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Room for Rock Center?



David Carr, The New York Times: "NBC Anchor Broadens His Portfolio"

Lisa de Moraes, The Washington Post: "Ted Koppel added to NBC's 'Rock Center with Brian Williams'"

Kathi Goertzen, KOMO-TV: "Ted Koppel: Broadcast news becoming 'degrading' to Americans"

David Bauder, Associated Press: "New life in television's evening news"

Measuring "Positive" and "Negative" News Coverage

KeachHagey, Politico: "Pew: Media not in love with Obama"

Pew Research Center's Project For Excellence in Journalism: "How News Media and Blogs Have Eyed the Presidential Contenders During the First Phase of the 2012 Race"

Newspapers Up, Down or In Between?

Larry Kilman, World Association of Newspapers: "World Press Trends: Newspapers Still Reach More Than Internet"

Steve Myers and Jeff Sonderman, Poynter.org: "New York Times' buyouts, contract negotiations show newsroom shift to Web"

Chris Reidy, Boston.com: "BostonGlobe.com launches as a subscription-only website tomorrow"

Martin Peers, The Wall Street Journal: "News Corp. Braces for Flak"

Sports Journalism Under the Microscope in Boston

Andrew Cohen, The Atlantic: "Inside Baseball: The Boston Red Sox and Sports Journalism"

Bob Hohler, Boston Globe: "Inside the Collapse"

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Protecting Students or Faculty from Embarrassment? 

 

Janese Silvey, Columbia Daily Tribune: "UM might limit recordings during class"

Caitlin Swieca, The Maneater: "Faculty Council discusses statement on academic freedom"

Caitlin Dickson, The Atlantic: "Brietbart Video Claims University of Missouri Teaches Labor Violence"

BigJournalism.com: "U of Missouri Epic Fail: No Amount of Context Can Defend Judy Ancel"





Unedited videos of Ancel and Giljum's class not available online and UM has refused to release them.

See full text of draft UM policy below.

In Death, Steve Jobs Gets Full Fanboy Treatment

ABC News: Good Morning America's first 30 minutes on 10/6 devoted entirely to Jobs

Paul Farhi, The Washington Post: "Steve Jobs and the media: For the most part, it was a love affair"

Walter Mossberg, The Wall Street Journal: "The Steve Jobs I Knew"

Huffington Post: "Steve Jobs Dead: News Sites Devote Major Coverage to Passing of Apple Visionary"

Hamilton Nolan, Gawker.com: "Steve Jobs Was Not God"

Sarah Pulliam Bailey, GetReligion.org: "Depicting Steve Jobs in the afterlife"

Daryl Cagle, The Cagle Post, Cartoons & Commentary: "Steve Jobs RIP"

Fewer Long Stories in WSJ: So What?

Ryan Chittum, Columbia Journalism Review: "The Shorter-Form Journal"

Felix Salmon, Reuters: "Charts of the day, WSJ story-length edition"

UM Classroom Recording Policy: Draft discussed at 10/6/11 MU Faculty Council Meeting

POLICY ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM, COURSE

DISCUSSION AND PRIVACY

The Board of Curators of the University of Missouri long ago adopted a statement emphasizing the importance of academic freedom as it relates to faculty members.  That statement, found at Section 310.010 of the Collected Rules and Regulations, expresses the view that academic freedom of its academic staff is “indispensable to the success of the University of Missouri in fulfilling its obligations to its students and to society”.  However, that statement does not address, in any significant way, the importance of academic freedom for students of the University of Missouri. 

It is vitally important for the University of Missouri to foster and maintain an educational environment which promotes free discussion, inquiry and expression by students, both inside the course and out, without fear that their exercise of such rights will have negative repercussions in areas over which the University of Missouri has responsibility.  It is equally important that students understand the narrow line separating their first amendment rights and the legal and privacy rights of others so that students can exercise those rights with responsibility. 

In the Course—

Information about student views, beliefs, and political associations that fellow students acquire in the context of course discussions should be handled responsibly by those fellow students with sensitivity to the potential that dissemination of information about such fellow students may be perceived as defamatory and/or may subject them to ridicule, harassment or reprisal from those who do not agree with the views, beliefs or political associations expressed in the course.

The professor in the course and in conference should encourage free discussion, inquiry, and expression. Student performance should be evaluated solely on an academic basis, not on opinions or conduct in matters unrelated to academic standards.

Information about student views, beliefs, and political associations that faculty members acquire in the context of course discussions should be handled responsibly with sensitivity to the potential that dissemination of information about students may be perceived as defamatory and/or may subject them to ridicule, harassment or reprisal from those who do not agree with the views, beliefs or political associations expressed in the course. Protection against improper disclosure is a serious professional obligation.

Restrictions on Disclosure and Distribution—

To foster a safe environment for learning, the unauthorized copying, editing, and redistribution of recordings of statements or comments in the course  in any form are prohibited without the written permission of the faculty engaged in the course.  Unauthorized copying or distribution of such materials is a violation of academic standards and may violate copyright laws and/or privacy rights.  Students found to have violated this policy are subject to discipline in accordance with the provisions of Section 200.020 of the Collected Rules and Regulations of the University of Missouri pertaining to student conduct matters.   Faculty and staff found to have violated this policy are subject to discipline in accordance with applicable University policies. 

Student Records—

The federal Family Educational Rights and Policy Act (FERPA), 20 U.S.C.§1232g, and the University of Missouri’s policy on student records, Section 180.020 and Section 180.025 of the Collected Rules and Regulations, describe student rights of access and rights of privacy which a student can expect with regard to his or her education records.  That law and University policy applies whether those education records are in hard copy, are electronically stored or are contained along with other images either recorded or broadcast in connection with courses available online or through distance learning.  The content of such education records should not be shared with individuals, other than individuals who have been determined by the University of Missouri to have an educational need to know, except in accordance with the provisions of FERPA and University policy.

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Who Are the Wall Street Occupiers?

 



Sean Firko, Huffington Post: "Occupy Wall Street: Inarticulate Nonsense or Real Politics?"

ReaderSupportedNews.org: "Live Coverage: Occupy Wall Street"

Gloria Goodale, Christian Science Monitor: "'Occupy Wall Street': Why this revolution isn't made for TV"

David Weidner, Wall Street Journal: "Facebook Chronicles A Lost Generation: Most of the Battered Young Are Waiting For Someone Else to Change the System"

The Iranian Pastor and Mainstream Religion Coverage

Terry Mattingly, GetReligion.org: "Got news? One doomed Iranian pastor (ho hum)"

Jijo Jacob, International Business Times: "Iran Accuses Nadarkhani of Rape, 'Zionist' Treason, but Execution Not 'Imminent'"

Google News links for search on "Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani"

New NPR Boss Hopes to Tamp Down Controversy

David Folkenflik, NPR: "NPR Turns to Public Television For New Leader"

Brent Lang, The Wrap: "CEO Gary Knell: 'We Must Depoliticize National Public Radio'"

Too Much Transparency?

Iowa City Press-Citizen: "UI Hospitals employee arrested for theft" (be sure to read comments)

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