Category Archives: Chapter 1

Mizzou Protests: Media Attention Is Not A Faucet You Can Turn Off And On

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Ralph Hanson

If you follow the same kind of people and media outlets on Twitter as I do, you’ve likely been overwhelmed with the firehose of news and opinions about the events at University of Missouri (Mizzou) over the last few days. … Continue reading →

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Who Exactly Are The “Mainstream Media”?

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Ralph Hanson

Overall, I’m with Fox News’ Howard Kurtz on this one.  I’m not sure how appropriate it was to report on the rumors of an affair by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.  On one hand, there were a lot of questions … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Ralph Hanson

Lots going on to ask questions about! What happened to the staff photographers at Sports Illustrated? They all got let go.  All photography at the magazine will now be done by free lancers. How did movies headlined by women do last year? … Continue reading →

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Ch. 1 Links – Web comics round-up

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

NOTE: While none of the comics discussed here go much beyond PG-13 in art, they do sometimes have offensive language in them. This is a major update of a post I originally did about 3 years ago: Regular readers here … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 1 – Paul McCartney’s Baseball Stadium Concerts

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

UPDATE: Name of Citi Field corrected. In 2009, Sir Paul McCartney played a concert at New York’s Citi Field, which was right across the road from Shea Stadium, where the Beatles played their first stadium show. Concerts like this illustrate … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

Where the heck have you been the last few weeks? Sorry for the lack of updates!  It’s been crazy during the end of this semester. But I hope to be back to posting regularly now. What did the future look … Continue reading →

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Into Thin Air’s Jon Krakauer on Everest Disaster

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

Jon Krakauer was reporting on the commercialization of Mt. Everest for Outside back in 1996 when a sudden storm killed eight people, including four people in the group Krakauer was climbing with.  His reporting became the bestselling book “Into Thin … Continue reading →

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Live Blogging Everest Tragedy

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

Mt. Everest is seemingly one of the most remote places on earth, but when news breaks there, we are often able to get up-to-date news there from connected climbers and journalists who can post photos, videos, and text to their … Continue reading →

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Who are the Press?

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

One question that’s pretty hard to answer these days is “Who is a reporter?” Is this someone who works for a newspaper?  A television station? A radio network?  Most folks would say, yes, these people are reporters. But as I … Continue reading →

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Pre-Class Video: Ground Control to Cmdr. Hadfield

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

Today’s pre-class video is brought to you from outer space by former Canadian astronaut and commander of the International Space Station, Cmdr. Chris Hadfield.  He recorded this video of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” while on the ISS in 2013.  You … Continue reading →

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