godspeed, fellow journalists
Many, many of my fellow journalists from my days at The (Syracuse) Post-Standard are taking the buyout that was offered and going their separate ways. I don’t blame them. The buyout includes a year’s...
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Group aims to help mid-career journalists, students
Amy Moritz, sports reporter and blogger for the Buffalo News, was voted president-elect of the Association of Women in Sports Media recently. The Association works to promote diversity in sports media,...
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Quinones talks diversity with college students
John Quinones discussed diversity in the newsroom and the world. He was a migrant farmer and the first in his family to go to college. His work has helped save children around the world. His face is...
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What does lack of sex assault coverage mean?
The silence is deafening. It sounds cliche, but I can think of no other way to describe the astounding lack of local media coverage of a reported sexual assault of a College at Brockport (SUNY) student...
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