The video explosion: news organizations are embracing video on
their Web sites in a big way. The quality ranges from bad to basi
If you want to see a lovely, soul-satisfying piece of journalism,
one that might suggest near-future possibilities for newspapers in the
age of the Internet, fire up your browser and go here:
. . .
Mother of all bureaus: Mother Jones moves to augment its
investigative output and Web presence with a new seven-member Washingto
In July Stephanie Mencimer got something that used to be a
commodity outside her grasp: a press pass. Not to mention access to
LexisNexis, hot coffee and a desk to put it all on.
In the past . . .
No mercy for the dead.(Take 2)
Baby sitter sentenced to prison after death
(Texas' Longview News-Journal)
Report: Dead boy endured many beatings
(Orlando . . .
Corrections we never thought we'd read on the New York Times
op-ed page.(DROP CAP)(Correction notice)
"Thanks all you Deadheads: Ron (Pigpen) McKernan Played
keyboards for the Grateful Dead, not drums as I wrote in last
Monday's column."
--columnist Roger Cohen was the . . .
Center of attention: Bill Buzenberg is in the spotlight as he
moves to bring back the glory days at the Center for Public
Integr
When he became executive director of the Center for Public
Integrity in January, Bill Buzenberg joined a well-respected, if
recently challenged, professional family.
The center, founded in 1989 . . .
Whetting the appetite for storytelling: a multimedia reporting
boot camp flourishes in Northern Ireland.(FIRST PERSON)
I couldn't figure out whether it was Queen Macha or the
Philosopher King of Bagel Bean or the Curse of the Green Lady that
really got to me when I taught multimedia storytelling in Armagh,
Northern . . .
Left points on the field.(Cliche Corner)(Brief article)
But, for the second straight time, Walker left points on the field as a
fourth-down pass by Tharp was tipped and intercepted in the end zone on
a fake field goal attempt.
(Walker, Minnesota's . . .
This headline wrote itself.(Take 2)(Brief article)
Couple from Hell wins Halloween lottery
(the Associated Press, over a story about a couple from Hell,
Michigan, who won the lottery in a Halloween . . .
Free for Santa Monica.(Take 2)(CVS Pharmacies)(Brief
article)
CVS Pharmacies are offering free flu shots during the month of
October. In Santa Monica, shots are offered at CVS, 2505 Santa Monica
Blvd., October 27 from 10am-2pm, cost: $30 for cash patients, . . .
Not that dead.(DROP CAP)(Brief article)
"I've had offers on every single asset in the portfolio.
Chuck Schumer"--the New York senator--"calls me, because
he's hustling for some people who want to buy Newsday. Baltimore
people are . . .
Salvation? The embattled newspaper business is betting heavily on
Web advertising revenue to secure its survival. But that wager
Even the most committed newspaper industry pessimist might begin to
see a little sunshine after talking to Randy Bennett. Yes, the print
business is "stagnant," acknowledges the Newspaper . . .
Colorful educators.(Take 2)(Brief article)
Green principals preached at expo
(Santa Monica Daily Press)
AJR offers $25 or a one-year subscription (indicate preference) for
submissions used in Take 2. Show source and date, and include . . .
We prefer big answers.(Take 2)
Complaints included such things as dropped calls, long wait times
and few Spanish-language services. Sheriff's representatives gave
little answers.
(Phoenix . . .
"Follow what moves you".(DROP CAP)(Brief
article)
"So this is my one piece of advice to share today. It's
simple, and I know you know it already. But I also know it's easily
forgotten in the hustle of arguing with editors for more time and . . .
Doing less with less: how about some straight talk to go along
with newspaper transformation?(FULL COURT PRESS)
I'm a pretty big First Amendment guy, although certainly not
as big as the late (and great) Dick Schmidt, the longtime general
counsel for the American Society of newspaper Editors.
[ILLUSTRATION . . .
Covering the world: as U.S. news organizations have backed away
from foreign news coverage, the Associated Press' international
THE ELEVATOR TRANSPORTED THE VISITOR FROM THE GRAY SQUALOR OF
JAKARTA INTO A BYGONE ERA: A BUSTLING NEWS BUREAU WITH SEASONED FOREIGN
CORRESPONDENTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, A TV CAMERA CREW AND A NETWORK . . .
Cliche Corner Trifecta!(DROP CAP)(Brief article)
"Caroline Fredrickson, director of the Washington legislative
office of the American Civil Liberties Union, called it a 'perfect
storm' of progressive Democrats who did not think the bill
protected . . .
Fun with puns.(Take 2)(Brief article)
Rockies maintain sense of humidor
(over a Chicago Tribune story about the Colorado Rockies' use
of a humidity- and temperature-controlled chamber to protect baseballs
at mile-high Coors . . .
Policing the Pols: two new Web operations are fact-checking the
pronouncements of the presidential candidates.(DROP CAP)
Until the polls close on November 4, 2008, voters will be inundated
with countless political messages, from campaign ads and speeches to Web
postings and YouTube videos. Some statements will be . . .
Armies of one: are ABC's new one-person foreign bureaus a
model for covering the world in the digital age?(DROP CAP)(American
Br
With an arsenal of technology--including handheld digital video
cameras, satellite dishes and laptops--seven ABC News journalists who
took on new posts around the world this fall may be set to . . .
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