Views of the News, Apr. 8, 2009

The Wall Street Journal thrives online as print periodicals suffer ... The New York Times seeks user-generated content ... and, soldier funerals find their way back into the media. Panelists: Lee Wilkins, Charles Davis, Margaret Duffy.

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A recent anti-smoking campaign is causing heated discussion about behavioral advertising. Here is coverage of the campaign on the Today Show.

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Another "counter commercial" battle took place between Ameren and opponents of the company's plan to fund a nuclear power plant.

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Views of the News, Apr. 1, 2009

IRE and Arianna Huffington reward investigative reporting ... Obama wants to bypass the Capitol press corps filter ... and, Fox News launches a right-wing opinion site. Panelists: Mike McKean, Lee Wilkins, Charles Davis.

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This week's topic links

Investigative Reporters & Editors: "IRE 2008 Award Winners Uncovered Local, Global Corruption"

New York Times: "Huffington Site Starts Project to Investigate the Economy"

Jay Rosen's PRESSthink blog: "Introducing the new Huffington Post Investigative Fund (And My Own Role in It)"

Talking Biz News blog: "The new standard for scoops, breaking news at the WSJ"

Current.org: "Not-too-strange new bedfellows: print refugees"

Columbia Journalism Review: "Violating the 'Contract of Correction': Corrections requests get backlogged at The Washington Post"

Politico: "Obama seeks filter-free news"

Washington Post Media Notes column: "Online, Vox Populi Can Roar: News Channel Sees Site as a Place to Vent"

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Views of the News, March 18, 2009

A report on "the state of the news media" ... another major city's print newspaper folds ... and, Jon Stewart takes on Jim Cramer. Panelists: Mike McKean, Lee Wilkins, Charles Davis.

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The Video Version

Views of the News is heard each Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. on KBIA 91.3 FM and via podcast at KBIA.org. But now there's a third way to get your Views fix. It's rebroadcast three times a week on CAT (Columbia Access Television).

This week's topic links

Journalism.org: "The State of the News Media 2009"

Joel Connelly, seattlepi.com" "Online-only P-I will be a journalism adventure"

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press: "Many Would Shrug if Their Local Newspaper Closed"

Associated Press (via Columbia Daily Tribune): "States do poor job of posting records"

National Freedom of Information Coalition website

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: March 12, 2009 episode devotes entire half-hour to interview with Jim Cramer

Thomas Frank, Wall Street Journal: "Financial Journalists Fail Upward"

Chris Cillizza's The Fix blog, Washington Post: "Jon Stewart: Media Powerhouse or Rank Partisan?"