Category Archives: Chapter 6

Resources for my JMC 416 Students

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

Here are several links for my interpretive journalism students to make use of to learn more about civic journalism: The Poynter Institute The Pew Center for Civic Journalism Note: This is an older site that is not currently being maintained … Continue reading →

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C-SPAN Video Archives as a Resource for Teaching Community Journalism

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

I was searching through the wonderful C-SPAN video archives today looking for resources on community journalism. While I wasn’t able to find a great deal directly related to this topic, here a number of interesting programs I came across that … Continue reading →

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More on Sulzberger and NY Times Leaving Print

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

Yesterday I gave a link to a brief comment about NY Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. talking about ending the printed version of the newspaper, and how this was old news.  The NY Observer has a better story on it … Continue reading →

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One way traditional newspapers are better than iPad newspapers

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Ralph Hanson
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Sulzberger Has Been Promising for 11 Years To End Printing of NY Times

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

Mediaite reports today that NY Times publisher and chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. has announced that “We will stop printing the New York Times Sometime in the Future.”  He made the statement at the WAN-IFRA’s 9th International Newsroom Summit in London. … Continue reading →

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I Discovered Tech Dirt Last Week

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

I discovered the blog Tech Dirt last week, and I find that I’m getting a huge amount of materials for my Twitter feed from there.  (You are following me on Twitter, aren’t you?) Tech Dirt deals with stories on “government … Continue reading →

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Community Journalism in the 21st Century

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

This entry was originally posted to the Community Journalism Interest Group (COMJIG) blog. This morning I was preparing for class discussion in my reporting capstone class, in which we’re going to be working on community-level coverage of school finance issues. … Continue reading →

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Pakistan Floods Get Minimal Media Coverage

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

It’s been noted several places that the devastating floods in Pakistan haven’t gotten near the media coverage that the earthquake in Haiti did.  NPR’s Morning Edition had a good story about public opinion about the floods, and it has some … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

How are reporters covering/exploiting/abusing the Manhattan Mosque controversy? The Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz covers the full range of stories on this.  And here are some interesting political cartoons on the subject as well. Should mobile media devices be required to … Continue reading →

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Is TBD.com the future of urban community journalism?

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Ralph Hanson

All the D.C. journalists and bloggers are hot today about the launch of TBD.com, a TV station and website that puts out local news and community information about the D.C. Metro area. Is this urban community news? Mashable has an … Continue reading →

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