Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Views of the News, Oct. 27, 2010
Media coverage of Wikileaks' latest leaks, and its founder ... the many angles of NPR's firing of Juan Williams ... and, President Obama appears on The Daily Show. Panelists: Mike McKean, Lee Wilkins, Charles Davis.
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The 'Imperious' Julian Assange
Assange walks out of CNN interview
John F. Burns and Ravi Somaiya, The New York Times: "WikiLeaks Founder on the Run, Trailed by Notoriety"
Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com: "The Nixonian henchmen of today: at the NYT"
Michael Calderone, Yahoo! News: "NY Times reporter defends profile of WikiLeaks' Assange"
The Reputations of Juan Williams and NPR
Fox News Sunday discusses Juan Williams firing (watch from 24:00-34:45)
Howard Kurtz, The Daily Beast: "NPR's Juan Williams Disaster"
Alicia Shepard, NPR Ombudsman: "NPR's Firing of Juan Williams Was Poorly Handled"
Dave Zirin, The Nation: "Should NPR have Fired Juan Williams? You Betcha"
Eric Boehlert, Media Matters For America: "Three reasons NPR's Mara Liasson shouldn't be on Fox News"
Stephen F. Hayes, The Weekly Standard: "Is Nina Totenberg Next? NPR's legal affairs correspondent frequently expresses her pro-Democratic opinion."
Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times Opinion piece: "Taking the public out of NPR"
Paul Farhi, Washington Post: "NPR receives bomb threat, timing suggests link to Juan Williams firing"
Must-See TV: Obama Visits Daily Show
Michael D. Shear, The New York Times: "Obama to 'Daily Show' as Campaign Nears End"
Joshua Greenman, New York Daily News: "Barack Obama's dumb 'Daily Show' Jon Stewart appearance and the President's diminishing brand"
Michael Schaffer, Washington City Paper: "Washington City Paper Staff Memo on Stewart/Colbert Rallies"
Assange walks out of CNN interview
John F. Burns and Ravi Somaiya, The New York Times: "WikiLeaks Founder on the Run, Trailed by Notoriety"
Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com: "The Nixonian henchmen of today: at the NYT"
Michael Calderone, Yahoo! News: "NY Times reporter defends profile of WikiLeaks' Assange"
The Reputations of Juan Williams and NPR
Fox News Sunday discusses Juan Williams firing (watch from 24:00-34:45)
Howard Kurtz, The Daily Beast: "NPR's Juan Williams Disaster"
Alicia Shepard, NPR Ombudsman: "NPR's Firing of Juan Williams Was Poorly Handled"
Dave Zirin, The Nation: "Should NPR have Fired Juan Williams? You Betcha"
Eric Boehlert, Media Matters For America: "Three reasons NPR's Mara Liasson shouldn't be on Fox News"
Stephen F. Hayes, The Weekly Standard: "Is Nina Totenberg Next? NPR's legal affairs correspondent frequently expresses her pro-Democratic opinion."
Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times Opinion piece: "Taking the public out of NPR"
Paul Farhi, Washington Post: "NPR receives bomb threat, timing suggests link to Juan Williams firing"
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Must-See TV: Obama Visits Daily Show
Michael D. Shear, The New York Times: "Obama to 'Daily Show' as Campaign Nears End"
Joshua Greenman, New York Daily News: "Barack Obama's dumb 'Daily Show' Jon Stewart appearance and the President's diminishing brand"
Michael Schaffer, Washington City Paper: "Washington City Paper Staff Memo on Stewart/Colbert Rallies"
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Views of the News, Oct. 20, 2010
The handling of the Brett Favre texting story ... does hard news generate more online advertising than traffic bait? ... and, the search for nontraditional funding of statehouse reporting. Panelists: Mike McKean, Lee Wilkins, Charles Davis.
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Breaking Rules on Favre Story
David Carr, The New York Times: "When Salacious Is Irresistable"
Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post (his last column): "Howard Kurtz finds there are news nuggets in the tough, often tacky blog world"
(Maybe) Hard News Pays
Megan Garber, Nieman Journalism Lab: "Move over, LiLo! Public-interest news can be more valuable to publishers than traffic bait"
Rand Fishkin, SEOmoz blog: "Traffic 'Bait' and Ad Clicks: Perfect Market's Study Isn't Telling the Whole Story"
Funding State Government News Coverage
Dana Davis Rehm, National Public Radio: "Making Coverage Of Local Government Compelling"
MissouriWatchdog (St, Louis-based, think-tank-funded investigative reporting site)
Missouri News Horizon (JFC-based, think-tank-funded Missouri news site)
Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting (non-profit that hopes to raise enough money to do regional investigative journalism)
Alecia Swasy, Reynolds Journalism Institute: "Open Missouri: Creating a public website to make state data accessible to citizens"
NPR Says "No" to "Sanity"
Alicia Shepard, NPR Ombudsman: "NPR Employees And Political Rallies: Facts Behind The Controversy"
Jeff Jarvis, The Huffington Post: "NPR Blames Us for its Problems: Insane"
Matthew L. Schafer, Ground Report blog: "Controversy? Not Really, NPR Preserves Journalistic Norms"
David Carr, The New York Times: "When Salacious Is Irresistable"
Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post (his last column): "Howard Kurtz finds there are news nuggets in the tough, often tacky blog world"
(Maybe) Hard News Pays
Megan Garber, Nieman Journalism Lab: "Move over, LiLo! Public-interest news can be more valuable to publishers than traffic bait"
Rand Fishkin, SEOmoz blog: "Traffic 'Bait' and Ad Clicks: Perfect Market's Study Isn't Telling the Whole Story"
Funding State Government News Coverage
Dana Davis Rehm, National Public Radio: "Making Coverage Of Local Government Compelling"
MissouriWatchdog (St, Louis-based, think-tank-funded investigative reporting site)
Missouri News Horizon (JFC-based, think-tank-funded Missouri news site)
Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting (non-profit that hopes to raise enough money to do regional investigative journalism)
Alecia Swasy, Reynolds Journalism Institute: "Open Missouri: Creating a public website to make state data accessible to citizens"
NPR Says "No" to "Sanity"
Alicia Shepard, NPR Ombudsman: "NPR Employees And Political Rallies: Facts Behind The Controversy"
Jeff Jarvis, The Huffington Post: "NPR Blames Us for its Problems: Insane"
Matthew L. Schafer, Ground Report blog: "Controversy? Not Really, NPR Preserves Journalistic Norms"
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Views of the News, Oct. 13, 2010
Media coverage of the Chilean miner rescue ... toxic ads in the midterm campaign season ... and, what it takes to get the media to cover science better. Panelists: Mike McKean, Lee Wilkins, Esther Thorson.
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Real Reality TV: Rescuing the Miners
Hilary Whiteman, CNN International: "How media is reporting Chile mine rescue"
Brian Stelter, The New York Times: "In Coverage of Mine Rescue, Watching, Waiting and Counting"
Lacey Rose, Forbes: "The 'Get' Game Gets Going at Chile Miner Media Circus"
Attack of the Pols
Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press: "Political Ads: It's getting really nasty out there"
PolitiFact.com: Truth-O-Meter
Robert Weissman, The Hill's Congress Blog: "SuperPacs are debasing our democracy"
Robert A. Jackson, Jeffery J. Mondak and Robert Huckfeldt, Political Research Quarterly: Examining the Possible Corrosive Impact of Negative Advertising on Citizens' Attitudes toward Politics"
Jeremy P. Jacobs, Hotline On Call: "DSCC Moving Money Out of Missouri"
Covering (or NOT) Science News
Pew Internet & American Life Project: "Satisfaction with coverage of different news topics"
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press: "Public Praises Science; Scientists Fault Public, Media"
Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune: "Summit focus on coverage: Food, fuel need more attention"
Pavan Vangipuram, Columbia Missourian: "Food, Fuel and Society panel discusses complexity of biofuels issue"
Lydia Mulvany, Columbia Missourian: "Localvores discuss barriers to local food movement"
Harvest Public Media
Hilary Whiteman, CNN International: "How media is reporting Chile mine rescue"
Brian Stelter, The New York Times: "In Coverage of Mine Rescue, Watching, Waiting and Counting"
Lacey Rose, Forbes: "The 'Get' Game Gets Going at Chile Miner Media Circus"
Attack of the Pols
Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press: "Political Ads: It's getting really nasty out there"
PolitiFact.com: Truth-O-Meter
Robert Weissman, The Hill's Congress Blog: "SuperPacs are debasing our democracy"
Robert A. Jackson, Jeffery J. Mondak and Robert Huckfeldt, Political Research Quarterly: Examining the Possible Corrosive Impact of Negative Advertising on Citizens' Attitudes toward Politics"
Jeremy P. Jacobs, Hotline On Call: "DSCC Moving Money Out of Missouri"
Covering (or NOT) Science News
Pew Internet & American Life Project: "Satisfaction with coverage of different news topics"
Pew Research Center for the People & the Press: "Public Praises Science; Scientists Fault Public, Media"
Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune: "Summit focus on coverage: Food, fuel need more attention"
Pavan Vangipuram, Columbia Missourian: "Food, Fuel and Society panel discusses complexity of biofuels issue"
Lydia Mulvany, Columbia Missourian: "Localvores discuss barriers to local food movement"
Harvest Public Media
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Views of the News, Oct. 6, 2010
CNN fires Rick Sanchez, alleging anti-Semitism ... Eliot Spitzer joins CNN ... MSNBC's new promos tout a progressive view of news ... and, data-driven reporting takes off at the L.A. Times. Panelists: Mike McKean, Lee Wilkins, Charles Davis.
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Adios, Rick Sanchez
Ruben Navarrette, Jr., San Jose Mercury News: "A sad sign off for pioneering news anchor"
Parker Spitzer Debut Derided
Bill Carter, New York Times: "Lackluster Ratings for CNN's 'Parker Spitzer'"
Dan Kennedy, The Guardian: "Parker Spitzer: no snap or crackle, and not pop"
David Zurawik, Baltimore Sun: "Parker Spitzer: Hypocisy, self-importance and pearls"
MSNBC Promotes Progressive View of News
Brian Stelter, New York Times: "With Tagline, MSNBC Embraces a Political Identity"
Daniel Foster, National Review: "MSNBC Announces 'Lean Forward' (This Won't Hurt a Bit) Campaign"
John W. Kennedy, BeliefNet: "MSNBC embraces political bias in new ad campaign"
"Weary Working Women"
Ron Elving, NPR: "'Weary Working Women' May be Key to Midterms"
Data-driven Reporting Takes Off at LA Times
Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times: "Times launching database that maps, analyzes crime reports across L.A. County"
Los Angeles Times: "Los Angeles Teacher Ratings"
Alexandra Davis, Los Angeles Times: "Family still gathering information about reason for teacher's suicide, brother tells radio station"
Wikipedia: "Database Journalism"
Alecia Swasy, RJI Online: "Open Missouri: Creating a public website to make state data accessible to citizens"
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Ruben Navarrette, Jr., San Jose Mercury News: "A sad sign off for pioneering news anchor"
Parker Spitzer Debut Derided
Bill Carter, New York Times: "Lackluster Ratings for CNN's 'Parker Spitzer'"
Dan Kennedy, The Guardian: "Parker Spitzer: no snap or crackle, and not pop"
David Zurawik, Baltimore Sun: "Parker Spitzer: Hypocisy, self-importance and pearls"
MSNBC Promotes Progressive View of News
Brian Stelter, New York Times: "With Tagline, MSNBC Embraces a Political Identity"
Daniel Foster, National Review: "MSNBC Announces 'Lean Forward' (This Won't Hurt a Bit) Campaign"
John W. Kennedy, BeliefNet: "MSNBC embraces political bias in new ad campaign"
"Weary Working Women"
Ron Elving, NPR: "'Weary Working Women' May be Key to Midterms"
Data-driven Reporting Takes Off at LA Times
Joel Rubin, Los Angeles Times: "Times launching database that maps, analyzes crime reports across L.A. County"
Los Angeles Times: "Los Angeles Teacher Ratings"
Alexandra Davis, Los Angeles Times: "Family still gathering information about reason for teacher's suicide, brother tells radio station"
Wikipedia: "Database Journalism"
Alecia Swasy, RJI Online: "Open Missouri: Creating a public website to make state data accessible to citizens"
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